Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company

The Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (首都圏新都市鉄道株式会社, Shuto-ken Shin Toshi Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha, lit. "Metropolitan Region New Urban Railway Stock Company") is a third-sector railway operating company in Japan. It was established on 15 March 1991 to construct the 58.3 km Tsukuba Express (then known as the Jōban Shinsen) commuter railway line from Akihabara in Tokyo to Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture.[1] The Tsukuba Express line was opened on 24 August 2005.[1]

Logo of Metropolitan Intercity Railway (Tsukuba Express)

Shareholders

As of 2013, the company is owned by the following local governments and municipalities.[1]

Entity	% share
Ibaraki Prefecture	18.1
Tokyo	17.7
Chiba Prefecture	7.1
Adachi Ward, Tokyo	7.1
City of Tsukuba	6.7
Saitama Prefecture	5.9

References

Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

External links

Official website

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[terada2013-1] Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.