Miki Railway Miki Line

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Train on Miki Line near Nishi-Hōda

Line length:

6.6 km

1067 mm

JR-W:

0.0

JR-W:

Kakogawa Line

1.0

Kunikane

1.5

Sōsa

2.0

Shimo-Ishino

2.6

Ishino

4.3

Nishi-Hōda

5.3

Bessho

6.0

Takagi

6.6

Miki

Shintetsu:

Ao Line

The Miki Line (三木線, Miki-sen^?) was a Japanese railway line in Hyōgo Prefecture, between Yakujin Station in Kakogawa and Miki Station in Miki. This was the only railway line Miki Railway (三木鉄道, Miki Tetsudō^?) operated. The third sector (in Japanese sense) company was created and succeeded the line when Japanese National Railways abandoned the route in 1985^[1]. The line linked Miki and the West Japan Railway Company Kakogawa Line at Yakujin station, but the majority of commuters used Kobe Electric Railway's (Shintetsu) Ao Line to get to Kobe. As a result, Miki Railway had been unable to justify continued financial support from the city. On March 1, 2007, the Miki City Council officially decided to abandon the line with the company agreeing on April 26, 2007. The line was closed on April 1, 2008. This was the fourth third-sector railway operator to cease operations, and the fifth third-sector line closed.