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Ōarai Kashima Line

{{Short description|Railway line in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox rail line

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| name = Ōarai Kashima Line

| native_name = 鹿島臨海鉄道大洗鹿島線

| native_name_lang = ja

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| image = Kashima rinkai Railway-kiha6000.JPG

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| caption = A Kashima Rinkai Railway 6000 series diesel railcar in August 2007

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| system =

| status = In operation

| locale = Ibaraki Prefecture

| start = {{STN|Mito|x|Ibaraki}}

| end = {{STN|Kashima Soccer Stadium|x}}

| stations = 15

| routes =

| daily_ridership =

| open = 14 March 1985

| close =

| owner = Kashima Rinkai Railway

| operator = Kashima Rinkai Railway

| character = Rural and urban

| depot = None

| stock = 6000 series DMU, 8000 series DMU, KRD series diesel locomotive

| linelength = {{Convert|53.0|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| tracklength =

| tracks = Entire line single tracked

| gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}

| electrification = None

| speed = {{Convert|95|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}

| elevation =

| minradius = 500 m

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The {{nihongo|Kashima Rinkai Railway Ōarai Kashima Line|鹿島臨海鉄道大洗鹿島線|Kashima Rinkai Tetsudō 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 third-sector railway operating company Kashima Rinkai Railway (KRT).

Stations

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Line

!Station

!Japanese

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!Location

rowspan="15" style="background:red; color:white; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; width:1.5em;"|Ōarai Kashima

|{{STN|Mito|x|Ibaraki}}

|水戸

|style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:right;"|0.0

|Jōban Line
Suigun Line

|rowspan="3"|Mito

{{STN|Higashi-Mito|x}}

|東水戸

|style="text-align:right;"|3.8

|style="text-align:right;"|3.8

| 

{{STN|Tsunezumi|x}}

|常澄

|style="text-align:right;"|4.5

|style="text-align:right;"|8.3

| 

{{STN|Ōarai|x}}

|大洗

|style="text-align:right;"|3.3

|style="text-align:right;"|11.6

| 

|Ōarai

{{STN|Hinuma|x}}

|涸沼

|style="text-align:right;"|6.4

|style="text-align:right;"|18.0

| 

|rowspan="6"|Hokota

{{STN|Kashima-Asahi|x}}

|鹿島旭

|style="text-align:right;"|4.8

|style="text-align:right;"|22.8

| 

{{STN|Tokushuku|x}}

|徳宿

|style="text-align:right;"|3.9

|style="text-align:right;"|26.7

| 

{{STN|Shin-Hokota|x}}

|新鉾田

|style="text-align:right;"|4.3

|style="text-align:right;"|31.0

| 

{{STN|Kitaurakohan|x}}

|北浦湖畔

|style="text-align:right;"|3.9

|style="text-align:right;"|34.9

| 

{{STN|Taiyō|x}}

|大洋

|style="text-align:right;"|4.1

|style="text-align:right;"|39.0

| 

{{STN|Kashimanada|x}}

|鹿島灘

|style="text-align:right;"|4.1

|style="text-align:right;"|43.1

| 

|rowspan="7"|Kashima

{{STN|Kashima-Ōno|x}}

|鹿島大野

|style="text-align:right;"|3.0

|style="text-align:right;"|46.1

| 

{{STN|Chōjagahamashiosaihamanasukōenmae|x}}

|長者ヶ浜潮騒はまなす公園前

|style="text-align:right;"|2.3

|style="text-align:right;"|48.4

| 

{{STN|Kōyadai|x}}

|荒野台

|style="text-align:right;"|1.7

|style="text-align:right;"|50.1

| 

rowspan="2"|{{STN|Kashima Soccer Stadium|x}}

|rowspan="2"|鹿島サッカースタジアム

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|2.9

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|53.0

|rowspan="2"|Kashima Rinkō Line

rowspan="2" style="background:darkorange; color:white; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; width:1.5em;"|Kashima Line
{{STN|Kashima-Jingū|x}}

|鹿島神宮

|style="text-align:right;"|3.2

|style="text-align:center;"

Kashima Line

Rolling stock

{{As of|2017|04|01}}, passenger services on the line were operated by a fleet of 15 6000 series diesel railcars and three 8000 series diesel railcars.{{cite book |script-title=ja: 私鉄車両編成表 2017 |trans-title= Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2017 |publisher = Kotsu Shimbunsha |date = 25 July 2017 |location = Japan |language = Japanese |pages = 20, 196 |isbn = 978-4-330-81317-2}} The railway also operates three diesel locomotives: Class KRD locomotive number KRD 5 and two Class KRD64 locomotives, KRD64-1 and KRD64-2.

