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

Description

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

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