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The is a railway company in
The is a railway company in Ibaraki Prefecture
is a 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, Tochigi Prefecture ...
, 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
* Kashima Rinkō Line (freight only): — Okunoyahama *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 to Kashima Soccer Stadium.See also
*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
* Kashima Antlers Railway companies of Japan Companies based in Ibaraki Prefecture 1969 establishments in Japan Japanese third-sector railway lines {{Japan-rail-company-stub