Kamisu Freight Terminal

Kamisu Freight Terminal office building, January 2009

Kamisu Freight Terminal (神栖駅 Kamisu-eki) is a railway freight terminal in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kashima Rinkai Railway.

Lines

The terminal is located on the Kashima Rinkō freight line from Kashima Soccer Stadium to Okunoyahama Freight Terminal, a distance of 10.1 km (6 mi) from Kashima Soccer Stadium. It is located next to the rolling stock depot for the Kashima Rinkai Railway.[1]

History

Tablet exchange on the platform used by passenger trains, October 1981

The terminal opened on 12 November 1970. The platform was also used by passenger trains operating between Kita-Kashima Station (now Kashima Soccer Stadium) and Kashimakōnan Station (now closed) between 25 July 1978 and 1 December 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 (Databook: Japan's Private Railways). Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.

Coordinates: 35°54′39.5″N 140°39′25.7″E / 35.910972°N 140.657139°E / 35.910972; 140.657139

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