Izu Kyūkō Line

Izu Kyūkō Line
Resort 21 train on Izu Peninsula coast
Overview
Locale	Shizuoka Prefecture
Termini	Izukyū-Shimoda Itō
Stations	16
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Izukyū Corporation
History
Opened	1961
Technical
Line length	45.7 km
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Route map for the Izu Kyūkō Line

The Izu Kyūkō Line (伊豆急行線, Izu Kyūkō-sen) is a privately owned railway line of Izukyū Corporation in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

The line approximately parallels the eastern coast of the Izu Peninsula, a tourist district noted for its numerous hot spring resorts and golf courses, between Itō Station in Itō and Izukyū-Shimoda Station in Shimoda. The line opened in 1961.

Since March 13, 2010, PASMO and Suica cards are accepted on the line.

Basic data

• Track: single
• Railway signalling: Automatic (ATS-Si, compatible with East Japan Railway Company (JR East) ATS-SN.)

History

Initial plans called for the Japanese National Railways (JNR) to build a spur line linking Atami on the Tōkaidō Main Line with Shimoda. However, funding was limited in the 1930s due to a combination of a tight fiscal policy under Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi during the Great Depression, and a number of technical issues.

On March 30, 1935, the initial 8.7km section of the Itō Line linking Atami with Ajiro was opened. The second (8.3km) section from Ajiro to Itō was opened on December 15, 1938. Both sections were electrified at 1500 VDC when opened. Further work was delayed, and then canceled due to the outbreak of World War II.

Construction south of Itō resumed when the private-sector Tokyu Corporation acquired the rights to complete the line to Shimoda and established the Izukyū Corporation to manage construction and operations of this section. The line to Shimoda opened in 1961.

Operation

The northern terminal station for the Izu Kyūkō Line is at Ito Station, from which local trains depart for the southern terminal station of Izukyū-Shimoda. However, several varieties of limited express trains operated by JR East originate at Tokyo Station travel via the Itō Line tracks to Ito, and then terminate at Izukyū-Shimoda. These include the Odoriko and Super View Odoriko named trains. Similarly, the Resort Odoriko operated by the Izu Kyūkō Line also makes the same run, but using different rolling stock.

Station list

Station Name	Japanese	Distance from Itō (km)	Transfers	Location
				Town/City	Prefecture
Itō	伊東	0.0	JR East: Itō Line	Itō	Shizuoka
Minami-Itō	南伊東	2.0
Shizuoka	川奈	6.1
Futo	富戸	11.5
Jōgasaki-Kaigan	城ヶ崎海岸	13.9
Izu-Kōgen	伊豆高原	15.9
Izu-Ōkawa	伊豆大川駅	20.9		Kamo District, Higashiizu
Izu-Hokkawa	伊豆北川駅	22.9
Izu-Atagawa	伊豆熱川	24.3
Katase-Shirata	片瀬白田	26.1
Izu-Inatori	伊豆稲取	30.3
Imaihama-Kaigan	今井浜海岸駅	34.2		Kamo District, Kawazu
Kawazu	河津	35.3
Inazusa	稲梓	40.7		Shimoda
Rendaiji	蓮台寺	43.4
Izukyū Shimoda	伊豆急下田	45.7

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

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

External links

• Izukyū Corporation official website Template:Ja icon