Tenryū Hamanako Line
| Tenryū Hamanako Line | |
|---|---|
 TH2100 series train | |
| Overview | |
| Type | Heavy rail |
| Locale | Shizuoka Prefecture |
| Termini |
Kakegawa Shinjohara |
| Stations | 37 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1936 |
| Operator(s) | Tenryū Hamanako Railway |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 67.7 km |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
The Tenryū Hamanako Line (天竜浜名湖線 Tenryū Hamanako-sen), or Tenhama Line (天浜線 Tenhama-sen) for short, is a Japanese railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, paralleling the north coast of Lake Hamana between Kakegawa Station in Kakegawa and Shinjohara Station in Kosai. This is the only railway line of Tenryū Hamanako Railroad (天竜浜名湖鉄道 Tenryū Hamanako Tetsudō).
History
The Japanese National Railways Futamata Line (二俣線 Futamata sen) began operations on April 17, 1935 between Kakegawa and Enshū-Mori. Construction work progressed in the opposite direction with the Futamata-Nishi Line (二俣線西 Futamata-Nishi sen) connecting Shinjohara with Mikkabi on December 1, 1936. This line was extended to Kaminobe by April 1, 1938, and the two lines were connected on June 1, 1940.
Steam locomotives ceased service on the line in 1971, and all scheduled freight services were discontinued from 1984.
With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on March 15, 1987, the operations of the former Futamata line were taken over by the newly created third sector Tenryū Hamanako Railroad
Former connecting lines
- Tenryu-Futamata station - Construction started on a 35 km line to Chubu-Tenryu on the Iida Line in 1967. Proposed to involve 20 bridges and 14 tunnels, about 13 km of roadbed, and about 50% of the overall work had been completed when construction was abandoned in 1980.
- Kanasashi station - The 26km 762mm gauge line from Entetsu Hamamatsu station on the Enshu Railway Line to Okuyama opened between 1914 and 1923. The 8km Entetsu Hamamatsu - Hikuma section was electrified at 600 VDC in 1950, the line closing in 1963/4
Description
- Track: Single
- Power: Internal Combustion (Diesel)
- Railway signalling: Simplified automatic
Stations
| Name | Distance (km) |
Connecting lines | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kakegawa | 掛川 | 0.0 | JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Tōkaidō Main Line | Kakegawa | Shizuoka |
| Kakegawa-shiyakusho-mae | 掛川市役所前 | 1.3 | |||
| Nishi-Kakegawa | 西掛川 | 1.8 | |||
| Sakuragi | 桜木 | 4.0 | |||
| Ikoinohiroba | いこいの広場 | 5.5 | |||
| Hosoya | 細谷 | 6.0 | |||
| Haranoya | 原谷 | 7.9 | |||
| Harada | 原田 | 9.4 | |||
| Towata | 戸綿 | 12.0 | Mori Shūchi District | ||
| Enshū-Mori | 遠州森 | 12.8 | |||
| Enden | 円田 | 14.7 | |||
| Tōtōmi-Ichinomiya | 遠江一宮 | 16.4 | |||
| Shikiji | 敷地 | 19.9 | Iwata | ||
| Toyooka | 豊岡 | 23.0 | |||
| Kaminobe | 上野部 | 24.4 | |||
| Tenryū-Futamata | 天竜二俣 | 26.2 | Tenryū-ku Hamamatsu | ||
| Futamata-Hommachi | 二俣本町 | 26.8 | |||
| Nishi-Kajima | 西鹿島 | 28.5 | Enshū Railway Line | ||
| Gansuiji | 岩水寺 | 30.3 | Hamakita-ku Hamamatsu | ||
| Miyaguchi | 宮口 | 32.3 | |||
| Fruit Park | フルーツパーク | 36.2 | Kita-ku Hamamatsu | ||
| Miyakoda | 都田 | 37.7 | |||
| Hamamatsudaigakumae | 浜松大学前 | 39.1 | |||
| Kanasashi | 金指 | 41.9 | |||
| Kigakōkōmae | 気賀高校前 | 43.5 | |||
| Kiga | 気賀 | 44.8 | |||
| Nishi-Kiga | 西気賀 | 47.7 | |||
| Sunza | 寸座 | 49.4 | |||
| Hamanako-Sakume | 浜名湖佐久米 | 50.7 | |||
| Higashi-Tsuzuki | 東都筑 | 51.9 | |||
| Tsuzuki | 都筑 | 53.3 | |||
| Mikkabi | 三ヶ日 | 55.6 | |||
| Okuhamanako | 奥浜名湖 | 56.8 | |||
| Ona | 尾奈 | 58.1 | |||
| Chibata | 知波田 | 62.9 | Kosai | ||
| Ōmori | 大森 | 65.0 | |||
| Asumomae | アスモ前 | 66.7 | |||
| Shinjohara | 新所原 | 67.7 | JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line | ||
See also
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
External links
- (Japanese) Tenryū Hamanako Railroad official website