
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 2,828,086 (1 July 2023) 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: — 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
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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 f ...
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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