Native name | 島原鉄道 |
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Romanized name | Shimabara Tetsudō |
Company type | Third sector |
Industry | Transportation |
Founded | 5 May 1908 |
Headquarters | Bentenmachi, Shimabara, Nagasaki |
Website | Official website |
Shimabara Railway (島原鉄道, Shimabara Tetsudō) (Shimatetsu (島鉄) 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.[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.