( for short) is a
third-sector railway company in
Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...
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Shimabara Railway also operates buses, taxis and passenger ferries; as well as other non-transport ventures.
Nagasaki Prefecture and Cities in Shimabara area came to hold stocks in the company after an eruption disaster of Unzen Fugen-dake in an effort to increase capital.
History
*May 5, 1908: Shimabara Railway Co., Ltd. established.
*1911:
**April 1: Line opened with a
JGR Class 150 locomotive (built 1871) from the Ministry of Railways.
**June 20: Line from to Ainomura (now ) opened.
*September 24, 1913: Line from Isahaya to Shimabara Minato (now South Shimabara) opened.
*April 10, 1919: Kuchinotsu Railway Co., Ltd. established.
*April 22, 1922: Kuchinotsu Railway line from Shimabara Minato to Dozaki opened.
*March 1, 1928: Kuchinotsu Railway line from Kazusa to Shimabara Minato opened.
*December 5, 1930: Shimabara Railway bus service established.
*June 1, 1935: Shimabara Railway line to Unzen opened (discontinued 1938).
*1935: Kuchinotsu Railway bus service established.
*1938: Kuchinotsu Railway buys Oniike route.
*July 1, 1943: Shimabara and Kuchinotsu Railway companies merge.
*July 1956 Island Tourist Rail Co., Ltd. established.
*March 1966 Island Rail Taxi Co., Ltd. established.
*July 1978 Isahaya Terminal Hotel opened.
*November 1990-June 1991: Eruption of
Mount Unzen
is an active volcanic group of several overlapping stratovolcanoes, near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island.
In 1792, the collapse of one of its several lava domes triggered a megatsunam ...
; service from Fukae to Shimabara discontinued.
*October 1995: Nagasaki and cities and towns along the line increase their stock holdings in the company.
*April 1, 1997: Fukae-Shimabara service resumed after reconstruction work. Tourist tram train operation started.
*August 1997: Shimabara - Omuta route opened; Shimatetsu high speed passenger ship service began.
*April 1, 2008 - Rail service from to discontinued.
Current (October 2015) capital of 300 million
yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar (US$) and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the e ...
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Line
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Shimabara Railway Line
The is a Japanese railway line connecting Isahaya Station, Isahaya and Shimabarakō. The line parallels the coast of Shimabara Peninsula, Nagasaki Prefecture. The third-sector railway company Shimabara Railway owns the line and also operates bu ...
References
External links
Shimabara Railway Official Site
Railway companies of Japan
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