Tarumi Line

Tarumi Line
Tarumi Line
	A "Haimo 230" railbus with exterior livery designed by Masuo Ikeda
Technical
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. It 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.^{[citation needed]}

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)

Stations

Name		Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Ōgaki	大垣	0.0	Tōkaidō Main Line Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line	Gifu	Ōgaki
Higashi-Ōgaki	東大垣	2.7			Ōgaki
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

History

Approved under the Railway Construction Act^[1] as a railway line from Ōgaki via Ōno in Fukui Prefecture to Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture, construction began in 1935, was suspended during the Pacific War and resumed in 1952. The first section opened in 1956 between Ōgaki and Tanigumiguchi. Two years later, an extension to Mino-Kōmi (美濃神海) (present-day Kōmi) was made. Construction beyond there continued until it was suspended in 1979.^{[citation needed]}

Freight services ceased in 1974, and in 1984 (due to its operating deficit, sparse traffic and dead end route) the operation and ownership of the line was transferred from the then Japan National Railways (JNR) to the third-sector Tarumi Railway. A major shareholder was the Sumitomo Cement Co., which began freight shipments from Motosu.^{[citation needed]} The improved financial situation resulted in construction being resumed, and the extension from Kōmi to Tarumi 10.9 km (6.8 mi) opened in 1989.^{[citation needed]} The Sumitomo cement traffic ceased in 2006, with the line becoming a passenger-only operation.^{[citation needed]}

References

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

^ Tetsudō Fusetsuhō (鉄道敷設法) Table 74 (別表第74号, Beppyō Dai74gō)

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[1] Tetsudō Fusetsuhō (鉄道敷設法) Table 74 (別表第74号, Beppyō Dai74gō)

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Basic data

Stations

History

See also

References

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