Aoimori Railway Company
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Company type | Public-private (kabushiki gaisha) |
Industry | Rail transport |
Predecessor | East Japan Railway Company (JR East) |
Founded | 25 May 2001 |
Headquarters | , Japan |
Owner | Aomori Prefecture (68.8%) Aomori Municipal Government (7.63%) Hachinohe Municipal Government (6.52%) Japan Freight Railway Company (3.45%) Tokyo Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Company (1.72%) |
Website | aoimorirailway.com |
The Aoimori Railway Company (
History
[edit]The Aoimori Railway Company was founded on 25 May 2001. Following the beginning of Tōhoku Shinkansen services between Morioka Station and Hachinohe Station on 1 December 2002, the company began operating services along the former Tōhoku Main Line – the corresponding section of which was subsequently renamed as the Aoimori Railway Line – between Metoki Station and Hachinohe Station. When the shinkansen was extended north from Hachinohe to Shin-Aomori Station on 4 December 2010, the company assumed control of the bypassed section of the Tōhoku Main Line between Hachinohe Station and Aomori Station and added it to the Aoimori Railway Line.[1]
Mascot
[edit]Referencing the literal meaning of its Japanese name, Aoimori Railway's mascot is named Mōrī ("Molly"), an anthropomorphic blue tree.
References
[edit]- ^ "
青 い森 鉄道 線 について" [About the Aoimori Railway Line] (in Japanese). Aoimori Railway Co., Ltd. 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.