Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line
The Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line (富山地方鉄道本線, Toyama Chihō Tetsudō Hon-sen) is a Japanese railway line that connects Dentetsu-Toyama Station in Toyama, Toyama with Unazuki Onsen Station in Kurobe, Toyama. It is owned and run by Toyama Chihō Railway.
Toyama Chiho Railway Main Line | |||
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Overview | |||
Native name | 富山地鉄本線 | ||
Status | Operational | ||
Owner | Toyama Chihō Railway | ||
Locale | Toyama Prefecture | ||
Termini | |||
Stations | 41 | ||
Service | |||
Type | Heavy rail | ||
Operator(s) | Toyama Chihō Railway | ||
History | |||
Opened | 25 June 1913 | ||
Technical | |||
Line length | 53.3 km (33.1 mi) | ||
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
Electrification | 1,500 V DC | ||
Operating speed | 95 km/h (59 mph) | ||
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Station list
No. | Name | Japanese | Distance (km) | Express | Rapid Express | Limited Express | Connections | Location | |
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T01 | Dentetsu-Toyama | 電鉄富山 | 0.0 | ● | ● | ● | Takayama Main Line (Toyama) Toyama Light Rail Toyamakō Line (Toyama) Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line (Toyama) |
Toyama | Toyama |
T02 | Inarimachi | 稲荷町 | 1.6 | ▲ | ● | | | Toyama Chihō Railway Fujikoshi Line | ||
T03 | Shinjō-Tanaka | 新庄田中 | 2.5 | ▲ | ↑ | | | |||
T04 | Higashi-Shinjō | 東新庄 | 3.6 | ▲ | ↑ | | | |||
T05 | Etchū-Ebara | 越中荏原 | 4.7 | ▲ | ↑ | | | |||
T06 | Etchū-Sangō | 越中三郷 | 7.0 | ▲ | ↑ | | | |||
T07 | Etchū-Funahashi | 越中舟橋 | 8.5 | ▲ | ↑ | | | Funahashi | ||
T08 | Terada | 寺田 | 9.8 | ● | ● | ● | Toyama Chihō Railway Tateyama Line | Tateyama | |
T09 | Etchū-Izumi | 越中泉 | 10.5 | | | ↑ | | | |||
T10 | Ainoki | 相ノ木 | 11.3 | | | ↑ | | | Kamiichi | ||
T11 | Shin-Ainoki | 新相ノ木 | 12.1 | | | ↑ | | | |||
T12 | Kamiichi | 上市 | 13.3 | ● | ● | ● | |||
T13 | Shin-Miyakawa | 新宮川 | 15.1 | ▲ | ▲ | | | |||
T14 | Naka-Kazumi | 中加積 | 17.1 | ● | ● | | | Namerikawa | ||
T15 | Nishi-Kazumi | 西加積 | 18.7 | | | ↑ | | | |||
T16 | Nishi-Namerikawa | 西滑川 | 19.8 | | | ↑ | | | |||
T17 | Naka-Namerikawa | 中滑川 | 20.6 | ● | ● | ● | |||
T18 | Namerikawa | 滑川 | 21.8 | ● | ● | | | Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | ||
T19 | Hamakazumi | 浜加積 | 23.2 | | | ↑ | | | |||
T20 | Hayatsukikazumi | 早月加積 | 24.4 | ▲ | ▲ | | | |||
T21 | Etchū-Nakamura | 越中中村 | 25.6 | | | ↑ | | | |||
T22 | Nishi-Uozu | 西魚津 | 27.6 | ● | ▲ | | | Uozu | ||
T23 | Dentetsu-Uozu | 電鉄魚津 | 28.9 | ● | ● | ● | |||
T24 | Shin-Uozu | 新魚津 | 30.2 | ● | ● | ● | Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line (Uozu) | ||
T25 | Kyōden | 経田 | 32.9 | ● | ● | | | |||
T26 | Dentetsu-Ishida | 電鉄石田 | 34.9 | ● | ● | | | Kurobe | ||
T27 | Dentetsu Kurobe | 電鉄黒部 | 37.2 | ● | ● | ● | |||
T28 | Higashi-Mikkaichi | 東三日市 | 37.8 | ● | ● | ● | |||
T29 | Ogyū | 荻生 | 38.6 | ● | ● | | | |||
T30 | Nagaya | 長屋 | 39.6 | ● | ● | | | |||
T31 | Shin-Kurobe | 新黒部 | 40.7 | ● | ● | ● | Hokuriku Shinkansen (Kurobe-Unazukionsen) | ||
T32 | Shitayama | 舌山 | 41.0 | ● | ● | | | |||
T33 | Wakaguri | 若栗 | 41.7 | ● | ● | | | |||
T34 | Tochiya | 栃屋 | 42.8 | ● | ● | | | |||
T35 | Urayama | 浦山 | 44.3 | ● | ● | ● | |||
T36 | Oritateguchi | 下立口 | 45.6 | ● | ● | | | |||
T37 | Oritate | 下立 | 46.3 | ● | ● | | | |||
T38 | Aimoto | 愛本 | 47.6 | ● | ● | ● | |||
T39 | Uchiyama | 内山 | 48.7 | ● | ● | | | |||
T40 | Otozawa | 音沢 | 49.5 | ● | ● | | | |||
T41 | Unazuki Onsen | 宇奈月温泉 | 53.3 | ● | ● | ● | Kurobe Gorge Railway (Unazuki) |
History
The first section of what is now this line was opened by Tateyama Light Railway as a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line between Gohyakkoku (on the Toyama Chiho Railway Tateyama Line) and Namerikawa in 1913.
The Kurobe Railway opened the Dentetsu Kurobe to Unazuki Onsen section as a 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge line between 1922 and 1923.
In 1932, the Toyama Electric Railway acquired the Tateyama Light Railway, and built a line from Dentetsu-Toyama to Namerikawa, regauging some of the original line to 1,067 mm gauge, and electrifying it at 1,500 V DC.
The Namerikawa to Dentetsu Kurobe section was opened between 1935 and 1936, and the Kurobe Railway was merged with the Toyama Electric Railway in 1943 to create the current company, with the electrification to Unazuki Onsen commissioned the same year.
CTC signalling was commissioned on the line between 1966 and 1967, and the Dentetsu-Toyama to Inarimachi section was double-tracked in 1969. Freight services ceased in 1983.
See also
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.