Kashima Railway Line
Encyclopedia
The was the sole line operated by the Kashima Railway Company in Ibaraki Prefecture
, Japan
. It operated between Ishioka Station
and Hokota Station. It closed on 1 April 2007.
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region on the main island of Honshu. The capital is Mito.-History:Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It operated between Ishioka Station
Ishioka Station
is a train station operated by East Japan Railway Company and located in Ishioka, Ibaraki. It used to be the terminal for Kashima Railway Line until 1 April 2007. There is bus service from here to the Ibaraki Airport.-Platforms:...
and Hokota Station. It closed on 1 April 2007.
Data
- Length: 27.2 km
- GaugeRail gaugeTrack gauge or rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Sixty percent of the world's railways use a standard gauge of . Wider gauges are called broad gauge; smaller gauges, narrow gauge. Break-of-gauge refers...
: 1,067 mm - Stations: 17, including terminals
- Multi-track sections: None
- Electrified sections: None
History
- 1924: First segment opens. Steam trains begin operation as Kashima Sangū Tetsudō.
- 1929: Complete line operational.
- 1965: Railway company changes name to Kantō Railway; line becomes Hokota Line.
- 1979: Kashima Railway spun off.
- 2002: Freight operations cease.
- 2006: Company announces forthcoming closure of line.
- 1 April 2007: Line closes.
Stations
As of 2005, the line had 17 stations:- Ishioka
- Ishioka-Minamidai
- Higashi-Tanaka
- Tamari
- Shin-Takahama
- Shikamura
- Hitachi-Ogawa
- Ogawakōkō-shita
- Momoura
- Yakimaki
- Hama
- Tamatsukurimachi
- Enokimoto
- Kariyado-mae
- Tomoegawa
- Sakado
- Hokota