Keio Corporation

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Template:Nihongo is a private railway operator in Tokyo, Japan and the central firm of the Template:Nihongo that is involved in transport, retail, real estate and other industries. The Keio railway network connects western suburbs of Tokyo (Chōfu, Fuchū, Hachiōji, Hino, Inagi, Tama) and Sagamihara in Kanagawa with central Tokyo at Shinjuku Station.

The name Template:Nihongo is derived from taking one character each from the places through which the railway runs: Template:Nihongo and Template:Nihongo.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

Network overview

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Lines

The Keio network is based around the central Keiō Line, Template:Convert, 32 stations.

Line	Section	Station No.	Length (km)	Stations	Date opened	Maximum speed (km/h)
Keiō Line	Template:STN - Template:STN	01, 04-34	37.9	32	April 15, 1913	110
Keiō Sagamihara Line	Template:STN - Template:STN	18, 35-45	22.6	12	1916	110
Keiō Takao Line	Template:STN - Template:STN	33, 48-53	8.6	7	March 20, 1931	105
Keiō Inokashira Line	Template:STN - Template:STN	01-17	12.7	17	1934	90
Keiō New Line	Template:STN - Template:STN	01-04	3.6	4	1980
Keiō Dōbutsuen Line	Template:STN - Template:STN	29, 47	2.0	2	April 29, 1964
Keiō Keibajō Line	Template:STN - Template:STN	23, 46	0.9	2	April 29, 1955
Total	7 lines		88.3

The Keio Inokashira Line does not share track with the Keio Main Line. It intersects with the Keio Line at Meidaimae Station.

History

The company's earliest predecessor was the Template:Nihongo founded in 1905.<ref name=":0" /> In 1906 the company was reorganized as the Template:Nihongo, and in 1910 was renamed yet again to Template:Nihongo.<ref name=":0" /> It began operating its first stretch of interurban between Sasazuka and Chōfu in 1913.<ref name=":0" /> By 1923, Keiō had completed its main railway line (now the Keiō Line) between Shinjuku and Hachiōji.<ref name=":0" /> Track along the Fuchū – Hachiōji section was originally laid in 1,067 mm gauge by the Template:Nihongo; it was later changed to match the rest of the line's 1,372 mm gauge.<ref name=":0" />

The Inokashira Line began operating in 1933 as a completely separate company, Template:Nihongo.<ref name=":0" /> This company had also planned to link Template:STN with Suzaki (now Kōtō ward), though this never materialized.<ref name=":0" /> In 1940, Teito merged with the Odakyu Electric Railway, and in 1942 the combined companies were merged by government order into Template:Nihongo (now Tokyu Corporation).<ref name=":0" />

Map of Tokyo Area railways with 1,372 mm gauge

In 1947, the shareholders of Tokyu voted to spin off the Keio and Inokashira lines into a new company, Template:Nihongo.<ref name=":0"/> The Teito name was dropped in 1998 in favor of Template:Nihongo, though "KTR" placards and insignia can still be seen occasionally.<ref name=":0" /> The company's English name was changed to Keio Corporation on June 29, 2005.<ref name=":0"/>

Priority seats

Keiō was among the first railway companies to introduce priority seats on its trains. Priority seats are those reserved for the physically handicapped, elderly, pregnant women, and people with infants. These special seats, which were initially called "Silver seats" but renamed in 1993, were inaugurated on Respect for the Aged Day on September 15, 1973.

Rolling stock

All Keio trains have longitudinal (commuter-style) seating.

Template:Track gauge gauge lines

7000 series (since 1984)
8000 series (since 1992)
9000 series (since 2001)
5000 series (2nd generation) (since 2017)

The first of a fleet of five new ten-car 5000 series EMUs was introduced on 29 September 2017, ahead of the start of new evening reserved-seat commuter services from Shinjuku in spring 2018.<ref name="hobidas20170929">Template:Cite web</ref>