The is a railway company in
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...
, Japan. The
third sector company is abbreviated as KRT. It was founded in 1969 to transport freight to and from the coastal industrial area of
Kashima.
Lines
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Kashima Rinkō Line (freight only): — Okunoyahama
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Ōarai Kashima Line
The is a 53.0 km Japanese railway line in Ibaraki Prefecture, which connects Mito Station in Mito with Kashima Soccer Stadium Station in Kashima. It is owned and run by the third-sector railway operating company Kashima Rinkai Railway (KR ...
: — Kashima Soccer Stadium
History
The company was founded on 1 April 1969.
On 12 November 1970, the company opened the freight-only line between Kita-Kashima (present-day Kashima Soccer Stadium) and Okunoyahama.
On 14 March 1985, the company opened the passenger line from
Mito
Mito may refer to:
Places
*Mito, Ibaraki, capital city of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
*Mito, Aichi, a Japanese town
*Mito, Shimane, a Japanese town
* Mitō, Yamaguchi, a Japanese town
* Mito District, a district in the province of Concepción, Per ...
to Kashima Soccer Stadium.
See also
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List of railway companies in Japan
List of railway companies in Japan lists Japanese railway operators.
Those in ''italics'' are the third-sector operators; being half-public, half-private.
Japan Railways Group
The Japan Railways Group consists of the seven companies that were fo ...
References
External links
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Kashima Antlers
Railway companies of Japan
Companies based in Ibaraki Prefecture
1969 establishments in Japan
Japanese third-sector railway lines
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