The Izu Express, Japan

In June 1962, the ‘Modern Tramway’ carried a report by J. W. Higgins and Ralph Forty entitled ‘A New Electric Interurban in Japan’.

The Izu Express was at that time Japan’s newest railway. It had opened on 10th December 1961.

In the 21st century, the line is known as ‘The Izu Kyūkō Line’. It is a privately owned railway line of the Izukyū Corporation in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

The line approximately parallels the eastern coast of the Izu Peninsula, a tourist district noted for its numerous hot spring resorts, and golf courses, between Itō Station in Itō and Izukyū Shimoda Station in Shimoda.

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Hi Roger, if you are interested in Japanese lines, you may want to try to get hold of the LRTA's "Electric Railways of Japan" series of booklets. They are a bit out of date and the production values are rather primitive but I guess they could not switch easily into typing Japanese 40 years ago and the amount of information is astonishing. I attach a copy of the info on the Izu Kyuko and Izu Hakone Railways. This is from Volume 1 Tokyo and North Japan, which runs to 100 pages. Also a ticket from Ito to Izukyu Shimoda.