, known as 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.
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.
Line Shimabara Railway Line
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 to Ainomura (now ) 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 to discontinued.
Current (October 2015) capital of 300 million yen.
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