Kashima Line

Kashima Line
Kashima Line
	E131 series train running on the Kitaura Bridge (July 2022)
Overview
Owner	JR East
Locale	Chiba Prefecture,Ibaraki Prefecture
Termini	Katori; Kashima Soccer Stadium;
Stations	6
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR East,JR Freight
Rolling stock	E131 Series; Past: 113 Series, 209 series
History
Opened	1970
Technical
Line length	17.4 km (10.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DCoverhead catenary
Route map
Route map
	Legend
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TheKashima Line(Lộc đảo tuyến,Kashima-sen)is a railway line operated by theEast Japan Railway Company(JR East). It linksKatori StationwithKashima Soccer Stadium Stationby crossing and then following theTone River,at the border betweenChiba PrefectureandIbaraki Prefecture.

Operation

Katori Station is on theNarita Line,and all trains of the Kashima Line run through from/to its neighboring station,Sawara,or beyond it, but all trains terminate atKashima-Jingū.^[1]OnlyKashima Rinkai Railway Ōarai Kashima Linetrains run from here to Kashima Soccer Stadium andMito Station.Kashima Soccer Stadium Station is only temporarily operated when football matches are held atKashima Soccer Stadium,the home stadium ofKashima AntlersinJ.League(Japan Professional Football League).^[2]

From Kashima Jingu to Sawara, JR East local trains run approximately once per 1–2 hours. Some Narita Line through service train runs beyond Sawara toNarita.Each day, one through serviceSōbu Line (Rapid)train runs toTokyo Station(weekdays) orŌfuna Station(weekends and holidays) in the morning, and fromKurihama Station(weekdays) or Tokyo Station (weekends and holidays) in the evening.

Until 2015, the Limited ExpressAyameservice ran betweenTokyo Stationand Kashima Jingu once per day, from Kashima Jingu in every morning, from Tokyo in every night, and stopping at all stations on the Kashima Line. From Kashima-Jingū and Mito, Oarai Kashima Line local or rapid diesel trains run approximately once an hour. Normally, no passenger trains stops at Kashima Soccer Stadium, except when football matches are played in the stadium.

JR Freight also operates trains on the line, from the Tokyo area to the Kashima Rinko Line. The trains change its directions at Kashima Soccer Stadium Station.

Stations

Station	Japanese	Distance (km) (from Katori)	Transfers	Location
Sawara	Tá nguyên	3.6	Narita Line(forNaritaandChiba)	Katori	Chiba Prefecture
Katori	Hương lấy	0.0	Narita Line(forMatsugishiandChōshi)
Jūnikyō	Mười hai kiều	3.0
Itako	Triều tới	5.2		Itako	Ibaraki Prefecture
Nobukata	Duyên phương	10.4		Itako
Kashima-Jingū	Lộc đảo thần cung	14.2		Kashima
Kashima Soccer Stadium	Lộc đảo サッカースタジアム	17.4	Kashima Rinkai Railway Ōarai Kashima Line Kashima Rinkai Railway Kashima Rinkō Line(freight line)	Kashima

History

This line was planned as the main mass transportation method within the Kashima Industrial Zone along the southern coast of Ibaraki Prefecture, to connect with the Tokyo Metropolis.

20 August 1970 – Newly operated between Katori and Kashima-Jingū (14.2 km (8.8 mi)), asJNRKashima Line.
12 November 1970 – Newly operated between Kashima-Jingū and Kita-Kashima (3.2 km (2.0 mi)), as the freight line.
24 October 1974 – The line was electrified.
March 1978 – Jet airplane fuel transport service was started fromKashima Rinkai Kashima Rinko Line(owned byKashima Rinkai Railway), via Kita-Kashima Station, to Tsuchiya Freight Terminal Station, near Narita Station, to supplyNew Tokyo International Airport.
25 July 1978, Passenger service was begun between Kashima-Jingū and Kita-Kashima, as the beginning of passenger service in Kashima Rinko Line.
8 August 1983 – Jet fuel freight line ended (pipelines came on service).
1 December 1983 – The passenger service between Kashima-Jingū and Kita-Kashima was abolished, which was started in 1978.
14 March 1985 – The passenger service was re-opened in the section between Kashima- Jingu and Kita-Kashima, as the opening of Kashima Rinkai Oarai Kashima Line.
1 April 1987 – JR East succeeded this line from JNR.
12 March 1994 – Kita-Kashima Station was renamed to Kashima-Soccer-Stadium Station, and it served as a temporary station for football spectators in Kashima Stadium.
2 June 2002 –2002 FIFA World Cupgame, Argentina – Nigeria was played in Kashima Stadium. JR East operated special trains betweenChiba Stationto Kashima-Soccer-Stadium Station, as special rapid trains.

Rolling stock

E131 series2-car EMUs (since 13 March 2021)

Sōbu Line (Rapid) through service

E217 series4-car EMUs
E235-1000 series4-car EMUs

Past

113 seriesEMUs
183 seriesEMUs (Ayamelimited express services)
209-2000/2100 series4-car EMUs (until 12 March 2021)
E257-500 series(Ayamelimited express services until 13 March 2015)

References

^"ＪＲ lộc đảo tuyến の thời khắc biểu - dịch thăm".ekitan(in Japanese).Retrieved3 November2024.
^"Thủy hộ phương diện から giao thông công cộng cơ quan をご lợi dụng の phương | lộc đảo アントラーズオフィシャルサイト".Lộc đảo アントラーズオフィシャルサイト | KASHIMA ANTLERS(in Japanese).Retrieved3 November2024.

External links

Media related toKashima Lineat Wikimedia Commons

[1] "ＪＲ lộc đảo tuyến の thời khắc biểu - dịch thăm".ekitan(in Japanese).Retrieved3 November2024.

[2] "Thủy hộ phương diện から giao thông công cộng cơ quan をご lợi dụng の phương | lộc đảo アントラーズオフィシャルサイト".Lộc đảo アントラーズオフィシャルサイト | KASHIMA ANTLERS(in Japanese).Retrieved3 November2024.

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