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Keihin Kyuko Electric Railway
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The Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., Ltd. (京浜急行電鉄株式会社, Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 9006), also known as Keihin Kyūkō (京浜急行, Keihin Kyūkō?) or, more recently, Keikyū (京急, Keikyū?), is a private railroad that connects inner Tokyo to Kawasaki, Yokohama, Yokosuka and other points on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture. 京浜 (Keihin, 京浜?) means the Tokyo (東京) - Yokohama (横浜) area.
It is part of the Fuyo Group (or keiretsu) and has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo.
Trains on the Main Line have a maximum operating speed of 120 km/h, making it the second fastest private railroad in the Tokyo region, after the Tsukuba Express. The railroad's gauge is 1,435 mm.
List of Keikyū lines
- It runs between south area of Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, and Yokosuka. Shinagawa Station is the terminal station in Tokyo of this line. Its "Kaitoku" (快特) limited-stop service competes with JR East's Tōkaidō Main Line and Yokosuka Line.
- From Sengakuji station, Keikyū trains run into the Toei Asakusa Line and Keisei Electric Railway (to Narita Airport) and Hokuso Railway (to Chiba newtown area) lines.
List of Keikyū train models
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Accidents
On 26 December 1944 according to Japanese media, a commuter train collided with another standing commuter train at Tsurumi market station, Keikyu Line, Yokohama, Japan, killing at least 53, and another 94 injured.citation needed
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