Shimabara Railway






Head Office of Shimabara Railway(Shimabara, Nagasaki)


Shimabara Railway (島原鉄道, Shimabara Tetsudō) (Shimatetsu (島鉄) for short) is a 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.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Line


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





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


  • Shimabara Railway 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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "資本金 800,000,000円". Retrieved 16 October 2015.




External links







  • Shimabara Railway Official Site (in Japanese)









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