Foundation Anniversary: Toyama Chihō Railway — February 11, 1930

Toyama Chihō Railway Co., Ltd. was founded in Toyama on 11 February 1930 (Shōwa 5) as Toyama Electric Railway Co., Ltd. by founder Muneyoshi Saeki with a capital of 150 man yen, pursuing his regional transport concept of unifying Toyama Prefecture into a single urban network. The company inaugurated commercial railway operations between Kamiichi and Namerikawa on 15 August 1931 and adopted the name Toyama Chihō Railway Co., Ltd. on 1 January 1943, operating today from its headquarters at 1-1-36 Sakuramachi in Toyama City.

A note on this date. Historical records for Toyama Chihō Railway record two corporate dates alongside its 15 August 1931 operational launch: 11 February 1930, when Muneyoshi Saeki founded Toyama Electric Railway Co., Ltd. in Toyama, and 1 January 1943, when the consolidated prefectural operator took the name Toyama Chihō Railway Co., Ltd. This anniversary follows the 11 February 1930 founding date recorded in the company's corporate profile and states both dates. We publish it with the warning rather than leave the page out, and if you can point us to a register or an archive that carries it we will confirm or correct it.

Dates verified on Toyama Chihō Railway Official Website and Tetsudō Kujira Railway History Archive.