Tarumi Railway Tarumi Line
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| Line length | 34.5 km (21.4 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
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The Tarumi Line (樽見線 Tarumi-sen) is a Japanese railway line in Gifu Prefecture, between Ōgaki Station, Ōgaki and Tarumi Station, Motosu. This is the only railway line Tarumi Railway (樽見鉄道 Tarumi Tetsudō) operates. There was a freight rail service that transported cement for Sumitomo Ōsaka Cement of Sumitomo Group Gifu factory. It once accounted for 40% of the whole revenue, but the freight operation ceased in spring 2006.
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[edit] History
The line was planned as a national interest, in a law of Japanese government[1], as a railway line from Ōgaki via Ōno in Fukui Prefecture to Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture. The construction began in 1935. The first section in service was in 1956 between Ōgaki and Tanigumiguchi. Two years later, an extension to Mino-Kōmi (美濃神海) (present Kōmi) was made.
In 1984, due to deficit, sparse traffic and dead end route, the operation and possession was transferred from the then Japan National Railways (JNR) to the third sector (in Japanese sense) Tarumi Railway.
The extension to complete present stretch from Kōmi to Tarumi 10.9 km (6.8 mi) was done in 1989.
[edit] Basic data
- Distance: 34.5 km (21.4 mi)
- Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
- Stations: 19
- Track: Single
- Power: Diesel
- Railway signalling: Simplified automatic (ATS-S, ST)
- Stations with passing loops: 4 (Higashi-Ōgaki, Kitagata-Makuwa, Motosu and Kōmi)
[edit] Stations
| Name | Distance (km) | Connections | Location | ||
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| Ōgaki | 大垣 | 0.0 | JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line |
Gifu | Ōgaki |
| Higashi-Ōgaki | 東大垣 | 2.7 | |||
| Yokoya | 横屋 | 4.5 | Mizuho | ||
| Jūkujō | 十九条 | 5.5 | |||
| Mieji | 美江寺 | 7.5 | |||
| Kitagata-Makuwa | 北方真桑 | 10.8 | Motosu | ||
| Morera-Gifu | モレラ岐阜 | 12.5 | |||
| Itonuki | 糸貫 | 13.4 | |||
| Motosu | 本巣 | 16.2 | |||
| Oribe | 織部 | 17.5 | |||
| Kochibora | 木知原 | 20.2 | |||
| Tanigumi-guchi | 谷汲口 | 21.6 | Ibigawa, Ibi District | ||
| Kōmi | 神海 | 23.6 | Motosu | ||
| Takashina | 高科 | 25.2 | Ibigawa, Ibi District | ||
| Nabera | 鍋原 | 26.4 | Motosu | ||
| Hinata | 日当 | 28.3 | |||
| Takao | 高尾 | 30.5 | |||
| Midori | 水鳥 | 32.5 | |||
| Tarumi | 樽見 | 34.5 | |||
[edit] See also
Media related to Tarumi Railway at Wikimedia Commons- List of railway companies in Japan
- List of railway lines in Japan
Media related to [edit] References
- ^ Tetsudō Fusetsuhō (鉄道敷設法) Table 74 (別表第74号 Beppyō Dai74gō)
[edit] External links
- Tarumi Railway official website (Japanese)
