Kusatsu Light Railway - Kusatsu Light Railway

...The abolition of the post station system during the Meiji Restoration dealt a major blow to the area, but it developed as a summer resort from the mid-Meiji period. The Kusatsu Light Railway, which opened to Oze in 1916 and reached Kusatsu in 1927, was closed between 1960 and 1962. [Kodama Kota]...

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to the Kusatsu Light Railway are listed below.

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…明治維新の宿駅制廃止で大打撃をうけたが，明治半ばから避暑地として発展をみる。1916年に小瀬まで開通し，27年草津まで通じた草津軽便鉄道は60‐62年に廃止された。【児玉 幸多】。…

※「草津軽便鉄道」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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