Fuji Kyuko

Japanese passenger transportation company

Fujikyū Bus

The Fuji Kyuko Co., Ltd. (富士急行株式会社, Fuji Kyūkō kabushiki gaisha), commonly abbreviated as Fujikyu, is a passenger transportation company headquartered in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.

The company operates the Fujikyuko Line railway and regional and long-distance bus routes. The company also operates the Tenjō-Yama Park Mt. Kachi Kachi Ropeway, and Fuji-Q Highland amusement park.

Affiliated companies

• The Gakunan Railway is a consolidated subsidiary of Fuji Kyuko because Fuji Kyuko makes a 25.59% investment in the company.
• The Yamanashi Chuo Bank is made a 1.16% investment by Fuji Kyuko.

History

• The company signed a "sister railway" agreement with the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn in Switzerland in 1991.^[3]
• On 1 April 2022, this company established Fuji Sanroku Denki Tetsudo and transferred the Fujikyuko Line to the new corporation.^[4]

References

1. All shares are entrustment fund, so Suruga Bank doesn't have right to vote against Fuji Kyuko.
2. This company is also made a 1.16% investment by Fuji Kyuko. And, Keio Corporation, Sanrio and Odakyu are made an investment by Yamanashi Chuo Bank.
3. 姉妹鉄道提携２５周年記念 富士急行線マッターホルン号運行開始 ["Matterhorn" train to run on Fuji Kyuko Line to mark 25th anniversary of sister railway agreement] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Fuji Kyuko. 13 September 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
4. Decision of splitting Fujikyuko railway department into Fuji Sanroku Denki Tetsudo

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