Kamisu Freight Terminal

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

Kamisu Freight Terminal office building, January 2009

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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.


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