Taketoyo Line
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| Taketoyo Line | |||
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 KiHa 75 DMU at Taketoyo Station, August 2006 | |||
| Overview | |||
| Type | Heavy rail | ||
| Locale | Aichi Prefecture | ||
| Termini |
Ōbu Taketoyo | ||
| Stations | 10 | ||
| Operation | |||
| Owner | JR Central | ||
| Rolling stock | KiHa 25/KiHa 75 DMUs | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 19.3 km (12.0 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
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The Taketoyo Line (武豊線 Taketoyo-sen) is a Japanese railway line which connects Ōbu Station in Ōbu, Aichi Prefecture with Taketoyo Station in Taketoyo, Aichi Prefecture. It is owned and run by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
The line is due to be electrified, with electric services commencing in June 2015, for direct service to Nagoya Station. Work starts in March 2010.[1]
Stations
| Name | Distance (km) |
Connections | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ōbu | 大府 | 0.0 | Tōkaidō Main Line | Ōbu | Aichi |
| Owari-Morioka | 尾張森岡 | 1.7 | Higashiura, Chita District | ||
| Ogawa | 緒川 | 3.1 | |||
| Ishihama | 石浜 | 4.6 | |||
| Higashiura | 東浦 | 6.8 | Kinuura Rinkai Railway Hekinan Line | ||
| Kamezaki | 亀崎 | 10.2 | Handa | ||
| Okkawa | 乙川 | 12.8 | |||
| Handa | 半田 | 14.6 | |||
| Higashi-Narawa | 東成岩 | 16.3 | Kinuura Rinkai Railway Handa Line | ||
| Taketoyo | 武豊 | 19.3 | Taketoyo, Chita District | ||
Rolling stock
2-car KiHa 75 DMUs are used on this line in two- or four-car formations.
New 2-car KiHa 25 DMUs were introduced on the line from 1 March 2011.[2]
References
- ↑ "ＪＲ東海、武豊線を電車運行に 82億円投資、15年前半メド" (in Japanese). Nikkei.net. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ↑ "【JR海】キハ25形 武豊線で営業運転開始" [JR Central KiHa 25 trains enter revenue service on Taketoyo Line]. Rail Hobidas (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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