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
StatusOperational
OwnerToyama Chihō Railway
LocaleToyama Prefecture
Termini
Stations41
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)Toyama Chihō Railway
History
Opened25 June 1913
Technical
Line length53.3 km (33.1 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC
Operating speed95 km/h (59 mph)
Route map
Line Map

Station list

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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

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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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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

See also

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References

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