Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway

Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway (四日市あすなろう鉄道, Yokkaichi Asunarō Tetsudō) is a third-sector railway company in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan. The company is 75% owned by Kintetsu Railway and 25% owned by the city government of Yokkaichi.

The company operates the Utsube Line and the Hachiōji Line in Yokkaichi. Both lines are 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge railways.

Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway took control of the lines and commenced operation on April 1, 2015; previously, the lines were operated by Kintetsu Railway, a private railway operator in the area, as branches of the Kintetsu Nagoya Line.

The company's name, which in Japanese means "let's reach tomorrow", was chosen to represent "hope for the future" and the concept of "facing tomorrow" in regards to the goal of preserving the rare narrow gauge railway lines.

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