Kisei Main Line

Kisei Main Line
JR Central (left) and JR West (right) trains meet at the boundary, Shingū Station
Overview
Native name	紀勢本線
Type	Heavy rail
System	Urban Network (Wakayama–Wakayamashi)
Termini	Kameyama Wakayamashi
Stations	96
Operation
Owner	JR Central, JR West
Operator(s)	JR Central, JR West, JR Freight
Technical
Line length	384.2 km (238.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (Shingū–Wakayamashi)
Route map

Kisei Main Line

Legend Kansai Main Line JR West/JR Central 0.0 Kameyama Kansai Main Line Suzuka Rivier 5.5 Shimonoshō 12.1 Ishinden Nagoya Kintetsu Nagoya Line Ise Railway Ise Line 15.5 Tsu Tsu-Shimmachi Kintetsu Nagoya Line 19.3 Akogi Chūsei Railway 23.4 Takachaya 29.1 Rokken Kintetsu Yamada Line Ise Electric Railway Meishō Line 34.6 Matsusaka Mie Electric Railway Kintetsu Yamada Line 37.6 Tokuwa Ise Electric Railway 42.5 Taki Sangū Line 46.4 Ōka 49.6 Sana 55.1 Tochihara 60.8 Kawazoe 67.9 Misedani 73.0 Takihara 77.1 Aso 82.2 Ise-Kashiwazaki 86.9 Ōuchiyama 89.5 Umegadani Nisaka Tunnel 98.4 Kii-Nagashima 105.9 Minose 112.2 Funatsu 116.6 Aiga 123.3 Owase 127.4 Ōsoneura 134.4 Kuki 138.5 Mikisato 142.6 Kata 146.8 Nigishima 150.8 Atashika 153.2 Hadasu 155.2 Ōdomari 157.6 Kumanoshi 159.6 Arii 164.1 Kōshiyama 165.6 Kii-Ichigi 168.4 Atawa 173.8 Kii-Ida 176.6 Udono Kumano River JR-C 180.2 Shingū JR West Kumanojiabandoned in 1982 Hirosumiabandoned in 1938 184.9 Miwasaki 186.6 Kii-Sano 188.7 Ukui 379.1 Kushinokawaabandoned in 1967 193.0 Nachi 193.9 Kii-Temma 195.1 Kii-Katsuura 197.8 Yukawa 199.9 Taiji 201.1 Shimosato 205.0 Kii-Uragami 209.9 Kii-Tahara 215.0 Koza 218.9 Kii-Hime 221.8 Kushimoto 227.6 Kii-Arita 229.4 Tanami 233.7 Tako 236.4 Wabuka 242.0 Esumi 245.0 Mirozu 250.7 Futagoyama Signal box 254.0 Susami 261.2 Kii-Hiki 267.3 Tsubaki 272.5 Kii-Tonda 275.4 Shirahama 279.7 Asso 283.2 Kii-Shinjō 285.4 Kii-Tanabe 289.5 Haya 294.5 Minabe 299.6 Iwashiro 305.5 Kirime 309.3 Inami 313.6 Inahara 320.4 Wasa 324.7 Dōjōji 326.3 Gobō Kishū Railway 329.2 Kii-Uchihara 2.0- Yurauchiabandoned in 1968 0.0  334.5 Kii-Yura 341.3 Hirokawa Beach 343.9 Yuasa 347.3 Fujinami Arida Railway 351.2 Kii-Miyahara 355.6 Minoshima 358.1 Hatsushima 361.1 Shimotsu 363.8 Kamogō 367.7 Shimizuura Nogami Electric Railway 370.5 KainanRenrakuguchi Hikata Nankai: Wakayama Tramway Line 372.3 Kuroe 375.9 Kimiidera 378.8 Miyamae 379.1 Tebiraabandoned in 1941 379.5 Wakayamasō Yardabandoned in 1986 Wakayama Railway Kishigawa Line Nankai: Wakayama Tramway Line 380.9 Wakayama Wakayama Line Kii-Nakanoshima (L)Hanwa Line Tennōji 382.7 Kiwa 383.2 Boundary Nankai Wakayamakō Line Nankai Kada Line Nankai Wakayama Tramway Line 384.2 Wakayamashi Nankai Main Line

The Kisei Main Line (紀勢本線, Kisei-honsen) is a railway line that parallels the coastline of the Kii Peninsula in Japan between Mie Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture. The name takes the kanji characters from the names of the old provinces of Kii (紀伊) and Ise (伊勢).

The line is operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) from Kameyama, the eastern terminus, to Shingū, and by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) from Shingū to Wakayamashi, the western terminus. The segment between Shingū and Wakayama is nicknamed as the Kinokuni Line (きのくに線), after the alternate name of the Kii Province.

The line has connections with through service, to the Kansai Main Line for Nagoya via Ise Railway, and to the Hanwa Line at Wakayama terminus for Osaka.

