Ōarai Kashima Line


The Kashima Rinkai Railway Ōarai Kashima Line 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.

Stations

Rolling stock

, passenger services on the line were operated by a fleet of 15 6000 series diesel railcars and three 8000 series diesel railcars. 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.

6000 series fleet details

The individual car histories of the 6000 series fleet are as follows.
Car No.ManufacturerDate deliveredDate withdrawn
6001Nippon Sharyo14 January 1985
6002Nippon Sharyo14 January 19857 January 2017
6003Nippon Sharyo14 January 1985
6004Nippon Sharyo14 January 1985
6005Nippon Sharyo14 January 1985
6006Nippon Sharyo14 January 1985
6007Nippon Sharyo28 February 1987
6008Nippon Sharyo28 February 198728 March 2016
6009Nippon Sharyo25 August 1989
6010Nippon Sharyo25 August 1989
6011Nippon Sharyo25 August 1989
6012Nippon Sharyo25 August 198928 March 2016
6013Nippon Sharyo1 September 1990
6014Nippon Sharyo1 September 1990
6015Nippon Sharyo1 September 1990
6016Nippon Sharyo13 July 1992
6017Nippon Sharyo13 July 1992
6018Nippon Sharyo30 March 1994
6019Nippon Sharyo30 March 19947 January 2017

8000 series fleet details

The individual car histories of the 8000 series fleet are as follows.
Car No.ManufacturerDate deliveredDate withdrawn
8001Niigata Transys16 February 2016
8002Niigata Transys7 January 2017
8003Niigata Transys7 January 2017

Former rolling stock

The following types also previously operated on the line.
The individual car histories of the 2000 series fleet were as follows.
Car No.ManufacturerBuiltFormer numberDate introducedDate withdrawn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.
Car No.ManufacturerDate deliveredDate withdrawn
7001Nippon Sharyo13 July 199224 October 2015
7002Nippon Sharyo13 July 199224 October 2015

History

The line opened on 14 March 1985 between Mito and Kita-Kashima stations.
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.