Minobu Line
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JR Central 313 series EMU on the Minobu Line | |
Overview | |
Type | Heavy rail |
Termini |
Fuji KÅfu |
Stations | 39 |
Operation | |
Opened | 1890 |
Owner | JR Central |
Technical | |
Line length | 88.4 km |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC overhead line |
Operating speed | 85 km/h (55 mph) |

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The Minobu Line (身延線 Minobu-sen) is a railway line in the TÅkai region of Japan operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Fuji Station in Fuji, Shizuoka to KÅfu Station in KÅfu, Yamanashi, and the TÅkaidÅ Main Line with the ChūŠMain Line trunk railroads.
History
The Fuji Horse Tramway (å¯Œå£«é¦¬è»Šé‰„é“ Fuji Basha TetsudÅ) opened a line from Suzukawa (present Yoshiwara) on the TÅkaidÅ Main Line to ÅŒmiya (present Fujinomiya) (the southern end of the current route) in 1890.
The Fuji Minobu Railway (å¯Œå£«èº«å»¶é‰„é“ Fuji Minobu TetsudÅ) purchased the tramway in 1912, and converted it to a steam railway the following year, gradually extending the line to Minobu, a distance of 26.9 miles (43.3 km) by 1920. In 1927, the line was electrified, and in 1928 extended to KÅfu on the ChūŠMain Line completing the line with a distance of 54.7 miles (88.0 km).
In 1938 the Minobu line was leased by the government, and nationalized in 1941. The alignment at Fuji was changed in 1968 to allow through trains to operate from Tokyo without requiring a reversal of direction, and the Fuji - Fujinomiya section was duplicated between 1969 and 1974.
CTC signalling was commissioned in 1982, and freight services ceased in 1987, the year that Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) took over operations of the Minobu Line following privatization of the Japanese National Railways.
Former connecting lines
- Fujinomiya station - The Fuji Horse Tramway operated a 20km 610mm gauge line to Kami-ide between 1909 and 1939.
Operation
The Fujikawa limited express service operates between KÅfu and Shizuoka via Fuji using JR Central 373 series EMU trains. Other trains are all-stations "Local" services, with higher frequencies on the Fuji - Nishi-Fujinomiya and Kajikazawaguchi - KÅfu sections compared to the section in between. 313 series and 211 series EMUs are used on local services.
Stations
Name | Distance (km) |
Connections | Location | ||
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Fuji | 富士 | 0.0 | TÅkaidÅ Main Line | Fuji | Shizuoka Prefecture |
Yunoki | 柚木 | 1.5 | |||
Tatebori | ç«ªå € | 2.8 | |||
Iriyamase | 入山瀬 | 5.6 | |||
Fujine | å¯Œå£«æ ¹ | 8.0 | |||
GendÅji | æºé“寺 | 9.3 | Fujinomiya | ||
Fujinomiya | 富士宮 | 10.7 | |||
Nishi-Fujinomiya | 西富士宮 | 11.9 | |||
Numakubo | æ²¼ä¹…ä¿ | 16.9 | |||
Shibakawa | èŠå· | 19.2 | |||
Inako | 稲å | 24.0 | |||
TÅshima | åå³¶ | 26.3 | Nanbu | Yamanashi Prefecture | |
Ide | 井出 | 29.4 | |||
Yorihata | 寄畑 | 31.9 | |||
Utsubuna | 内船 | 34.1 | |||
Kai-ÅŒshima | 甲æ–大島 | 39.8 | Minobu | ||
Minobu | 身延 | 43.5 | |||
Shionosawa | 塩之沢 | 45.7 | |||
Hadakajima | 波高島 | 50.2 | |||
Shimobe-onsen | 下部温泉 | 51.7 | |||
Kai-Tokiwa | 甲æ–常葉 | 54.1 | |||
Ichinose | 市ノ瀬 | 56.1 | |||
Kunado | 久那土 | 58.8 | |||
Kai-Iwama | 甲æ–岩間 | 60.3 | Ichikawamisato | ||
Ochii | è½å±… | 61.8 | |||
Kajikazawaguchi | é°æ²¢å£ | 66.8 | |||
Ichikawa-Daimon | 市å·å¤§é–€ | 69.8 | |||
Ichikawa-Hommachi | 参巿œ¬ç”º | 70.7 | |||
Ashigawa | èŠ¦å· | 71.7 | |||
Kai-Ueno | 甲æ–上野 | 72.8 | |||
Higashi-Hanawa | æ±èŠ±è¼ª | 76.3 | ChūŠ| ||
Koikawa | å°äº•å· | 77.5 | |||
JÅei | 常永 | 78.9 | ShÅwa | ||
Kokubo | å›½æ¯ | 81.2 | KÅfu | ||
Kai-Sumiyoshi | 甲æ–ä½å‰ | 83.1 | |||
Minami-KÅfu | å—甲府 | 84.0 | |||
ZenkÅji | 善光寺 | 86.3 | |||
Kanente | 金手 | 87.2 | |||
KÅfu | 甲府 | 88.4 | ChūŠMain Line |
See also
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
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