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]
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Nanka Line
editAs published by the Ministry of Railways, as of 1 October 1937 the stations served by the Nanka Railway were as follows:[2]
Distance | Station name | ||||||
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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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Route map
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Timetable
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 営業案内 [Business Guide] (in Japanese). Yamaichi Securities. 1935. p. 83. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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ignored (help) - ^ 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.
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ignored (help) - ^ 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.