Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line

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Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line
A Local train, 620 series
Gauge:	1067 mm
Voltage:	1500 =
Maximum incline:	25 ‰
Minimum radius:	160 m
Maximum speed:	65 km/h
Legend JR-C: Kansai Main Line Kintetsu: Nagoya Line Sangi Railway: Hokusei Line Nishi-Kuwana 0.0 Kuwana JR-C: Kansai Main Line Kintetsu: Nagoya Line 0.7 Higashakata yard truck conversion facility 1.6 Harima 4.0 Shimo-Fukaya 6.6 Shimo-Noshiro 8.6 Tado 11.9 Mino-Matsuyama 14.2 Ishizu 16.2 Mino-Yamazaki 19.8 Komano 24.5 Mino-Tsuya 28.8 Yōrō 31.8 Mino-Takada 34.5 Karasue 36.0 Ōtoba 37.4 Tomoe 39.4 Mino-Yanagi 41.2 Nishi-Ōgaki 43.0 Ōgaki 44.1 Muro JR-C: Tōkaidō Main Line Tarumi Railway: Tarumi Line 45.4 Kita-Ōgaki 47.5 Higashi-Akasaka 50.3 Hiro-Gōdo 51.9 Kita-Gōdo 53.5 Ikeno 54.4 Kita-Ikeno 55.2 Mino-Hongō 57.5 Ibi

The Yōrō Line (養老線, Yōrō-sen^?) is a railway line of a Japanese private railway operator Yōrō Railway (養老鉄道, Yōrō Tetsudō^?). The line connects Kuwana Station in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture and Ibi Station in Ibigawa, Gifu Prefecture.

Northern portion of Ōgaki is locally and unofficially called Ibi Line (揖斐線, Ibi-sen^?), because of no trains operated through the station.

Kintetsu Corporation, one of largest private railway companies in Japan, owns the tracks and rolling stocks of the line whereon Yōrō Railway (II), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kintetsu operates trains as of October 1, 2007.

Contents 1 Descriptions 2 History 3 Connections 4 External links

[edit] Descriptions

• Length: 57.5km
• Gauge: 1067mm
• Power: Electric 1500V DC
• No. of stations: 27 incl. both ends
• Track: single
• Maximum speed: 65km/h
• Operation: All Local trains

[edit] History

Initially steam powered, the line was constructed by Yōrō Railway (I) and opened in 1913 between Yōrō - Ōgaki - Ikeno, in 1919 present stretch completed with extensions of Yōrō - Kuwana and Ikeno - Ibi. Yōrō Railway merged with Ibi River Electric (揖斐川電気, Ibigawa Denki^?) and in the following year 1923 the line was electrified (1500V DC). In 1928 its railway was transferred to Yōrō Electric Railway (養老電気鉄道, Yōrō Denki Tetsudō^?). Since then operator has changed several times, namely in 1929 the Ise Electric Railway (伊勢電気鉄道, Ise Denki Tetsudō^?), in 1936 Yōrō Dentetsu (養老電鉄, Yōrō Dentetsu^?), in 1940 Sangu Express Electric Railway (参宮急行電鉄, Sangū Kyūkō Dentetsu^?), in 1941 Kansai Express Railway (関西急行鉄道, Kansai Kyūkō Tetsudō^?), finally in 1944 Kinki Nippon railway (近畿日本鉄道, Kinki Nippon Tetsudō^?) which is the present Kintetsu.

On the typhoon strike in 1959, Nagoya Line was regauged to 1435mm, the Kintetsu standard which enables through trains to Osaka, but Yōrō Line remained 1067mm partly due to through freight trains to the then Japanese National Railway (JNR) at Ōgaki and Kuwana, because the line is shorter between these stations than JNR lines and used as the shortcut.

With accumulating deficit, Kintetsu decided to split off the operation of the Yōrō Line in 2007. Local governments along the line made an agreement of financial aid to the Yōrō Railway until 2010.

[edit] Connections

At Kuwana

• Kintetsu: Nagoya Line
• Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central): Kansai Main Line

At Ōgaki

• JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line (the main line and the "Mino-Akasaka branch line")
• Tarumi Railway: Tarumi Line

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Official website

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