Ōarai Kashima Line

Kashima Rinkai Railway Ōarai Kashima Line
A Kashima Rinkai Railway 6000 series diesel railcar in August 2007
Overview
Native name 鹿島臨海鉄道大洗鹿島線
Locale Ibaraki Prefecture
Termini Mito
Kashima Soccer Stadium
Operation
Opened 14 March 1985
Owner Kashima Rinkai Railway
Depot(s) None
Technical
Line length 53.0 km (32.9 mi)
Number 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 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

Line Station Japanese Between (km) Distance (km) Transfers Location
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

Rolling stock

As of 1 April 2017, passenger services on the line were operated by a fleet of 15 6000 series diesel railcars and three 8000 series diesel railcars.[2] The railway also operates three diesel locomotives: Class KRD locomotive number KRD 5 and two Class KRD64 locomotives, KRD64-1 and KRD64-2.[2]

The first 8000 series diesel car, 8001, entered revenue service on 26 March 2016.[2]

6000 series fleet details

The individual car histories of the 6000 series fleet are as follows.[3]

Car No.ManufacturerDate deliveredDate withdrawn
6001Nippon Sharyo14 January 1985 
600214 January 19857 January 2017[2]
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[2]

8000 series fleet details

The individual car histories of the 8000 series fleet are as follows.[3]

Car No.ManufacturerDate deliveredDate withdrawn
8001Niigata 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)[3]
  • 7000 series two-car diesel multiple unit (DMU) train owned by Ibaraki Prefecture and reserved for special event services.[4] (Operated from 1992 until October 2015)[3]

2000 series fleet details

The individual car histories of the 2000 series fleet were as follows.[3]

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.[3]

Car No.ManufacturerDate deliveredDate withdrawn
7001Nippon Sharyo13 July 199224 October 2015
7002

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 41/190. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 私鉄車両編成表 2017 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2017] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2017. p. 20, 196. ISBN 978-4-330-81317-2.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Terada, Hirokazu (April 2018). 国鉄・JR転換線探訪 鹿島臨海鉄道大洗鹿島線 [Visiting lines transferred from JNR/JR - Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 58 no. 684. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. p. 112.
  4. ↑ 私鉄車両編成表 2015 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 23 July 2015. p. 20. ISBN 978-4-330-58415-7.
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