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Kawasaki Line
Kawasaki line may refer to: * Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha is a Japanese transportation company. It owns a fleet that includes dry cargo ships (bulk carriers), Containerization, container ships, liquefied natural gas carriers, Roll-on/roll-off, Ro-Ro ships, Tanker (ship), tankers, and container termi ... ( ja, 川崎汽船株式会社, Kawasaki Kisen Kabushiki-gaisha, Kawasaki Steam Engine Company) aka ''K-Line'', a private Japanese railroad line and operating company * Kawasaki Municipal Subway ( ja, 川崎縦貫高速鉄道, Kawasaki jūkan kōsoku tetsudō, Kawasaki Longitudinal Rapid Railway), a future subway line in Kawasaki, Kanagwa Prefecture, Japan * Kawasaki City Tram ( ja, 川崎市電, Kawasaki Shiden), a former tram line in Kawasaki, Kanagwa Prefecture, Japan See also * Kawasaki Route ( ja, 川崎線, Kawasaki-sen) aka ''Route K6'', a toll road of the Shuto expressway system in Greater Tokyo {{SIA ...
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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha
is a Japanese transportation company. It owns a fleet that includes dry cargo ships (bulk carriers), Containerization, container ships, liquefied natural gas carriers, Roll-on/roll-off, Ro-Ro ships, Tanker (ship), tankers, and container terminals. It used to be the fourteenth largest container transportation and shipping company in the world, before becoming part of Ocean Network Express. History 1919-1944 K Line traces its origin to Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd, which itself was born in 1878, when founder and entrepreneur Kawasaki Shōzō (川崎 正蔵) established Kawasaki Tsukiji Shipyard in Tokyo, Japan, which, eighteen years later, in 1896, was incorporated as Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd. The shipping activities were developed when Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Kawasaki Heavy Industries)'s President Matsukata Kojiro, Kojiro Matsukata, decided to develop shipping services so as to provide business to Kawasaki Dockyard and to serve Japan's national indus ...
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Kawasaki Municipal Subway
The is a proposed subway line that would run between and , ultimately extending to . The whole line will lie within the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It would link the eastern and western parts of southern Kawasaki that are otherwise not well served by rail transport. The railway line is planned by the city government of Kawasaki, therefore the operator would be Kawasaki City Transportation Bureau, which previously ran a city tram, busway, and currently operates extensive bus services. The project is commonly known as the . History A plan for a subway through Kawasaki was first devised in the 1960s. In 1966, the Ministry of Transport (now the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) planned to construct a subway line between and stations. In 1985, the ministry changed the plan to use the existing Musashino South Line right-of-way, converting it from a freight-only to passenger-only operations. However the operator of the line, Japanese National Rai ...
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Kawasaki City Tram
was a tram line in the Japanese city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. The 6.7 km line ran from Shiden Kawasaki (in front of Kawasaki Station Kawasaki station may refer to: * Kawasaki-juku ( ja, 川崎宿, Kawasaki-shuku, Kawasaki lodging), a Tōkaidō waystation in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan * Kawasaki Station ( ja, 川崎駅, Kawasaki-eki, Kawasaki Station, a train station ...) to Shiohama Station (now closed). The tramway operated from 1944 to 1969. A street on the former route is named . References Tram transport in Japan Railway companies of Japan Railway companies established in 1944 Railway companies disestablished in 1969 1944 establishments in Japan 1969 disestablishments in Japan Kawasaki {{Japan-rail-transport-stub ...
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