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Ōigawa Railway

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Railway company in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Ōigawa Railway (大井川鐵道, Ōigawa Tetsudō) is a private railway company in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, founded in 1925. The company is commonly known as Daitetsu (大鉄 or 大鐵). The company was a subsidiary of the Meitetsu Group until 2015, when it was restructured and sold to Eclipse Hidaka, a food, hotel, and investment company headquartered in Hidaka, Hokkaido.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

May 19, 1917Founded1
  • Industryrailway1
  • HeadquartersShin-Kanaya Station1
  • Founded inShizuoka1
  • Websitedaitetsu.jp
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

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Shin-Kanaya sta.,Shimada-city,Japan
Photo: katorisi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Ōigawa Railway (大井川鐵道, Ōigawa Tetsudō) is a private railway company in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, founded in 1925. The company is commonly known as Daitetsu (大鉄 or 大鐵). The company was a subsidiary of the Meitetsu Group until 2015, when it was restructured and sold to Eclipse Hidaka, a food, hotel, and investment company headquartered in Hidaka, Hokkaido.2

Corporate structure

Ōigawa Railway is part of a group headed by Eclipse Hidaka. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Eclipse Hidaka Shinhidaka, Japan
    • Ōigawa Railway Shin-Kanaya Station
      • Kanaya Station Owned · Shimada, Japan
    • Tenjinya Subsidiary · Suruga-ku, 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 Ōigawa Railway 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)

  • Kanaya Station

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

The story

Operation

The company operates preserved steam locomotives, and has "sister railway" agreements with the Brienz Rothorn Railway in Switzerland and the Alishan Forest Railway in Taiwan. Because of its historical rolling stock and the picturesque scenery, the Ōigawa Main Line is often used for shooting films or TV programs, especially those set in the pre-war period, and has been used as a setting in anime, such as in season 3 of Laid-Back Camp

Ōigawa Railway's locomotives include six characters from the Thomas & Friends series: Thomas the Tank Engine, James the Red Engine, Percy, Toby, Hiro, and Rusty. The locomotives are based at Shin-Kanaya Station. Thomas trains run between Shin-Kanaya and Kawaneonsen-Sasamado Station.

2022 typhoon

In September 2022, the Ōigawa Main Line suffered substantial damage from Tropical Storm Talas. Rail services between Kawane-Onsen Sasamado and Senzu Station were suspended until further notice, and steam locomotives were changed to only operate between Shin-Kanaya and Kawane-Onsen Sasamado. Ōigawa Railway advises customers intending to travel beyond Ieyama Station, i.e. to the Ikawa Line, towards Senzu and the Sumata Gorge area, to transfer to Kawanehon Town's community buses at Ieyama Station, which provide connections to Senzu Station.

In June 2024, Akira Torizuka was brought in to serve as president of Oigawa Railway, and set a goal of raising ¥2.1 billion, with help from national and local governments, to restore the full Ōigawa Main Line by 2029.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ōigawa Railway, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Also owns

  • Kanaya Station

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. May 19, 1917Founded Founded in Shizuoka1

Sources

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