AbukumaExpress

Railway company in Fukushima, Japan

AbukumaExpress, Ltd.

Abukuma Express AB900 series train at Tsukinoki Station
Company type	Third sector
Genre	Rail transport
Founded	5 April 1984
Headquarters	Date, Fukushima , Japan
Area served	Northern Fukushima Prefecture and southwest Miyagi Prefecture
Services	Passenger railway
Website	www.abukyu.co.jp

AbukumaExpress, Ltd. (阿武隈急行株式会社, Abukuma Kyūkō Kabushiki Gaisha) is a third-sector railway transportation company headquartered in Date, Fukushima, Japan.

History

AbukumaExpress was founded on April 5, 1984, as a third-sector railway for the purpose of taking over operation of Japanese National Railways' Marumori Line, which ran 17.4 km and linked Marumori Station to Tsukinoki Station.^[1]

The Marumori Line was reopened as the Abukuma Express Line on July 1, 1986, operated by AbukumaExpress.^[1] The Abukuma Express Line was extended to Fukushima Station in the south from July 1, 1988.^[1]

Operations

AbukumaExpress operates the Abukuma Express Line, which runs 54.9 km from Fukushima Station in the south to Tsukinoki Station in the north.

Rolling stock

KiHa 22 series [ja] (1986–1988)^{[verification needed]}
A417 series [ja] (former 417 series [ja]; October 2008 – March 2016)^[2]
8100 series [ja] (since 1988)^[3]
AB900 series (since July 2019)^[4]

A417 series
8100 series
AB900 series

Ownership

The shareholders of AbukumaExpress consist primarily of local and prefectural governments.

Shareholder	Number of shares	Percentage of shares
Fukushima Prefecture	8,400	28.0%
Miyagi Prefecture	7,680	25.6%
Fukushima Transportation	6,000	20.0%
Fukushima City	1,836	6.1%
Date	1,568	5.2%
Kakuda	1,504	5.0%
Marumori	1,062	3.6%
Sendai	398	1.3%
Shibata	221	0.7%
Natori	221	0.7%
Iwanuma	221	0.7%
Shiroishi	150	0.5%
Nine unnamed shareholders	739	2.5%

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 978-4-87366-874-1.
^ Yasuhiro, Sasaki (24 May 2016). "阿武隈急行A417系5/28ラストラン! 臨時列車3本運行 - 引退記念きっぷも発売" [Abukuma Express A417 series 5/28 Last Run! 3 temporary trains-retirement ticket released]. news.mynavi.jp (in Japanese). Mynavi Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ "阿武隈急行の新型車両AB900系電車が完成 JR貨物の「金太郎」にけん引されて福島へ" [Abukuma Express' new vehicle, the AB900 series train, is completed. Towed by JR Freight “Kintaro” to Fukushima]. excite.co.jp (in Japanese). Excite Japan Co., Ltd. 21 February 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ "『新型車両』始動！ＡＢ９００系　阿武隈急行、開業以来初導入" ["New vehicle" started! AB900 series Abukuma Express, first introduced since its opening]. minyu-net.com (in Japanese). The Fukushima Minyu Shimbun. 2 July 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.