Enshū Railway Line

Enshū Railway Line
Enshū Railway Line
	1000 type EMU, the "Red Train"
Overview
Native name	鉄道線 (Tetsudō-sen)
Owner	Enshū Railway
Locale	Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Termini	Shin-Hamamatsu; Nishi-Kajima;
Stations	18
Website	www.entetsu.co.jp
Service
Operator(s)	Enshū Railway
History
Opened	December 6, 1909
Technical
Line length	17.8 kilometres (11.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	750 V DC
Route map
Route map
	Legend

The Enshū Railway Line, officially the Railway Line (鉄道線, Tetsudō-sen), is a Japanese railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, running north from Shin Hamamatsu, Chūō-ku through Nishi Kajima, Tenryū-ku, all within Hamamatsu. This is the only railway line Enshū Railway (Entetsu) operates. The line has a nickname Nishi Kajima Line (西鹿島線, Nishi Kajima-sen), while locals often call it Akaden (あかでん, "The Red Train"), referring to the color of the EMUs. The line accepts NicePass, a smart card ticketing system, as well as ET Card, a magnetic card ticketing system.

Railway signalling on this line is automatic.^[1]

History

The line opened as 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) in 1909, and was converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge and electrified at 600 VDC in 1923.

The voltage was increased to 750 VDC in 1961, and CTC signalling was commissioned between Nishi Kajima and Hachiman in 1967, and extended to Shin Hamamatsu in 1974.

Freight services ceased in 1976.^{[citation needed]}

Former connecting lines

Hamakita station - The Far West Railway Co. opened a 4 km (2.5 mi) 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line to Miyaguchi in 1924, and merged with the Enshu Railway Co. in 1928. The line closed in 1937.^{[citation needed]}

Services

Trains operate every 12 minutes all day, every day. Early morning and after 9pm trains operate every 20 minutes. All trains stop at every station.

Stations

All stations are within Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.^[1]

No.	Station		Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
01	Shin-Hamamatsu^[1]	新浜松	0.0	JR: Tōkaidō Main Line, Tōkaidō Shinkansen (both at Hamamatsu)	Chūō-ku
02	Daiichidōri^[1]	第一通り	0.5
03	Enshūbyōin^[1]	遠州病院	0.8
04	Hachiman^[1]	八幡	1.6
05	Sukenobu^[1]	助信	2.4
06	Hikuma^[1]	曳馬	3.4
07	Kamijima^[1]	上島	4.5
08	Jidōshagakkō Mae^[1]	自動車学校前	5.3
09	Saginomiya^[1]	さぎの宮	6.6
10	Sekishi^[1]	積志	7.8
11	Enshū-Nishigasaki^[1]	遠州西ヶ崎	9.2
12	Enshū-Komatsu^[1]	遠州小松	10.2		Hamana-ku
13	Hamakita^[1]	浜北	11.2
14	Misono Chūōkōen^[1]	美薗中央公園	12.0
15	Enshū-Kobayashi^[1]	遠州小林	13.3
16	Enshū-Shibamoto^[1]	遠州芝本	15.0
17	Enshū-Gansuiji^[1]	遠州岩水寺	16.3
18	Nishi-Kajima^[1]	西鹿島	17.8	Tenryū Hamanako Railroad: Tenryū Hamanako Line	Tenryū-ku

In popular culture

Enshū Railway Line is the setting of the Japanese Urban Legend "Kisaragi Station".

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Enshu Railway Co., Ltd". Enshu Railway Co., Ltd. (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-01.

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

External links

(in Japanese) Enshū Railway official website
(in English) Enshu Railway official website

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[:1-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Enshu Railway Co., Ltd". Enshu Railway Co., Ltd. (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-01.

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