Foundation Anniversary: Ōigawa Railway — March 10, 1925
Ōigawa Railway Co., Ltd. was founded on 10 March 1925 in Kanaya, in the city of Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, to carry materials and serve upstream hydroelectric power plant construction along the Ōi River. The company opened the first section of the Ōigawa Main Line between Kanaya and Yokooka for commercial transport on 10 June 1927, and completed the 39.5-kilometre main line from Kanaya Station to Senzu Station across 20 stations in 1931.
Dates verified on Ōigawa Railway Official Corporate Profile, Ōigawa Railway Official Website and Rail Hobidas (Neko Publishing).
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