Sekishō Line
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Sekishō Line (石勝線 Sekishō-sen?) is a railway line of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaidō) in Japan. The main Sekishō Line run between Minami-Chitose in Chitose and Shintoku Station in the town of Shintoku. A branch line run in Yūbari from Shin-Yūbari to Yūbari. The name of the line comes from subprefectures in the route, namely Ishikari (石狩?) and Tokachi (十勝?).
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[edit] Basic Data
- Distances
- The main line, Minami-Chitose - Shintoku: 132.4 km
- The branch line, Shin-Yūbari - Yūbari: 16.1 km
- Operators
- Hokkaidō Railway Company (category 1)
- Minami-Chitose - Shintoku: 132.4 km
- Shin-Yūbari - Yūbari: 16.1 km
- Japan Freight Railway Company (category 2)
- Minami-Chitose - Kami-Ochiai Signal Ground: 108.3 km
- Hokkaidō Railway Company (category 1)
- Stations: 15
- Signal Grounds: 14
- Gauge: 1067 mm
- Track: single
- Traction: internal combustion (diesel)
- Block system:
- Minami-Chitose - Shintoku: Automatic
- Shin-Yūbari - Yūbari: Special Automatic (track circuit detection); simplified automatic system
[edit] History
In 1892, Hokkaidō Colliery Railway (北海道炭砿鉄道 Hokkaidō Tankō Tetsudō?) opened Yūbari Line (夕張線 Yūbari-sen?), the line from Oiwake to Yūbari for coal mining.
In the late 20th century, the plan to make a line between Shin-Yūbari (of Yūbari Line) and Shintoku (of Nemuro Main Line) came up, as a shortcut line between central and eastern Hokkaidō. The new line was completed in 1981 as Sekishō Line (石勝線 Sekishō-sen?). Yūbari Line was split up to two segments, the segment between Oiwake and Shin-Yūbari to be incorporated into the main Sekishō Line, and the one between Shin-Yūbari and Yūbari to become Yūbari Branch Line of Sekishō Line. The new line made the main route to eastern Hokkaidō much shorter. Until then, people had to go through Takikawa or Asahikawa.
[edit] Services
The line is a part of the trunk route between Sapporo and eastern Hokkaidō. Limited express trains Super Ōzora (スーパーおおぞら?) run between Sapporo and Kushiro 6 laps a day, while Super Tokachi (スーパーとかち?) runs 2, Tokachi (とかち?) 4, both between Sapporo and Obihiro. There also is the sleeper train Marimo (まりも?) between Sapporo and Kushiro.
The local train service, on the other hand, doesn't exist between Shin-Yūbari and Shintoku, since the line goes through practically unpopulated area. The fact that there are more signal grounds than ordinary stations on the main line is something extraordinal among Japanese railway lines. There still is a local train service between Minami-Chitose and Yūbari (via Shin-Yūbari), approximately once for 2 hours.
[edit] Stations
| Station | Distance | Transfers | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Line | |||||
| H14 | Minami-Chitose | 南千歳 | 0.0 | Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaidō): Chitose Line (■ Main Line, ■ Shin-Chitosekūkō Branch Line) | Chitose |
| Komasato Signal Ground | 駒里(信) | 5.4 | |||
| Nishi-Hayakita Signal Ground | 西早来(信) | 11.7 | Abira, Yūfutsu | ||
| K15 | Oiwake | 追分 | 17.6 | JR Hokkaidō: Muroran Main Line | |
| K16 | Higashi-Oiwake | 東追分 | 21.6 | ||
| K17 | Kawabata | 川端 | 27.0 | Yuni, Yūbari | |
| Takinoshita Signal Ground | 滝ノ下(信) | 30.3 | Kuriyama, Yūbari | ||
| K18 | Takinoue | 滝ノ上 | 35.8 | Yūbari | |
| K19 | Tomisato | 十三里 | 40.2 | ||
| K20 | Shin-Yūbari | 新夕張 | 43.0 | JR Hokkaidō: ■ Sekishō Line (Yūbari Branch Line) | |
| Kaede Signal Ground | 楓(信) | 48.7 | |||
| Osawa Signal Ground | オサワ(信) | 55.7 | Mukawa, Yūfutsu | ||
| Higashi-Osawa Signal Ground | 東オサワ(信) | 59.6 | |||
| Seifūzan Signal Ground | 清風山(信) | 67.3 | Shimukappu, Yūfutsu | ||
| K21 | Shimukappu | 占冠 | 77.3 | ||
| Higashi-Shimukappu Signal Ground | 東占冠(信) | 81.3 | |||
| Takinosawa Signal Ground | 滝ノ沢(信) | 85.7 | |||
| Horoka Signal Ground | ホロカ(信) | 92.6 | |||
| K22 | Tomamu | トマム | 98.6 | ||
| Kushinai Signal Ground | 串内(信) | 104.2 | Minamifurano, Sorachi | ||
| Kami-Ochiai Signal Ground | 上落合(信) | 108.3 | |||
| Shin-Karikachi Signal Ground | 新狩勝(信) | 113.9 | Shintoku, Kamikawa | ||
| Hirouchi Signal Ground | 広内(信) | 120.1 | |||
| Nishi-Shintoku Signal Ground | 西新得(信) | 125.6 | |||
| K23 | Shintoku | 新得 | 132.4 | JR Hokkaidō: ■ Nemuro Main Line | |
| Yūbari Branch Line | |||||
| K20 | Shin-Yūbari | 新夕張 | 0.0 | JR Hokkaidō: ■ Sekishō Line (Main Line) | Yūbari |
| Y21 | Numanosawa | 沼ノ沢 | 2.7 | ||
| Y22 | Minami-Shimizusawa | 南清水沢 | 6.7 | ||
| Y23 | Shimizusawa | 清水沢 | 8.2 | ||
| Y24 | Shikanotani | 鹿ノ谷 | 14.8 | ||
| Y25 | Yūbari | 夕張 | 16.1 | ||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) JR Hokkaidō official website
- (English) JR Hokkaidō official website
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