Gakunan Railway Line

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Gakunan Railway Line
A Gakunan train at Yoshiwara Station, November 2011
Overview
LocaleShizuoka Prefecture
Termini
Stations10
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)Gakunan Electric Train Co., Ltd.
History
Opened1936
Technical
Line length9.2 km (5.7 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1500 V DC overhead
Route map

Legend
Tōkaidō Main Line
0.0
 Yoshiwara Station
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
1.8
 Hidari-Fuji Signal
2.3
 Jatco-mae Station
2.7
 Yoshiwara-honchō Station
3.0
 Hon-Yoshiwara Station
3.7
 Tajuku Signal
4.4
 Gakunan-Harada Station
5.4
 Hina Station
6.4
 Gakunan-Fujioka Station
7.3
 Sudo Station
8.2
 Kamiya Station
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
9.2
 Gakunan-Enoo Station

The Gakunan Railway Line (岳たけ南みなみ電車でんしゃ岳だけ南みなみ線せん, Gakunan Densha Gakunan-sen) is Japanese railway line between Yoshiwara and Gakunan-Enoo, all within the industrial area of Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture. The line does not have any official name. This is the only railway line Gakunan Electric Train Co., Ltd. (岳たけ南みなみ電車でんしゃ株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ, Gakunan Densha Kabushiki-gaisha) operates.[1] The operator company was established on April 1, 2013 as a subsidiary of the former operator Gakunan Railway (岳たけ南みなみ鉄道てつどう, Gakunan Tetsudō), a subsidiary of Fuji Kyuko.[2][3]

Stations[edit]

No. Station Japanese Distance
(km) 		Transfers Location
Between
stations 		Total
GD01 Yoshiwara 吉原よしはら – 0.0 Tōkaidō Main Line Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture
GD02 Jatco-mae ジヤトコ前まえ 2.3 2.3
GD03 Yoshiwara-honchō 吉原よしはら本町ほんまち 0.4 2.7
GD04 Hon-Yoshiwara 本ほん吉原よしわら 0.3 3.0
GD05 Gakunan-Harada 岳南原田がくなんはらだ 1.4 4.4
GD06 Hina 比奈ひな 1.0 5.4
GD07 Gakunan-Fujioka 岳たけ南みなみ富士岡ふじおか 1.0 6.4
GD08 Sudo 須津すづ 0.9 7.3
GD09 Kamiya 神谷かみや 0.9 8.2
GD10 Gakunan-Enoo 岳たけ南みなみ江尾えのお 1.0 9.2

History[edit]

The Gakunan Railway began operations as an industrial railway named the Nissan Heavy Industrial Railroad (日産にっさん重工業じゅうこうぎょう専用せんよう鉄道てつどう, Nissan Jūkōgyō Senyō Tetsudō) on August 5, 1936 as part of a project to create an industrial center in Fuji city. The terminal station of the line was established at Yoshiwara Station on the Tokaido Main Line, and initial plans called for the line to be extended as far as Numazu Station. These plans were delayed by World War II and were eventually cancelled with the end of the war and breakup of the Nissan zaibatsu. The line gained its present name on December 15, 1948, after which regularly scheduled passenger service began. The electric supply for the line was upgraded from 600 Volts to the present 1,500 volts in 1969. In 1984, scheduled freight services past Sudo were discontinued.

All freight services were discontinued on March 16, 2012.[2]

Rolling stock[edit]

  • 5000 series
    5000 series
  • 7000 series
    7000 series
  • 8000 series
    8000 series
  • 9000 series
    9000 series

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Association of Japanese Private Railways. 民みん鉄てつ各社かくしゃ紹介しょうかい 岳だけ南みなみ電車でんしゃ株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ [Introduction of private railway companies Daisen Train Co., Ltd.] (in Japanese). Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Gakunan Electric Train Co., Ltd. 会社かいしゃ概要がいよう [Company Profile] (in Japanese). Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Fujikyuko Co., Ltd. 富士急ふじきゅうグループ企業きぎょう一覧いちらん [List of Fujitsu Group companies] (in Japanese). Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  4. ^ "東急東横とうきゅうとうよこ線せん90周年しゅうねん祝いわい、5050系けいに「青あおガエル」ラッピング 9/4登場とうじょう". tetsudo-ch.com (in Japanese). EXPRESS Co., Ltd. August 26, 2017. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "車両しゃりょう紹介しょうかい". gakutetsu.jp (in Japanese). Gakunan Electric Train. Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2021.

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