Jōhana Line

Jōhana Line

A diesel-hauled freight train on the Johana Line, August 2009
Overview
Type Regional rail
Locale Toyama Prefecture
Termini Takaoka
Jōhana
Stations 14
Operation
Opened 1897
Owner JR West
Technical
Line length 29.9 km (18.6 mi)
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification None
Operating speed 85 km/h (55 mph)
Route map
Map

The Jōhana Line (城端線 Jōhana-sen) is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It connects Takaoka with Johana.

Route data

Stations

Name Japanese Between
(km)		 Distance
(km)[1]		 Transfers Location
Takaoka 高岡 - 0.0 Himi Line, Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, Manyosen Takaoka Toyama
Shin-Takaoka 新高岡 1.8 1.8 Hokuriku Shinkansen
Futatsuka 二塚 1.5 3.3  
Hayashi 林 1.3 4.6  
Toide 戸出 2.7 7.3  
Aburaden 油田 3.4 10.7   Tonami
Tonami 砺波 2.6 13.3  
Higashi-Nojiri 東野尻 5.2 15.5  
Takagi 高儀 1.5 17.0   Nanto
Fukuno 福野 2.4 19.4  
Higashi-Ishiguro 東石黒 2.6 22.0  
Fukumitsu 福光 2.7 24.7  
Etchū-Yamada 越中山田 2.8 27.5  
Jōhana 城端 2.4 29.9  

History

The line was opened in 1897 by the Chūetsu Railway (中越鉄道) as the Chūetsu Line (中越線) between Fushiki (on the present-day Himi Line) and Jōhana via Takaoka.[2] The line was nationalised on 1 September 1920.[2] The Chūetsu Line was renamed the Jōhana Line from 1 August 1942 following the incorporation of the Fushiki to Takaoka section into the Himi Line.[2]

CTC signalling was commissioned over the entire line in 1983.

From 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, the Jōhana Line came under the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[2]

On 14 March 2015, Shin-Takaoka station opened on the line to coincide with the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kanazawa Station.[3]

Former connecting lines

See also

References

  1. ↑ JTB Timetable March 2015 issue p. 495
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. I. Japan: JTB. p. 92. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  3. ↑ "ダイヤ改正　城端線始発砺波から" [A change in timetable, starting from Tonami Station on the Jōhana Line]. Yomiuri Shimbun. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
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