Taketoyo Line

Taketoyo Line

A KiHa 75 DMU at Taketoyo Station, August 2006
Overview
Native name 武豊線
Type Regional 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)
Route map

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 on 1 March 2015.[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 diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains 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]

History

The entire line opened in 1886, becoming a branch when the Obu to Hamamatsu section of the Tokaido Main Line opened two years later. A 1 km freight-only line extended to Taketoyo Minato between 1930 and 1965.

DMUs commenced service on the line in 1933, although passenger services were suspended from 1944 until 1955. Steam locomotives ceased operating on the line in 1970, and freight services ceased in 1984.

CTC signalling was commissioned in 2001.

Work started in March 2010 to electrify the line.[3]

Future plans

With the start of electric services on 1 March 2015, through services will also operate to and from Nagoya.[4]

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

  1. ↑ 武豊線の電化開業について [Taketoyo Line electrification details]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Central Japan Railway Company. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "【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.
  3. ↑ ＪＲ東海、武豊線を電車運行に　82億円投資、15年前半メド [JR Central to run electric trains on Taketoyo Line by early 2015, investing 8.2 billion yen] (in Japanese). Nikkei.net. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  4. ↑ JR東海、ダイヤ改正で国鉄時代の気動車など置換え - 武豊線電化で列車増発 [JR Central to replace JNR-era diesel trains and increase services on Taketoyo Line following electrification]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.