Seibu Railway

Japanese: 西武鉄道 - せいぶてつどう
Seibu Railway
A private railway company with lines stretching from western Tokyo to Saitama Prefecture. It was formerly known as Musashino Railway, which was established in 1912. It merged with Tamako Railway in 1940, and renamed Seibu Agricultural Railway in 1945 after merging with the former Seibu Railway and Shokuryo Masuhan, and changed its name to Seibu Railway in 1946. It merged with Nippon Chikusan, Seibu Shokuryo Kogyo in 1951, Tokorozawa Flour Mill, Asahi Shokuryo Kogyo in 1952, Kowa Real Estate, and Nihon Bunka Sangyo Kōgyo in 1958, and Toshimaen in 1963. In 1956, it established Prince Hotels (a wholly owned subsidiary of Kokudo Keikaku in 1985 (renamed Kokudo in 1992)) as a hotel management company. In 2004, false statements in its securities report were discovered, and the company was delisted. In February 2006, Prince Hotels became a wholly owned subsidiary of the newly established Prince Hotels when the latter absorbed its parent company, Kokudo. In the same month, Prince Hotels established the holding company Seibu Holdings. In March 2006, Seibu Real Estate, Seibu Construction, Seibu Transport, Seibu Bus, Izuhakone Railway, Ohmi Railway, and others became direct subsidiaries of Seibu Holdings. The lines are Ikebukuro Line (Ikebukuro-Agano), Shinjuku Line (Seibu Shinjuku-Honkawagoe), Seibu Chichibu Line, Seibuen Line, Kokubunji Line, Tamako Line, Tamagawa Line, Haijima Line, Toshima Line, Sayama Line, Yamaguchi Line, and Seibu Yurakucho Line. At Ikebukuro Station on the Ikebukuro Line and Seibu Yurakucho Line, the line connects with the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, and via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, the Tokyu Corporation Toyoko Line and Yokohama Minatomirai Line. (→Tsutsumi Kojiro)

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Japanese:
私鉄会社。東京都西部から埼玉県にかけ路線展開。1912年設立の武蔵野鉄道を前身とする。1940年多摩湖鉄道を合併,1945年旧西武鉄道,食糧増産を合併して西武農業鉄道と改称,1946年西武鉄道に社名を変更。1951年日本畜産,西武食糧工業,1952年所沢製粉,旭食糧工業,1958年光和不動産,日本文化産業振興,1963年豊島園をそれぞれ合併。1956年ホテル運営会社としてプリンスホテル(1985国土計画〈1992コクドに社名変更〉の完全子会社)を設立。2004年有価証券報告書の虚偽記載が発覚,株式の上場廃止処分を受ける。2006年2月,プリンスホテルが親会社のコクドを吸収合併したのに伴い,新たに発足したプリンスホテルの完全子会社となった。同月プリンスホテルが持株会社西武ホールディングスを設立。同 2006年3月,西武不動産,西武建設,西武運輸,西武バス,伊豆箱根鉄道,近江鉄道などとともに西武ホールディングスの直接の子会社となった。路線は池袋線(池袋―吾野),新宿線(西武新宿―本川越),西武秩父線,西武園線,国分寺線,多摩湖線,多摩川線,拝島線,豊島線,狭山線,山口線,西武有楽町線。池袋線・西武有楽町線池袋駅で東京地下鉄有楽町線と,東京地下鉄副都心線と同線を介して東京急行電鉄東横線,横浜高速鉄道みなとみらい線と乗り入れる。(→堤康次郎)

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