Kyushu Railway Company
18.90
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ISIN
JP3247010006
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- CEO
- Yoji Komiya
- Full Time Employees
- 15,365
- Sector
- Transportation
- Industry
- Railroads
- Address
- 3-25-21 Hakata-ekimae Fukuoka FK Japan 812-8566
- IPO Date
- Oct 25, 2016
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
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- Kyushu Railway Company Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) operates as a major regional rail provider primarily within Japan's Kyushu island across seven prefectures, managing an extensive network encompassing the Kyushu Shinkansen high-speed line from Hakata to Kagoshima-Chūō and the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen to Nagasaki, alongside conventional lines totaling approximately 2,343 kilometers including the Kagoshima Main Line, Nagasaki Main Line, Nippō Main Line, and others such as the Chikuhi Line and Karatsu Line; passenger services feature limited express and tourist trains like Sonic, Yufu, Ariake, Seven Stars in Kyushu luxury excursions, and SL Hitoyoshi steam services; the company also provides ferry services via subsidiaries, local express and charter buses, freight rail transport, travel agency operations, parking facilities, advertising, non-life insurance, retail sales of travel goods food beverages and pharmaceuticals, hotel and restaurant management, real estate development station buildings property management, civil engineering track work rolling stock maintenance construction HVAC and firefighting equipment for railways and facilities, as well as business services including construction machinery sales diesel engines generators office appliances system development shared finance and security. Founded on April 1 1987 as one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies post-privatization of Japanese National Railways and headquartered at 3-25-21 Hakata-ekimae Hakata-ku Fukuoka Japan, JR Kyushu targets local communities tourists businesses and regional travelers while diversifying non-rail revenues which constitute around 60% of sales through integrated station-area developments retail hotels and tourism. Recent initiatives encompass the JR Kyushu Group Medium-Term Business Plan 2025–2027 emphasizing mobility innovation real estate growth including the New Nagasaki Station Building Project and lean railway operations via business process reengineering; strategic alliances feature a capital and business partnership with Tokyo Artisan Intelligence Co. Ltd. since 2022 for AI-driven obstacle detection Shinkansen monitoring and labor-saving technologies a collaboration with Plug and Play Japan Inc. for global startup co-creation and a February 2025 partnership with SkyDrive Inc. and Oita Prefectural Government to assess eVTOL air mobility markets; operational shifts include discontinuation of the Beetle hydrofoil ferry to Busan South Korea in 2024 withdrawal of JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc. from vessel operations due to safety issues fare revisions for sustainability stock-based compensation trusts accelerated share repurchases and enhancements to shareholder benefit programs.