Toyama Light Rail Toyamako Line

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"Portram", a tramcar used for the line.

Awajima Station.

The Toyamakō Line (富山港線, Toyamakō-sen^?) is a tram line by Toyama Light Rail, that runs from Toyamaekikita to Iwasehama, all within Toyama City, Japan. The line accepts passca, a smart card ticketing system.

The line was a heavy rail line by JR West until February 28, 2006. Toyama Light Rail, a newly founded third sector (half-private) company, changed the line into light rail, reopened it on April 29 in the same year.

1 Basic data
2 Services
3 Stations
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Basic data

Distance: 7.6 km / 4.7 mi.
- From Toyamaekikita to Okudachūgakkōmae (Tramway): 1.1 km / 0.7 mi.
- From Okudachūgakkōmae to Iwasehama (Railway): 6.5 km / 4.0 mi.
Gauge: 1067 mm / 3 ft. 6 in.
Stations: 13
Double-track line: None
Electric supply: Whole the line (600 V DC)
Railway signalling: Automatic

[edit] Services

Tramcars run roughly once per 10 minutes in morning, once per 15 minutes in daytime to evening, once per 30 minutes in late night.

When the line was operated by JR, the number of daily users was around 2,000. The new LRT, however, proved to be surprisingly successful with a 12,750 users in its first day. On November 9, 195 days after its opening, the line achieved the total number of riders over a million, which means there have been 5,100 users per a day.

[edit] Stations

Station Name	Japanese	Total distance	Transfers	Location
Toyamaekikiita	富山駅北	0 km	JR West: Hokuriku Main Line, Takayama Main Line (both at Toyama) Toyama Regional Railway: Main Line (Dentetsu-Toyama), Toyama City Tram Line (Toyama-Ekimae)	Toyama, Toyama
Intec-Honshamae	インテック本社前	0.4 km
Okudachūgakkōmae	奥田中学校前	1.1 km
Shimookui	下奥井	2 km
Awajima (Ōsakaya-Shop-mae)	粟島 (大阪屋ショップ前)	2.8 km
Etchū-Nakajima	越中中島	3.2 km
Jōgawara	城川原	4.2 km
Inujima-Shimmachi	犬島新町	4.6 km
Hasumachi	蓮町	5.4 km
Ōhirota	大広田	6.1 km
Higashi-Iwase	東岩瀬	6.6 km
Keirinjōmae	競輪場前	7.2 km
Iwasehama	岩瀬浜	7.6 km