Private company

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company

Logo: 首都圏新都市鉄道株式会社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Railway company in Japan

The Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (首都圏新都市鉄道株式会社, Shuto-ken Shin Toshi Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha; lit. "Metropolitan Area's New City Railway Stock Company") is a third-sector railway operating company in Japan. It was established on 15 March 1991 to construct the 58.3 km Tsukuba Express (then known as the Jōban Shinsen) commuter railway line from Akihabara in Tokyo to Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture.2 It is headquartered in Kanda-Neribeichō.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Mar 15, 1991Founded1
  • Industryrail transport1
  • HeadquartersKanda-Neribeichō1
  • Websitewww.mir.co.jp
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1
JEBL AKIHABARA SQUARE
Photo: Beryllium Transistor, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (首都圏新都市鉄道株式会社, Shuto-ken Shin Toshi Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha; lit. "Metropolitan Area's New City Railway Stock Company") is a third-sector railway operating company in Japan. It was established on 15 March 1991 to construct the 58.3 km Tsukuba Express (then known as the Jōban Shinsen) commuter railway line from Akihabara in Tokyo to Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture. The Tsukuba Express line was opened on 24 August 2005.2

Corporate structure

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company Kanda-Neribeichō
    • Tsukuba Express Owned · Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Tsukuba Express

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Tsukuba Express

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Mar 15, 1991Founded Founded1