Okinawa Prefectural Railways

Locally called the Keebin (Okinawan pronunciation of keiben, part of keiben tetsudō or "light railway"), it operated about 48 kilometers of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge light railway until it was destroyed in the Battle of Okinawa.

[3] In the preparation stage for the Battle of Okinawa, the railway ceased normal operation on July 10, 1944, when 13,000 men of Imperial Army 9th Division started landing at Naha.

After the air raid on October 10, 1944 which destroyed Naha Station as well as two locomotives, four railcars and six coaches, the operation was not resumed until early November.

[4] On December 11, 1944, a train on the Itoman Line carrying weapons, ammunition and fuel exploded for unknown reason in Haebaru.

The attacks by the enemy preceding the landing (April 1, 1945) finally forced the railway operation discontinued by the end of March 1945.