Chichibu Main Line

Chichibu Main Line

Chichibu Railway 5000, 6000, and 1000 series EMUs stabled next to Kumagaya Station, December 2007
Overview
Native name 秩父本線
Locale Saitama Prefecture
Termini Hanyū
Mitsumineguchi
Stations 35
Operation
Opened 1901
Owner Chichibu Railway
Depot(s) Hirosegawara
Technical
Line length 71.7 km (44.6 mi)
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius 149 m
Operating speed 85 km/h (55 mph)
SL Paleo Express

The Chichibu Main Line (秩父本線 Chichibu-honsen) is a railway line in Japan, owned by Chichibu Railway, which links Hanyū and Mitsumineguchi, both in Saitama Prefecture.

Locals living around the line call it the Chichibu Line (秩父線 Chichibu-sen). This is not to be confused with Seibu Railway's nearby Seibu Chichibu Line, which is almost always referred to in full to avoid ambiguities.

Stations

Station Japanese Distance (km) Local service to/from Seibu Chichibu Line Chichibuji
Express
SL Paleo Express Transfer Location
Between
Stations
Total
Hanyū 羽生 - 0.0       Tōbu Isesaki Line Hanyū
Nishi-Hanyū 西羽生 1.2 1.2        
Shingō 新郷 1.4 2.6        
Bushū-Araki 武州荒木 2.2 4.8         Gyōda
Higashi-Gyōda 東行田 2.5 7.3        
Gyōdashi 行田市 1.0 8.3        
Mochida 持田 1.8 10.1        
Kumagaya 熊谷 4.8 14.9     Jōetsu Shinkansen, Hokuriku Shinkansen, Takasaki Line (Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Ueno-Tokyo Line) Kumagaya
Kami-Kumagaya 上熊谷 0.9 15.8      
Ishiwara 石原 1.2 17.0      
Hirose-Yachō-no-Mori ひろせ野鳥の森 1.5 18.5      
Ōasō 大麻生 1.3 20.3      
Aketo 明戸 2.6 22.9       Fukaya
Takekawa 武川 1.9 24.8     Chichibu Railway: Mikajiri Freight Line
Nagata 永田 2.3 27.1      
Omaeda 小前田 3.4 30.5      
Sakurazawa 桜沢 1.4 31.9       Yorii, Ōsato District
Yorii 寄居 1.9 33.8     Hachikō Line
Tōbu Tōjō Line
Hagure 波久礼 3.9 37.7      
Higuchi 樋口 4.4 42.1       Nagatoro, Chichibu District
Nogami 野上 2.6 44.7      
Nagatoro 長瀞 1.8 46.5    
Kami-Nagatoro 上長瀞 1.1 47.6 Through operation to Seibu-Chichibu (Seibu Chichibu Line)  
Oyahana 親鼻 1.6 49.2   Minano, Chichibu District
Minano 皆野 1.6 50.8  
Wadō-Kuroya 和銅黒谷 2.6 53.4   Chichibu
Bushū-Haraya Freight Terminal 武州原谷 2.1 55.5  
Ōnohara 大野原 1.1 56.6  
Chichibu 秩父 2.4 59.0  
Ohanabatake 御花畑 0.7 59.7 Seibu Chichibu Line (Seibu-Chichibu)
Kagemori 影森 2.7 62.4 Through operation to Yokoze (Seibu Chichibu Line)  
Urayamaguchi 浦山口 1.4 63.8  
Bushū-Nakagawa 武州中川 2.4 66.2  
Bushū-Hino 武州日野 1.5 67.7  
Shiroku 白久 2.7 70.4  
Mitsumineguchi 三峰口 1.3 71.7  
Legend

Rolling stock

Source: [1]

Rolling stock previously used

History

The Jōbu Railway (上武鉄道) opened the section between Kumagaya and Yorii on 7 October 1901 operated by the use of steam haulage.[3] The line was extended in stages, reaching Chichibu in 1914. The line was electrified at 1,200 V DC on 15 March 1918.[3] On 1 August 1922, the Chichibu Railway acquired the Hokubu Railway (北武鉄道) operating between Hanyū and Kumagaya.[3] The line reached Mitsumineguchi in 1930.

From 1 February 1952, The line voltage was raised to 1,500 V DC,[3] and in 1954 through services to/from the Tōbu Tōjō Line commenced.

The steam locomotive-hauled Paleo Express service commenced in 1988, and the following year through services to/from the Seibu Railway commenced.

Former connecting lines

References

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

  1. 私鉄車両編成表 2010 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2010]. Japan: JRR. August 2010. p. 15. ISBN 978-4-330-15310-0.
  2. 秩父鉄道「さよなら1003号貸切運転・撮影会ツアー」開催 [Chichibu Railway organizes "Farewell 1003 charter train and photographic tour"]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 43 no. 361 (Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun). 2014. p. 74.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 36. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  4. Terada, Hirokazu (October 2003). 私鉄廃線25年 [25 Years of Abandoned Private Railways]. Japan: JTB Can Books. pp. 52–53. ISBN 4-533-04958-3.

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