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The Takayama Main Line (
Takayama Main Line | |||
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![]() Local train running on the Takayama Main Line in May 2022 | |||
Overview | |||
Native name | |||
Status | Operational | ||
Owner | JR Central, JR West | ||
Locale | Japan | ||
Termini |
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Stations | 45 | ||
Service | |||
Type | Heavy rail | ||
Operator(s) | JR Central, JR West | ||
Rolling stock | JR Central: KiHa 75 series DMU, HC85 series DEMU, KiHa 25 series DMU JR West: KiHa 120 series DMU | ||
History | |||
Opened | 1920 | ||
Last extension | 25 October 1934 | ||
Technical | |||
Line length | 225.8 km (140.3 mi) | ||
Number of tracks | Entire line single tracked | ||
Character | Rural | ||
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
Electrification | Not electrified | ||
Operating speed | 110 km/h (68 mph) | ||
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Basic data
edit- Operators, distances:
- Total distance: 225.8 kilometres (140.3 mi)
- Central Japan Railway Company (Category 1)
- Gifu - Inotani: 189.2 kilometres (117.6 mi)
- West Japan Railway Company (Category 1)
- Inotani - Toyama: 36.6 kilometres (22.7 mi)
- Japan Freight Railway Company (Category 2)
- Inotani - Toyama: 36.6 km
- Railway signalling:
- Gifu - Inotani: Automatic
- Inotani - Toyama: Special Automatic, a simplified automatic system
- CTC center:
- Gifu - Inotani: Tōkai Operation Control Center
- Inotani - Toyama: Kanazawa Operation Control Center
Services
editThe Hida limited express train operates between Nagoya and Takayama, Hida-Furukawa, and Toyama, with ten return services a day, and between Ōsaka and Takayama with one return service a day, with trains to and from Nagoya reversing direction at Gifu en route.
The line is generally divided to three parts for local services: between Gifu and Takayama; between Takayama and Inotani; and between Inotani and Toyama. There are roughly two trains per one hour between Gifu and Mino-Ōta, while there is no local train for four hours between Gero and Takayama.
Stations
editLegend:
- ●: All trains stop
- ▲: Some trains stop
- |: All trains pass
- Local trains stop at all stations.
No. | Station | Distance | Limited Express Hida | Transfers | Location | ||
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JR Central | |||||||
CG00 | Gifu | 0.0 | ● | Gifu | Gifu | ||
CG01 | Nagamori | 4.2 | | | ||||
CG02 | Naka | 7.2 | | | Kakamigahara | |||
CG03 | Sohara | 10.4 | | | ||||
CG04 | Kagamigahara | 13.2 | | | ||||
CG05 | Unuma | 17.3 | ▲ |
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CG06 | Sakahogi | 22.5 | | | Sakahogi, Kamo | |||
CG07 | Mino-Ōta | 27.3 | ● | Minokamo | |||
Kobi | 30.3 | | | |||||
Nakakawabe | 34.1 | | | Kawabe, Kamo | ||||
Shimoasō | 37.9 | | | |||||
Kamiasō | 43.2 | | | Hichisō, Kamo | ||||
Shirakawaguchi | 53.1 | ▲ | Shirakawa, Kamo | ||||
Shimoyui | 61.7 | | | |||||
Hida-Kanayama | 66.7 | ▲ | Gero | ||||
Yakeishi | 75.7 | | | |||||
CG16 | Gero | 88.3 | ● | ||||
Zenshōji | 93.5 | | | |||||
Hida-Hagiwara | 96.7 | ▲ | |||||
Jōro | 100.8 | | | |||||
Hida-Miyada | 105.4 | | | |||||
Hida-Osaka | 108.8 | ▲ | |||||
Nagisa | 115.9 | | | Takayama | ||||
Kuguno | 123.2 | ▲ | |||||
Hida-Ichinomiya | 129.5 | | | |||||
CG25 | Takayama | 136.4 | ● | ||||
Hozue | 141.0 | | | |||||
Hida-Kokufu | 147.6 | | | |||||
CG28 | Hida-Furukawa | 151.3 | ● | Hida | |||
Sugisaki | 153.6 | | | |||||
Hida-Hosoe | 156.0 | | | |||||
Tsunogawa | 161.7 | | | |||||
Sakakami | 166.6 | | | |||||
Utsubo | 176.5 | | | |||||
Sugihara | 180.5 | | | |||||
Inotani | 189.2 | ● | Toyama | Toyama | |||
JR West | |||||||
Inotani | 189.2 | ● | Toyama | Toyama | |||
Nirehara | 196.2 | | | |||||
Sasazu | 200.5 | | | |||||
Higashi-Yatsuo | 205.0 | | | |||||
Etchū-Yatsuo | 208.7 | ● | |||||
Chisato | 213.6 | | | |||||
Hayahoshi | 217.9 | ▲ | |||||
Fuchū-Usaka | 219.6 | | | |||||
Nishi-Toyama | 222.2 | | | |||||
Toyama | 225.8 | ● |
Passing loops
editHisuikyō
editIn Hichisō, Gifu. (Coordinates: 35°32′43″N 137°08′39″E / 35.54514°N 137.144238°E )
Washibara
editIn Shirakawa, Gifu. (Coordinates: 35°36′06″N 137°10′24″E / 35.601801°N 137.173399°E )
Fukurai
editIn Gero, Gifu. (Coordinates: 35°40′51″N 137°10′00″E / 35.680959°N 137.16673°E )
Shōgano
editIn Gero, Gifu. (Coordinates: 35°47′42″N 137°15′13″E / 35.795115°N 137.253662°E )
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Hisuikyō
A: Kamiasō
B: Shirakawaguchi -
Washibara
A: Shirakawaguchi
B: Shimoyui -
Fukurai.
A: Yakeishi
B: Hida-Kanayama -
Shōgano
A: Yakeishi
B: Gero
Rolling stock
editJR Central
edit- KiHa 75 series DMUs
- HC85 series hybrid Diesel-Electric multiple units (Hida limited express services)
- KiHa 25 series DMUs (from March 2015)
JR West
edit- KiHa 120-300 DMUs
Former rolling stock
edit- KiHa 11 series DMUs (until March 2015)
- KiHa 40 series DMUs (until June 2015)
- KiHa 85 series
From the start of the March 2015 timetable revision, JR Central KiHa 25 series diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains displaced from the Taketoyo Line were phased in on Takayama Line services, with the last remaining KiHa 40 series DMU trains withdrawn from the line on 30 June 2015.[1]
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A JR Central KiHa 40 series DMU, September 2004
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A KiHa 25 series DMU
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A KiHa 120-300 DMU
History
editThe Gifu to Mino-Ota section opened in 1920, and the line was then extended in sections, opening to Gero in 1930 and Hida-Osaka in 1933. At the northern end the first section from Toyama opened in 1927, reached Inotani in 1930 and Takayama and Hida-Osaka in 1934, completing the line.
Between 2004 and September 8, 2007, the section between Tsunogawa Station and Inotani Station was closed due to flood damage from Typhoon Tokage.[2]
Former connecting lines
edit- Hida-Osaka Station: The 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge Kosaka Forest railway commenced operation in 1933, and by 1953 consisted of seven lines with a total length of 65 km. Line closures commenced in 1954, and the system closed in 1971.[citation needed]
- Inotani Station: The 610 mm (2 ft) 24 km line to Kamioka-Cho (which was opened in 1910 by the local government from Sasazu station) was acquired by the Mitsui Mining Co. in 1927. In 1931, a 2 km line to alter the connection to Inotani Station opened (with the 16 km section providing the Sasazu connection closing at the same time) and an 8 km branch opened in 1937, connecting to the 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge Sugoroku-Kanakida Forest railway (which consisted of a 16 km main line and three branches between 3 and 6 km in length, and operated from 1930 to 1963). Passenger services ceased in 1962, and the mine and railway closed in 1967.[citation needed]
- Sasazu Station: As mentioned above, the 610 mm gauge 24 km line to Kamioka-Cho operated from 1910 until altered to connect at Inotani station in 1931. The Toyama Railway operated a 12 km line to Minami-Toyama between 1914 and 1933. In 1943, the Toyama Electric Railway reopened the line, electrified at 600 V DC, and operated it until 1975.[citation needed] The 20 km Kamioka Line to Okuhida-Onsenguchi opened in 1966. Freight services ceased in 1981, and the line closed in 2006.[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
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高山 本線 からキハ40系 が引退 [KiHa 40 series withdrawn from Takayama Main Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015. - ^
高山線 全線 の運転 再開 について (About resuming the operation of the whole Takayama Line), news release by JR Central. Archived 23 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine