Kashima Rinkai Railway Ōarai Kashima Line
Kashima Rinkai Railway Ōarai Kashima Line | |
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Kashima Rinkai Railway 6000 series DMU, August 2007 | |
Overview | |
Locale | Ibaraki Prefecture |
Termini |
Mito Kashima Soccer Stadium |
Operation | |
Opening | 14 March 1985 |
Owner | Kashima Rinkai Railway |
Depot(s) | None |
Technical | |
Line length | 53.0 km (32.9 mi) |
No. of tracks | Single |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Minimum radius | 500 m |
Electrification | None |
Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph)[1] |
The Ōarai Kashima Line (大洗鹿島線 Ōarai Kashima-sen) 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 Kashima Rinkai Railway.
Stations
Line | Station | Japanese | Between (km) | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location |
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Ōarai Kashima | Mito | 水戸 | - | 0.0 | Jōban Line Suigun Line |
Mito |
Higashi-Mito | 東水戸 | 3.8 | 3.8 | |||
Tsunezumi | 常澄 | 4.5 | 8.3 | |||
Ōarai | 大洗 | 3.3 | 11.6 | Ōarai | ||
Hinuma | 涸沼 | 6.4 | 18.0 | Hokota | ||
Kashima-Asahi | 鹿島旭 | 4.8 | 22.8 | |||
Tokushuku | 徳宿 | 3.9 | 26.7 | |||
Shin-Hokota | 新鉾田 | 4.3 | 31.0 | |||
Kitaurakohan | 北浦湖畔 | 3.9 | 34.9 | |||
Taiyō | 大洋 | 4.1 | 39.0 | |||
Kashimanada | 鹿島灘 | 4.1 | 43.1 | Kashima | ||
Kashima-Ōno | 鹿島大野 | 3.0 | 46.1 | |||
Chōjagahama Shiosai Hamanasu Kōenmae | 長者ヶ浜潮騒はまなす公園前 | 2.3 | 48.4 | |||
Kōyadai | 荒野台 | 1.7 | 50.1 | |||
Kashima Soccer Stadium | 鹿島サッカースタジアム | 2.9 | 53.0 | Kashima Rinkō Line | ||
Kashima Line | ||||||
Kashima-Jingū | 鹿島神宮 | 3.2 | - | Kashima Line |
History
The line opened on 14 March 1985 between Mito and Kita-Kashima (now Kashima Soccer Stadium) stations.[1]
Freight operations over the line commenced from 1 November 1989, but were discontinued from 16 March 1996.[1]
Wanman driver-only operation began on the line from 1 April 2001.[1]
References
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