Basic data

• Operators, distances:
  • Total: 384.2 km
  • Central Japan Railway Company (category 1)
    • Kameyama - Shingū: 180.2 km
  • West Japan Railway Company (category 1)
    • Shingū - Wakayamashi: 204.0 km
  • Japan Freight Railway Company (category 2)
    • Kameyama - Shingū: 180.2 km
    • Shingū - Kii-Sano: 6.4 km
• Track
  • Double: Kii-Tanabe - Wakayama
  • Single: the remainder
• Traction
  • Kameyama - Shingū: internal combustion
  • Shingū - Wakayama - Wakayamashi: Electrified 1,500 V DC
• Railway signalling:
  • Kameyama - Shingū: Special Automatic (ja:閉塞方式#特殊自動閉塞式), a simplified automatic system
  • Shingū - Wakayama: Automatic
• Centralized traffic control (CTC) center:
  • Kameyama - Shingū: Tōkai Operation Control Center
  • Shingū - Wakayamashi: Tennōji Operation Control Center

Services

The (Wide View) Nanki limited express runs between Nagoya and Kii-Katsuura with four return workings a day via the Ise Railway. The Kuroshio runs between Kyoto/Shin-Osaka/Tennōji and Shingū with 16 return workings a day.

The line is generally divided to five parts for local services, by Shingū, Kii-Tanabe, Gobō, and Wakayama.

Stations

Kameyama to Shingū (JR Central)

Shingū to Wakayamashi (JR West)

Rolling stock

JR Central

• KiHa 25 (since 1 August 2015)^[1]
• KiHa 40 series
• KiHa 75 (Mie rapid service)
• KiHa 85 (Nanki limited express)

JR West

283 series EMU for Kuroshio limited express

• 103 series
• 105 series
• 113 series
• 117 series
• 223 series (0 and 2500 subseries)
• 225-5000 series
• 283 series (Kuroshio limited express)
• 287 series (Kuroshio limited express)
• 289 series (Kuroshio limited express)

Former

Passenger

• 165 series
• 221 series (until March 2011)
• 381 series (until 30 October 2015)
• 485 series
• KiHa 10 series
• KiHa 11 (until July 2015)^[1]
• KiHa 20 series
• KiHa 30 series
• KiHa 45 series
• KiHa 55 series
• KiHa 58 series
• KiHa 65
• KiHa 81 series
• KiHa 82 series
• Nankai Electric Railway KiHa 5501, KiHa 5505

Freight

• EF15
• DF50
• C58
• D60

History

The line is composed of sections opened by four different railway companies, which were then nationalised and linked by the JGR/JNR.

In 1891, the Kansai Railway opened the Kameyama to Tsu section, with the Sangu Railway opening the Tsu to Shoka section in 1893. At the western end, the Kiwa Railway opened the Wakayamashi to Wakayama section in 1903, and was acquired by the Kansai Railway the following year. The Kansai Railway and the Sangu Railway were nationalised in 1907. In 1912, the Shingu Railway opened the Kii-Katsuura to Miwasaki section, extending the line to Shingu the following year. The company was nationalised in 1934. On the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula, the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) extended the line from Shoka to Owase in sections between 1923 and 1934, whilst on the western side, it extended the line from Wakayama to Esumi in sections between 1924 and 1938. In 1935, the Kii-Katsuura to Taiji section was opened by JGR, extended to Kushimoto the following year, and to Esumi in 1940, providing a link to Wakayama and Osaka. The successor to JGR, the Japanese National Railways (JNR), opened the Owase to Shingu section in stages between 1956 and 1959, completing the line.

Double-tracking

The Akogi to Takajaya section was double-tracked in 1909, with the Matsusaka to Tokuwa section double-tracked two years later. In 1944, both sections were returned to single track and the recovered materials recycled for the Japanese war effort. The Wakayama to Kii-Tanabe section was double-tracked in stages between 1964 and 1978.

Electrification

The line was electrified between Wakayama and Shingu in 1978, with the Wakayama to Wakayamashi section being commissioned in 1984.

Other notable dates

CTC signalling was commissioned between Wakayama and Shingu in 1978, and extended to Kameyama in 1983.

Freight services ceased in 1986.

Former connecting lines

Arita Railway train, 2002

Nogami Electric Railway at Kainan

• Akogi Station: The Chusei Railway operated a 6 km 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line between Iwatahashi and Hisai between 1909 and 1942. At Hisai, it connected to the Dainippon Railway 15 km 762 mm gauge line to Ise-Kawaguchi on the Meisho Line between 1925 and 1942.

• Matsusaka Station: Mie Kotsu operated 20 km 762 mm line to Oishi between 1912 and 1964. The line was electrified at 600 V DC in 1927, although steam locomotives continued to be used until 1938.

• Tokuwa Station: The Ise Electric Railway "main line" connected here between 1930 and 1941.

• Funatsu Station: The Osugidani forest railway connected here to haul cedar. It was opened between 1929 and 1952 utilising 762 mm gauge, and featured a 17 km "main line" and nine branches of between 1 km and 11 km in length, as well as two cable-hauled inclines. The last line closed in 1974.

• Fujinami Station: The 9 km Arita Railway line between Yuasa and Kanaya which operated between 1915 and 2003 connected at this station.

• Kainan Station: The Nogami Electric Railway operated an 11 km line, electrified at 600 V DC, to Noburu-Yamaguchi between 1916 and 1994. Freight services operated between 1951 and 1971.

• Wakayama station - A 3 km line to Higashi-Matsue on the Nankai Kada Line opened in 1912. The line was electrified at 600 VDC in 1930, and closed in 1955.

• Kiwa Station: The Kishigawa Line commenced from this station from 1917 until the terminus was truncated 3 km to Wakayama in 1924.

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

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

External links

• JR Central official website (English)
• JR West official website (English)

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