Private company
Railway company in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Kashima Rinkai Railway (鹿島臨海鉄道, Kashima Rinkai Tetsudō; lit. 'Kashima Seaside Railway'), abbreviated as KRT or Rintetsu, is a third-sector railway company in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1969 to transport freight to and from the coastal industrial area of Kashima.2 It is headquartered in Ōarai Station.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Kashima Rinkai Railway (鹿島臨海鉄道, Kashima Rinkai Tetsudō; lit. 'Kashima Seaside Railway'), abbreviated as KRT or Rintetsu, is a third-sector railway company in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1969 to transport freight to and from the coastal industrial area of Kashima.2
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.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kashima Rinkai Railway, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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