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( 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. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.shimatetsu.co.jp/one_html3/pub/default.aspx?c_id=48 )〕 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 150 class steam 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. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.shimatetsu.co.jp/one_html3/pub/default.aspx?c_id=47 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shimabara Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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