Yonabaru Line

The Yonabaru Line (与那原線, Yonabaru-sen) was a narrow-gauge light railway line in Okinawa Prefecture before the Battle of Okinawa. One of the four lines of Okinawa Prefectural Railways on Okinawa Island, it ran 9.4 kilometres (5.8 mi) from Naha Station to Yonabaru Station.[1][2]

Naha Station before the war
Yonabaru Station circa 1930

Route

As published by the Ministry of Railways, as of 1 October 1937 the stations on the line between Naha Station and Yonabaru Station were as follows:[2]

Yonabaru Line 与那原線
DistanceStation nameMunicipality
S2S (km) Total (km) Transcribed, English Kanji Station opened Connections Contemporary Current
0.0 0.0 Naha 那覇 1914-12-01 Kairiku Renraku Line Naha City Naha City
1.2 1.2 Kohaguchi 古波蔵 1922-03-28 Kadena Line Mawashi Village Naha City
1.1 2.3 Madan-Bashi 真玉橋 1915-07-27 Mawashi Village Naha City
1.0 3.3 Kokuba 国場 1914-12-01 Itoman Line Mawashi Village Naha City
1.3 4.6 Ichinichi-Bashi 一日橋 1915-07-27 Mawashi Village Naha City
1.4 6.0 Haebaru 南風原 1914-12-01 Haebaru Village Haebaru Town
2.3 8.3 Ōzato 大里 1917-01-23 Ōzato Village Nanjō City
1.1 9.4 Yonabaru 与那原 1915-01-20 Ōzato Village Yonabaru Town

See also

References
  1. 那覇市内史跡・旧跡詳細 軽便鉄道線路跡 [Historic Sites in Naha City: Remains of the Light Railway] (in Japanese). Naha City Museum of History. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. 鉄道停車場一覧 [List of Railway Stations]. Ministry of Railways. 1 October 1937. p. 440. Retrieved 15 August 2021 – via National Diet Library Digital Collection.
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