Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line

The Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line (富山地方鉄道本線, Toyama Chihō Tetsudō Hon-sen) is a Japanese railway line that connects Dentetsu-Toyama Station in Toyama, Toyama with Unazuki Onsen Station in Kurobe, Toyama. It is owned and run by Toyama Chihō Railway.

Toyama Chiho Railway Main Line
Dentetsu Toyama Station
Overview
Native name	富山地鉄本線
Status	Operational
Owner	Toyama Chihō Railway
Locale	Toyama Prefecture
Termini	Dentetsu Toyama Station Unazuki Onsen Station
Stations	41
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Toyama Chihō Railway
History
Opened	25 June 1913
Technical
Line length	53.3 km (33.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)
Route map Line Map

Station list

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Express	Rapid Express	Limited Express	Connections	Location
T01	Dentetsu-Toyama	電鉄富山	0.0	●	●	●	Takayama Main Line (Toyama) Toyama Light Rail Toyamakō Line (Toyama) Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line (Toyama)	Toyama	Toyama
T02	Inarimachi	稲荷町	1.6	▲	●	|	Toyama Chihō Railway Fujikoshi Line
T03	Shinjō-Tanaka	新庄田中	2.5	▲	↑	|
T04	Higashi-Shinjō	東新庄	3.6	▲	↑	|
T05	Etchū-Ebara	越中荏原	4.7	▲	↑	|
T06	Etchū-Sangō	越中三郷	7.0	▲	↑	|
T07	Etchū-Funahashi	越中舟橋	8.5	▲	↑	|		Funahashi
T08	Terada	寺田	9.8	●	●	●	Toyama Chihō Railway Tateyama Line	Tateyama
T09	Etchū-Izumi	越中泉	10.5	|	↑	|
T10	Ainoki	相ノ木	11.3	|	↑	|		Kamiichi
T11	Shin-Ainoki	新相ノ木	12.1	|	↑	|
T12	Kamiichi	上市	13.3	●	●	●
T13	Shin-Miyakawa	新宮川	15.1	▲	▲	|
T14	Naka-Kazumi	中加積	17.1	●	●	|		Namerikawa
T15	Nishi-Kazumi	西加積	18.7	|	↑	|
T16	Nishi-Namerikawa	西滑川	19.8	|	↑	|
T17	Naka-Namerikawa	中滑川	20.6	●	●	●
T18	Namerikawa	滑川	21.8	●	●	|	Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
T19	Hamakazumi	浜加積	23.2	|	↑	|
T20	Hayatsukikazumi	早月加積	24.4	▲	▲	|
T21	Etchū-Nakamura	越中中村	25.6	|	↑	|
T22	Nishi-Uozu	西魚津	27.6	●	▲	|		Uozu
T23	Dentetsu-Uozu	電鉄魚津	28.9	●	●	●
T24	Shin-Uozu	新魚津	30.2	●	●	●	Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line (Uozu)
T25	Kyōden	経田	32.9	●	●	|
T26	Dentetsu-Ishida	電鉄石田	34.9	●	●	|		Kurobe
T27	Dentetsu Kurobe	電鉄黒部	37.2	●	●	●
T28	Higashi-Mikkaichi	東三日市	37.8	●	●	●
T29	Ogyū	荻生	38.6	●	●	|
T30	Nagaya	長屋	39.6	●	●	|
T31	Shin-Kurobe	新黒部	40.7	●	●	●	Hokuriku Shinkansen (Kurobe-Unazukionsen)
T32	Shitayama	舌山	41.0	●	●	|
T33	Wakaguri	若栗	41.7	●	●	|
T34	Tochiya	栃屋	42.8	●	●	|
T35	Urayama	浦山	44.3	●	●	●
T36	Oritateguchi	下立口	45.6	●	●	|
T37	Oritate	下立	46.3	●	●	|
T38	Aimoto	愛本	47.6	●	●	●
T39	Uchiyama	内山	48.7	●	●	|
T40	Otozawa	音沢	49.5	●	●	|
T41	Unazuki Onsen	宇奈月温泉	53.3	●	●	●	Kurobe Gorge Railway (Unazuki)

History

The first section of what is now this line was opened by Tateyama Light Railway as a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line between Gohyakkoku (on the Toyama Chiho Railway Tateyama Line) and Namerikawa in 1913.

The Kurobe Railway opened the Dentetsu Kurobe to Unazuki Onsen section as a 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge line between 1922 and 1923.

In 1932, the Toyama Electric Railway acquired the Tateyama Light Railway, and built a line from Dentetsu-Toyama to Namerikawa, regauging some of the original line to 1,067 mm gauge, and electrifying it at 1,500 V DC.

The Namerikawa to Dentetsu Kurobe section was opened between 1935 and 1936, and the Kurobe Railway was merged with the Toyama Electric Railway in 1943 to create the current company, with the electrification to Unazuki Onsen commissioned the same year.

CTC signalling was commissioned on the line between 1966 and 1967, and the Dentetsu-Toyama to Inarimachi section was double-tracked in 1969. Freight services ceased in 1983.

See also

• Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.