Nanka Railway (kyūjitai: 南樺鐵道株式會社; shinjitai: 南樺鉄道株式会社; Nankai Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha) was a private railway company in Karafuto Prefecture during the days of the Empire of Japan. Founded in April 1925 as a subsidiary of Ōji Paper, the company operated the Nanka Line that ran 18.6 km (11.6 mi) from Shinba Station on the East Coast Line to Rūtaka Station in what was then the town of Rūtaka. The company also operated a network of buses connecting Rūtaka and, via Rūtaka, Honto with the prefectural capital of Toyohara and also with Ōdomari, now Korsakov, where passengers could connect with the Chihaku ferry to Wakkanai.[1][2][3]

Nanka Railway bus guide with timetable, route map, and sightseeing information (Shōwa era)

Nanka Line

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As published by the Ministry of Railways, as of 1 October 1937 the stations served by the Nanka Railway were as follows:[2]

南樺線 - Nanka Line
Distance Station name
Total (km) S2S (km) Transcribed, English Kanji Modern name Station opened Connections Municipality
0.0 0.0 Shinba 新場 Dachnoye 1926-10-01 East Coast Line Chitose Village
9.7 9.7 Enoura 江ノ浦 1926-10-01 Rūtaka Town
3.5 13.2 Hamaji 濱路 1926-10-01 Rūtaka Town
2.5 15.7 Hamaji Kōen 濱路公園 1933-06-20 Rūtaka Town
2.9 18.6 Rūtaka 留多加 Aniva 1926-10-01 Rūtaka Town


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References

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  1. ^ 営業案内 [Business Guide] (in Japanese). Yamaichi Securities. 1935. p. 83. Retrieved 29 September 2019. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b 鉄道停車場一覧 [List of Railway Stations]. Ministry of Railways. 1 October 1937. p. 545. Retrieved 28 September 2019. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ 南樺鉄道バス御案内 : 本斗=大泊、豊原の近道 [Nanka Railway Bus Guide: Shortcut from Honto to Toyohara and Ōdomari]. National Diet Library Digital Collection (in Japanese). Nanka Railway. pp. 1–5. Retrieved 29 September 2019.