Hakubi Line
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Hakubi Line | |
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Overview | |
Owner | JR West |
Locale | Okayama and Tottori Prefectures |
Termini | |
Stations | 28 |
Service | |
Type | Regional rail |
Operator(s) | JR West Ibara Railway (between Kiyone and Sōja) |
Rolling stock | 115 series 213 series 227 series 285 series 381 series KiHa 120 KiHa 126 EF64 EF65 |
History | |
Opened | 10 August 1919 |
Technical | |
Line length | 138.4 km (86.0 mi) |
Number of tracks | 2 (Kurashiki – Bitchū-Takahashi) 2 (Ikura – Ishiga) 2 (Niimi – Nunohara) 1 for rest of line |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Minimum radius | 200 m (660 ft) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC |
Operating speed | 110 km/h (68 mph) – 120 km/h (75 mph) |
The Hakubi Line (
As of April 2023, the ICOCA card can be used in all stations between Kurashiki Station and Niimi Station.[1]
Line data
The Okayama Division of JR West has jurisdictional control over operations between Kurashiki and Niizato stations, with the Yonago Division having control between Kami-Iwami and Hōki-Daisen Station. The boundary is midway between Niizato and Kami-Iwami Stations. The line color for the portion covered by the Okayama Division is vermillion orange, while the section covered by the Yonago Division is the standard blue.
Services
Limited express
Stations
Line | No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) |
Connecting lines | Location | |
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Sanyō Main Line | JR-V01 | Okayama | -15.9 | Sanyō Shinkansen Sanyō Main Line Tsuyama Line Kibi Line (Momotaro Line) Okaden: ■ Higashiyama Line ■ Seikibashi Line (Both at Okayama-Ekimae) |
Kita-ku, Okayama |
Okayama | |
JR-V02 | Kitanagase | -12.5 | |||||
JR-V03 | Niwase | -9.4 | |||||
JR-V04 | Nakashō | -4.7 | Kurashiki | ||||
JR-V05 | Kurashiki | 0.0 | San'yō Main Line Mizushima Main Line (Kurashiki-shi Station) | ||||
Hakubi Line | |||||||
JR-V06 | Kiyone | 7.3 | Ibara Line | Sōja | |||
JR-V07 | Sōja | 10.7 | Kibi Line (Momotaro Line) Ibara Line | ||||
JR-V08 | Gōkei | 15.3 | |||||
JR-V09 | Hiwa | 19.0 | |||||
JR-V10 | Minagi | 22.7 | |||||
JR-V11 | Bitchū-Hirose | 29.6 | Takahashi | ||||
JR-V12 | Bitchū-Takahashi | 34.0 | |||||
JR-V13 | Kinoyama | 38.8 | |||||
JR-V14 | Bitchū-Kawamo | 42.7 | |||||
JR-V15 | Hōkoku | 47.4 | |||||
JR-V16 | Ikura | 55.2 | Niimi | ||||
JR-V17 | Ishiga | 59.7 | |||||
JR-V18 | Niimi | 64.4 | Kishin Line | ||||
Nunohara | 68.3 | ||||||
Bitchū-Kōjiro | 70.8 | Geibi Line | |||||
Ashidachi | 77.0 | ||||||
Niizato | 82.8 | ||||||
Kami-Iwami | 86.7 | Nichinan | Tottori Prefecture | ||||
Shōyama | 95.4 | ||||||
Kamisuge | 98.9 | Hino | |||||
Kurosaka | 103.7 | ||||||
Neu | 111.3 | ||||||
Muko | 116.0 | Kofu | |||||
Ebi | 118.1 | ||||||
Hōki-Mizoguchi | 127.3 | Hōki | |||||
Kishimoto | 132.3 | ||||||
Hōki-Daisen | 138.4 | San'in Main Line | Yonago |
Rolling stock
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The experimental "Smart BEST" battery electric train was tested on the Hakubi Line between October and December 2012.[3]
History
The first section of the Hakubi Line to open was the northern section, initially named the Hakubihoku Line (
The first section of the southern part of the Hakubi Line, named the Hakubinan Line (
The Kiyone to Bitchu-Takahashi section was double-tracked between 1968 and 1973, with the Kurashiki to Kiyone and Niimi to Nunohara sections being double-tracked in 1979, and the Ishiga to Ikuta section double-tracked between 1982 and 1983 in conjunction with a realignment which shortened the route by 1.2 km.[citation needed] CTC signalling was commissioned on the entire line in 1972, and the Kurashiki to Hokidaisen section was electrified in 1982.[citation needed]
Timeline
- 10 August 1919: The Hakubi North Line opens between Hōki-Mizoguchi and Hōki-Daisen Stations.
- 25 March 1922: The Hakubi North Line opens between Hōki-Mizoguchi and Ebi Stations.
- 30 July 1922: The Hakubi North Line opens between Ebi and Neu Stations.
- 10 November 1922: The Hakubi North Line opens between Neu and Kurosaka Stations.
- 28 November 1923: The Hakubi North Line opens between Kurosaka and Shōyama Stations.
- 6 December 1924: The Hakubi North Line opens between Shōyama and Kami-Iwami Stations.
- 17 February 1925: The Hakubi South Line opens between Kurashiki and Shisawa Station (now Gōkei Station).
- 1 April 1925: The Hakubi North Line opens at Kamisuge Station.
- 17 May 1925: The Hakubi South Line opens between Shisawa and Minagi Stations.
- 20 June 1926: The Hakubi South Line opens between Minagi and Kinoyama Stations.
- 1 December 1926: The Habuki North Line opens between Kami-Iwami and Ashidachi Stations.
- 31 July 1927: The Hakubi South Line opens between Kinoyama and Bitchū-Kawamo Stations.
- 25 October 1928: Service starts between Bitchū-Kawamo and Ashidachi stations. The line is completed and renamed the Hakubi Line.
See also
References
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系 500番台 「Urara」が営業 運転 を開始 " [227-500 series "Urara" starts commercial operation]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024. - ^
近畿車輛 株式会社 が開発 した自己 充電 型 バッテリー車両 の走行 試験 について [Test running of battery train developed by Kinki Sharyo]. Press release (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2014. - ^ a b c d Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998).
停車場 変遷 大 辞典 国鉄 ・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR]. Japan: JTB. pp. 96–97. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.