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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The 83km line from Shinjuku to Odawara opened for service on April 1, 1927.
On May 31, 1944, Odakyu merged into the Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway company (now Tokyu), which controlled all private railway services west and south of Tokyo by the end of World War II. The company regained its independence on June 1, 1948.
Today, Odakyu is a diversified corporation with operations in real estate, fiber optic networking, personal storage, and travel sales. They also own several recreational facilities, including a golf course, campground, hot springs resort, and sailing resort, all of which are situated to bring more passengers onto the railway network.
Odakyu is a company on Fortune magazine's Global 500 list.
History
Lines
Some Odakyu trains from the Tama Line continue on to the Eidan Chiyoda Line at Yoyogi-Uehara Station.
External links
http://www.odakyu-group.co.jp/ - Main site in Japanese
http://www.odakyu-co.com/ir/english/ - Corporate information in English
Source: the above text is adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Odakyu Electric Railway."
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