The is a 53.0 km Japanese railway line 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 ...

, which connects Mito Station in

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 ...

with Kashima Soccer Stadium Station in Kashima. It is owned and run by the third-sector railway operating company

Kashima Rinkai Railway The is a railway company in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The Public-Private Partnerships In Japan, third sector company is abbreviated as KRT. It was founded in 1969 to transport freight to and from the coastal industrial area of Kashima, Ibaraki, ...

(KRT).

Stations

Rolling stock

, passenger services on the line were operated by a fleet of 15 6000 series diesel railcars and three 8000 series diesel railcars. The railway also operates three diesel locomotives: Class KRD locomotive number KRD 5 and two Class KRD64 locomotives, KRD64-1 and KRD64-2. The first 8000 series diesel car, 8001, entered revenue service on 26 March 2016. File:KRT Oharai 鹿島臨海鉄道大洗線大洗駅 (398843614).jpg, A 6000 series DMU car in February 2007 File:KRT8001 2017-01-01.jpg, 8000 series car 8001 in January 2017 File:Kashirin KRD5.JPG, KRD 5 in service in November 2008

6000 series fleet details

The individual car histories of the 6000 series fleet are as follows.

8000 series fleet details

The individual car histories of the 8000 series fleet are as follows.

Former rolling stock

The following types also previously operated on the line. * 2000 series DMU cars 2001 to 2004 (former JNR KiHa 20 series cars, operated from December 1985 until December 1991) * 7000 series two-car

diesel multiple unit A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...

(DMU) train owned by

and reserved for special event services. (Operated from 1992 until October 2015) File:Ibaraki 201 Ajigaura 20030323.jpg, A former Kashima Rinkai Railway 2000 series car in its later guise as Ibaraki Kotsu 200 series car 201 in March 2003 File:Kashima-rinkai-tetsudo-7000.jpg, The 7000 series DMU in service in June 2007

2000 series fleet details

The individual car histories of the 2000 series fleet were as follows.

7000 series fleet details

The individual car histories of the two-car 7000 series set were as follows.

History

The line opened on 14 March 1985 between Mito and Kita-Kashima (now Kashima Soccer Stadium) stations. Freight operations over the line commenced from 1 November 1989, but were discontinued from 16 March 1996. ''Wanman''

driver-only operation One-person operation (OPO), also known as driver-only operation (DOO), one-man operation (OMO), single person train operation (SPTO), or one-person train operation (OPTO), similarly to Driver Controlled Operation, is operation of a train, bus ...

began on the line from 1 April 2001.

References

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