Kada Line
Appearance
Kada Line | |
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Overview | |
Other name(s) | Kada Sakana Line |
Native name | |
Locale | Wakayama Prefecture |
Termini | |
Service | |
Operator(s) | Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. |
History | |
Opened | 16 June 1912 |
Closed | 1966 (Kitajima Branch Line) |
Technical | |
Line length | 9.6 km (6.0 mi) |
Number of tracks | Single |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC, overhead lines |
Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
The Kada Line (
History
[edit]The Kada Light Railway Co. opened the line in 1912, electrifying it at 1500 VDC in 1930.
The company merged with Nankai in 1942, and freight services ceased in 1984.
Stations
[edit]No. | Station name | Distance (km) |
Connecting Lines | Location | |||||||
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Nankai Main Line | |||||||||||
NK45 | Wakayamashi |
2.6 | Nankai Electric Railway: Wakayamakō Line West Japan Railway Company: Kisei Main Line |
Wakayama, Wakayama | |||||||
Kada Line | |||||||||||
NK44 | Kinokawa |
0.0 | Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line | Wakayama, Wakayama | |||||||
NK44-1 | Higashi-Matsue |
2.6 | |||||||||
NK44-2 | Nakamatsue |
3.3 | |||||||||
NK44-3 | Hachimanmae |
4.4 | |||||||||
NK44-4 | Nishinoshō |
5.5 | |||||||||
NK44-5 | Nirigahama |
6.2 | |||||||||
NK44-6 | Isonoura |
7.1 | |||||||||
NK44-7 | Kada |
9.6 |
References
[edit]This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia