Tobu Kinugawa Line
Tobu Kinugawa Line | |
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Overview | |
Owner | Tobu Railway |
Locale | Tochigi Prefecture |
Termini | |
Service | |
Type | Heavy rail |
Technical | |
Line length | 16.2 km (10.1 mi) |
Track gauge | 1067 |
The Tobu Kinugawa Line (東武鬼怒川線, Tōbu Kinugawa-sen) is a 16.2 km long Japanese railway line from Shimo-Imaichi Station to Shin-Fujiwara Station in Nikkō, Tochigi. It is owned and operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1] Its name was taken after Kinugawa Onsen hot spring resort area the line serves.
At Shimo-Imaichi Station it connects with the Tobu Nikko Line. At Shin-Fujiwara Station it connects with the Yagan Railway Aizu Kinugawa Line. Some trains goes beyond the Aizu Kinugawa Line terminus at Aizu-Kōgen Oze-guchi Station onto the Aizu Railway Aizu Line.
The line runs surcharged, reserved-seat limited express services from and to Asakusa and Shinjuku in Tokyo.
The whole line is electrified at 1,500 V DC, but it is single tracked except for a 0.8 km double-tracked section at Kinugawa-Onsen Station.
Stations
Station | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | ||
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Between Stations |
Total | ||||
Shimo-Imaichi | 下今市 | - | 0.0 | Tobu Nikko Line | Nikkō, Tochigi |
Daiya-Mukō | 大谷向 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
Tochigi | 大桑 | 4.0 | 4.8 | ||
Shin-Takatoku | 新高徳 | 2.5 | 7.3 | ||
Kosagoe | 小佐越 | 2.6 | 9.9 | ||
Kinugawa-Onsen | 鬼怒川温泉 | 2.5 | 12.4 | ||
Kinugawa-Kōen | 鬼怒川公園 | 2.1 | 14.5 | ||
Shin-Fujiwara | 新藤原 | 1.7 | 16.2 | Yagan Railway Aizu Kinugawa Line |
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History
- 1915: Fujiwara Tramway (藤原軌道株式会社, Fujiwara Kidō Kabushiki-gaisha) was licensed to build a 762 gauge steam-hauled tramway. It was renamed Shimotsuke Tramway (下野軌道株式会社, Shimotsuke Kidō Kabushiki-gaisha) in the same year.
- 2 January 1917: A 3.6-mile (5.8 km) section from Daiya-gawa Hokugan Station to Kinugawa Nangan Station was opened. The line was extended a further 2.5 miles (4.0 km) the same year.
- March 1919: Ōhara Station to Shimotaki Station section was opened.
- October 1919: Daiya Mukō Imaichi Station to Shin-Imaichi Station section was opened.
- 1 January 1920: Shimotaki Station to Fujiwara Station section was open to complete the whole 10.9-mile (17.5 km) line.
- 6 June 1921: The company name was renamed Shimotsuke Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (下野電気鉄道株式会社, Shimotsuke Denki Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha).
- 9 March 1922: The whole line was electrified at 600 V DC.
- April 1927: The corporate headquarters was relocated to the Tobu Railway headquarters in Tokyo.
- 22 October 1929: 1067 gauge operation began on all the line.
- 1931: The voltage was raised to 1,500 V.
- 1 May 1943: Shimotsuke Electric Railway was bought out by Tobu Railway. The line became Tōbu Kinugawa Line.
- 9 October 1986: Yagan Railway Aizu Kinugawa Line through service began.
- 12 October 1990: Aizu Railway Aizu Line through service to Aizu Tajima Station began.
- 18 March 2006: New Kinugawa services to/from Shinjuku commence.[2]
References
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- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
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