The story
The Unazuki - Nekomata section opened in 1926, electrified at 600 VDC and was extended to Keyakidaira in 1937.
The passenger service started in 1953.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kurobe Gorge Railway, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Private company
Kurobe Gorge Railway
Logo: 黒部峡谷鉄道株式会社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Railway company in Toyama Prefecture, Japan
The Kurobe Gorge Railway (黒部峡谷鉄道株式会社, Kurobe Kyōkoku Tetsudō Kabushiki gaisha), or Kurotetsu (黒鉄) for short, is a private, 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway company operating the Kurobe Gorge Main Line along the Kurobe River in the Kurobe gorge area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The railway was built to serve the construction of the Kurobe dam for the Kansai Electric Power Company, which was completed in 1963; Kurotetsu was spun off from the power company in June 1971, but remains a wholly owned subsidiary.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
May 4, 1971Founded1
- HeadquartersKurobe1
- Websitewww.kurotetu.co.jp
- Legal formkabushiki gaisha1
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The Kurobe Gorge Railway (黒部峡谷鉄道株式会社, Kurobe Kyōkoku Tetsudō Kabushiki gaisha), or Kurotetsu (黒鉄) for short, is a private, 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway company operating the Kurobe Gorge Main Line along the Kurobe River in the Kurobe gorge area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The railway was built to serve the construction of the Kurobe dam for the Kansai Electric Power Company, which was completed in 1963; Kurotetsu was spun off from the power company in June 1971, but remains a wholly owned subsidiary. At its terminus, the Main Line links to Kurobe Senyō Railway, which is not open to the general public.2
Corporate structure
Kurobe Gorge Railway is part of a group headed by Kansai Electric Power Company. 7 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Kansai Electric Power Company 大阪府 大阪市北区, Japan
- Kurobe Gorge Railway Kurobe
- Daito Subsidiary · Osaka, Japan
- Kansai Transmission and Distribution, Inc. Subsidiary · Kita-ku, Japan
- Optage Subsidiary · Optage Building, Japan
- KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER FTS PTE. LTD. Subsidiary · Singapore Singapore, Singapore
- 関西電力送配電株式会社 Subsidiary · 大阪府 大阪市北区, Japan
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- May 4, 1971Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.kurotetu.co.jp1
- X (Twitter)x.com/torokkodensya1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/kurotetu1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/kurotetu_official1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCl3_ViQ70EgIs_7CIe3sYCg1
- WikipediaKurobe Gorge Railway
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ6446262
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataKurobe Gorge Railway on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKurobe Gorge Railway on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsKurobe Gorge Railway logo by 黒部峡谷鉄道株式会社, Public domain
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