Shimabara Railway
Native name
島原鉄道
Shimabara Tetsudō
TypeThird sector
IndustryTransportation
Founded5 May 1908 (5 May 1908)
HeadquartersBentenmachi, Shimabara, Nagasaki
WebsiteOfficial website

Shimabara Railway (島原鉄道, Shimabara Tetsudō) (Shimatetsu (島鉄) for short) is a third-sector railway company in Nagasaki, Japan.

Shimabara Railway also operates buses, taxis and passenger ferries; as well as other non-transport ventures.[1]

Nagasaki Prefecture and Cities in Shimabara area came to hold stocks in the company after an eruption disaster of Unzen Fugen-dake in an effort to increase capital.

History

  • May 5, 1908: Shimabara Railway Co., Ltd. established.
  • 1911:
    • April 1: Line opened with a JGR Class 150 locomotive (built 1871) from the Ministry of Railways.
    • June 20: Line from Hon-Isahaya to Ainomura (now Aino) opened.
  • September 24, 1913: Line from Isahaya to Shimabara Minato (now South Shimabara) opened.
  • April 10, 1919: Kuchinotsu Railway Co., Ltd. established.
  • April 22, 1922: Kuchinotsu Railway line from Shimabara Minato to Dozaki opened.
  • March 1, 1928: Kuchinotsu Railway line from Kazusa to Shimabara Minato opened.
  • December 5, 1930: Shimabara Railway bus service established.
  • June 1, 1935: Shimabara Railway line to Unzen opened (discontinued 1938).
  • 1935: Kuchinotsu Railway bus service established.
  • 1938: Kuchinotsu Railway buys Oniike route.
  • July 1, 1943: Shimabara and Kuchinotsu Railway companies merge.
  • July 1956 Island Tourist Rail Co., Ltd. established.
  • March 1966 Island Rail Taxi Co., Ltd. established.
  • July 1978 Isahaya Terminal Hotel opened.
  • November 1990-June 1991: Eruption of Mount Unzen; service from Fukae to Shimabara discontinued.
  • October 1995: Nagasaki and cities and towns along the line increase their stock holdings in the company.
  • April 1, 1997: Fukae-Shimabara service resumed after reconstruction work. Tourist tram train operation started.
  • August 1997: Shimabara - Omuta route opened; Shimatetsu high speed passenger ship service began.
  • April 1, 2008 - Rail service from Shimabara-Gaikō to Kazusa discontinued.

Current (October 2015) capital of 300 million yen.[2]

Line

References

  1. ↑ "鉄道事業、一般乗合旅客自動車運送事業、一般貸切旅客自動車運送事業、船舶運送事業、ホテル事業、不動産賃貸事業". Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "資本金 800,000,000円". Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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