Who owns Eizan Railway?
Eizan Railway is owned by Keihan (Japan, TSE: 9045).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Keihan Group Integrated Report 2025, Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Category
- Travel & transport › Railways
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 9045
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Eizan Railway
Eizan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. is listed among the key operating companies in the transportation segment of the Keihan Group in the Integrated Report 2025, which also shows the Eizan Cable Car and Eizan Ropeway on the group network map.
Ownership timeline of Eizan Railway
Where Eizan Railway sits in Keihan
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Keihan
Keihan controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in railways, and who owns them
The 91 brands in railways on Brandtree belong to 68 owners. The largest is DfT Operator, with 9.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| c2c | DfT Operator | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Avanti West Coast | FirstGroup | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Eurostar | SNCF | 🇫🇷 France |
| CPKC | CPKC | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Linha 4 do Metrô de São Paulo | Motiva | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Hellenic Train | FS Italiane | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Transtar | FTAI Infrastructure | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KAI Commuter | KAI | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
About the owner: Keihan
Keihan is a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan, founded in 1906. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 9045.
Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd. says in its Integrated Report 2025 that it was formerly Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd., founded in 1906 by Eiichi Shibusawa. The report lists the group's transportation operating companies as Keihan Electric Railway, Eizan Electric Railway, Keifuku Electric Railroad and Keihan Bus, alongside real estate, retail and leisure companies. Its May 2025 financial results give securities code 9045 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
🇯🇵 Eizan Railway and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Eizan Railway is not one of them.
- "K" Line — K Line 🇯🇵
- AIRDO — RegionalPlus Wings 🇯🇵
- AIT — AIT 🇯🇵
- ANA — ANA Holdings 🇯🇵
- AZ-COM Maruwa — AZ-COM Maruwa 🇯🇵
- Amakusa Airlines — Amakusa Airlines 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Eizan Railway?
The parent company of Eizan Railway is Keihan, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Eizan Railway Japanese?
Yes. Eizan Railway originated in Japan and its owner, Keihan, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Eizan Railway still owned by Keihan?
Yes. As of 5 October 2026, Eizan Railway is still owned by Keihan. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Keihan Group Integrated Report 2025 — Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd., Annual report; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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