Bantan Line

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Bantan Line
Limited Express Hamakaze
Limited Express Hamakaze
Locale Hyōgo Prefecture
Dates of operation 1894–present
Track gauge 1,067 mm / 3 ft 6 in
(narrow gauge)
Length 65.7 km

The Bantan Line (播但線 Bantan-sen?) is a railway line that runs between Himeji and Asago in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The line is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and serves as a connector between the Sanyo Main Line and the Sanin Main Line.

The line is 65.7 km (41 mi) long, with 18 stations.

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[edit] Service

Local train operation is divided into the electrified section between Himeji and Teramae, and the non-electrified section between Teramae and Wadayama. All local trains makes every stop on the line, and no local train runs the entire length of the line.

Limited express Hamakaze, which connects the Kinki region to the San'in region, uses the Bantan Line to access the San'in Main Line.

[edit] History

Originally it was constructed by the private company Bantan Railway (播但鉄道 Bantan Tetsudō?). The section between Shikama-Kou Station and Nii Station was opened between 1896 and 1901. The remaining part was built by Sanyō Railway (山陽鉄道 Sanyō Tetsudō?) that purchased Bantan Railway in 1906.

Under the Railway Nationalisation Act of 1906, it was purchased by the Japanese government and renamed Bantan Line.

[edit] Bantan Railway

  • July 26, 1894 The section between Himeji Station and Teramae Station was opened.
  • January 15, 1895 It was extended to the north to Hase Station.
  • April 17, 1895 It was extended to the north Ikuno Station and to the south Shikama Station (later Shikama-Kou Station).
  • August 19, 1896 Nibuno Station was opened.
  • November 20, 1897 Tenjin Station (later Shikama Station) was opened.
  • February 20, 1898 Kyoguchi Station was opened.
  • March 28, 1898 Mizoguchi Station was opened.
  • August 29, 1901 It was extended to the north Nii Station.

[edit] Sanyō Railway

  • June 1, 1903 Sanyō Railway purchased Bantan Railway.
  • April 1, 1906 It was extended to the north Wadayama Station.

[edit] Japan National Railway / Japan Railway

  • December 1, 1906 Sanyō Railway was nationalized.
  • October 12, 1906 The line renamed Bantan Line.
  • September 21, 1915 Shikama Station was renamed Shikama-Kou Station, and Tenjin Station was renamed Shikama Station.
  • October 15, 1925 Tofu-Machi Station was closed.
  • August 10, 1934 Aokura Station was opened.
  • November 20, 1935 Tohori Station was opened.
  • October 15, 1951 Niino Station was opened.
  • November 1, 1986 The section between Himeji Station and Shikama-Kou Station was closed.
  • April 1, 1987 Japan National Railway was divided and privatized. The line inherited to West Japan Railway Company.
  • March 14, 1998 The part between Himeji Station and Teramae Station was electrified.

[edit] Stations

● : Stop , | : Pass
All local trains make every stop. Local trains operate from Himeji to Teramae and from Teramae to Wadayama.
Station km from
Himeji		 Hamakaze
stops		 Connecting Lines Location
Bantan Line
Himeji 姫路 0.0 ● JR West: Sanyō Main Line (JR Kobe Line), Kishin Line, Sanyō Shinkansen Himeji Hyōgo Prefecture
Kyōguchi 京口 1.7 |  
Nozato 野里 4.3 |  
Tohori 砥堀 6.0 |  
Nibuno 仁豊野 8.2 |  
Kōro 香呂 11.2 |  
Mizoguchi 溝口 13.2 |  
Fukusaki 福崎 17.1 ●   Fukusaki
Amaji 甘地 20.6 |   Ichikawa
Tsurui 鶴居 24.5 |  
Niino 新野 27.7 |   Kamikawa
Teramae 寺前 29.6 ●  
Hase 長谷 35.9 |  
Ikuno 生野 43.6 ●   Asago
Nii 新井 51.9 |  
Aokura 青倉 55.6 |  
Takeda 竹田 59.9 |  
Wadayama 和田山 65.7 ● JR West: Sanin Main Line
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