Kashima Rinkai Railway

Kashima Rinkai Railway KiHa 6000 series diesel railcar

The Kashima Rinkai Railway (鹿島臨海鉄道, Kashima Rinkai Tetsudō, "Kashima Seaside Railway") is a railway company in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The third sector company is abbreviated as KRT. It was founded in 1969 as a freight only railway operator to transport goods for the coastal industrial area of Kashima. Later in 1984, it took the planned Japanese National Railways line and began a passenger service as well.

Lines

• Ōarai Kashima Line: Mito — Kashima Soccer Stadium
• Kashima Rinkō Line (freight only): Kashima Soccer Stadium — Okunoyahama

See also

• List of railway companies in Japan

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kashima Seaside Railway.

• Official website (Japanese)