The first 8000 series diesel car, 8001, entered revenue service on 26 March 2016.

File:KRT Oharai 鹿島臨海鉄道大洗線大洗駅 (398843614).jpg|A 6000 series DMU car in February 2007

File:KRT8001 2017-01-01.jpg|8000 series car 8001 in January 2017

File:Kashirin KRD5.JPG|KRD 5 in service in November 2008

=6000 series fleet details=

The individual car histories of the 6000 series fleet are as follows.{{cite magazine|last = Terada |first = Hirokazu |script-title=ja: 国鉄・JR転換線探訪 鹿島臨海鉄道大洗鹿島線|trans-title= Visiting lines transferred from JNR/JR - Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line |magazine = Japan Railfan Magazine |volume = 58|issue = 684 |page = 112 |publisher = Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location = Japan |language = Japanese |date = April 2018}}

class="wikitable"
Car No.ManufacturerDate deliveredDate withdrawn
6001rowspan=19| Nippon Sharyo14 January 1985 
600214 January 19857 January 2017
600314 January 1985 
600414 January 1985 
600514 January 1985 
600614 January 1985 
600728 February 1987 
600828 February 198728 March 2016
600925 August 1989 
601025 August 1989 
601125 August 1989 
601225 August 198928 March 2016
60131 September 1990 
60141 September 1990 
60151 September 1990 
601613 July 1992 
601713 July 1992 
601830 March 1994 
601930 March 19947 January 2017

=8000 series fleet details=

The individual car histories of the 8000 series fleet are as follows.

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Car No.ManufacturerDate deliveredDate withdrawn
8001rowspan=3| Niigata Transys16 February 2016 
80027 January 2017 
80037 January 2017 

=Former rolling stock=

The following types also previously operated on the line.

  • 2000 series DMU cars 2001 to 2004 (former JNR KiHa 20 series cars, operated from December 1985 until December 1991)
  • 7000 series two-car diesel multiple unit (DMU) train owned by Ibaraki Prefecture and reserved for special event services.{{cite book |script-title=ja: 私鉄車両編成表 2015 |trans-title=Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015 |publisher = Kotsu Shimbunsha |date = 23 July 2015 |location = Japan |language = Japanese |page = 20|isbn = 978-4-330-58415-7}} (Operated from 1992 until October 2015)

File:Ibaraki 201 Ajigaura 20030323.jpg|A former Kashima Rinkai Railway 2000 series car in its later guise as Ibaraki Kotsu 200 series car 201 in March 2003

File:Kashima-rinkai-tetsudo-7000.jpg|The 7000 series DMU in service in June 2007

=2000 series fleet details=

The individual car histories of the 2000 series fleet were as follows.

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Car No.ManufacturerBuiltFormer numberDate introducedDate withdrawn
2001Nippon SharyoJanuary 1961KiHa 20 42918 December 198529 December 1991
2002Teikoku SharyoMay 1961KiHa 20 42118 December 198523 December 1989
2003Tokyu CarFebruary 1960KiHa 20 27425 December 198512 October 1990
2004Tokyu CarApril 1959KiHa 20 27325 December 198529 December 1991

=7000 series fleet details=

The individual car histories of the two-car 7000 series set were as follows.

class="wikitable"
Car No.ManufacturerDate deliveredDate withdrawn
7001rowspan=2| Nippon Sharyorowspan=2| 13 July 1992rowspan=2| 24 October 2015
7002

History

The line opened on 14 March 1985 between Mito and Kita-Kashima (now Kashima Soccer Stadium) stations.{{cite book| last = Terada| first = Hirokazu |script-title=ja: データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title=Databook: Japan's Private Railways| publisher = Neko Publishing| date = July 2002| location = Japan| page = 41/190| isbn = 4-87366-874-3}}

Freight operations over the line commenced from 1 November 1989, but were discontinued from 16 March 1996.

Wanman driver-only operation began on the line from 1 April 2001.

References

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Category:Rail transport in Ibaraki Prefecture

Category:Kashima Rinkai Railway

Category:1067 mm gauge railways in Japan

Category:Railway lines opened in 1985

Category:Japanese third-sector railway lines