Minobu Line

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Minobu Line
Line length:	88.4 km
Gauge:	1067 mm
Voltage:	1500 V =
Maximum speed:	85 km/h
Legend Tōkaidō Main Line 0.0 Fuji Fuji depot Honshijō moved to Yunoki in 1969 1.5 Yunoki 2.8 Tatebori 5.6 Iriyamase Nekata Tramway 8.0 Fujine 9.3 Gendōji 10.7 Fujinomiya Teishajō Fuji Tramway 11.9 Nishi-Fujinomiya 16.9 Numakubo 19.2 Shibakawa 24.0 Inako Shizuoka Prefecture Yamanashi Prefecture 26.3 Tōshima 29.4 Ide 31.9 Yorihata 34.1 Utsubuna 39.8 Kai-Ōshima 43.5 Minobu 45.7 Shionosawa 50.2 Hadakajima 51.7 Shimobe-onsen 54.1 Kai-Tokiwa 56.1 Ichinose 58.8 Kunado 60.3 Kai-Iwama 61.8 Ochii 66.8 Kajikazawaguchi 69.8 Ichikawa-Daimon 70.7 Ichikawa-Hommachi 71.7 Ashigawa 72.8 Kai-Ueno 76.3 Higashi-Hanawa 77.5 Koikawa 78.9 Jōei 81.2 Kokubo 83.1 Kai-Sumiyoshi 84.0 Minami-Kōfu 86.3 Zenkōji ←Chūō Main Line 87.2 Kanente JR Central / JR East 88.4 Kōfu Kōfu Ekimae Yamanashi Kōtsū Chūō Main Line

The Minobu Line (身延線, Minobu-sen^?) is a railway line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Japan. It runs from Fuji Station in the city of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture to Kōfu Station in the city of Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture.

Contents 1 Description 2 Operation 3 History 4 Stations 5 See also

[edit] Description

• Distance: 88.4 km
  • Central Japan Railway Company (category 1)
• Gauge：1067 mm
• Stations: 39 including both ends
• Track:
  • Double: Fuji - Nishi-Fujinomiya
  • Single: the remainder
• Electrification: 1500V DC

[edit] Operation

The Limited Express Fujikawa (ふじかわ, Fujikawa^?) is operated 7 laps a day, between Kōfu - Fuji - Shizuoka with JR Central 373 series. Other trains are local, more services on Fuji - Fujinomiya and Kōfu - Kajikazawaguchi, in the both ends than in the section in between. Series 313 EMUs and 211 EMUs are used for local services presently.

[edit] History

The line was planned by a private railway company Fuji Minobu Railway (富士身延鉄道, Fuji Minobu Tetsudō^?). A preceding horse tram line opened in 1890, Fuji Horse Tramway (富士馬車鉄道, Fuji Basha Tetsudō^?) from Suzukawa (present Yoshiwara) on the Tōkaidō Main Line to Ōmiya (present Fujinomiya), along the route in the southern tip. The tram was purchased by the railway in 1912. The following year the line was converted from horse tram to steam railway, and until 1920 the company gradually extending the line to Minobu, at a distance of 26.9 mi.. In 1927 the line was electrified, and in 1928 reached Kōfu on Chūō Main Line and present stretch was completed in the distance of 54.7 mi. The unit of distance was changed in 1930 to metric, thus became 88.1 km.

In 1938 the line was leased to the government, and transferred in 1941. The route of Fuji side was changed in 1968 to allow through trains from Tokyo without zigzag, and the distance was slightly modified. In 1987 Central Japan Railway Compay succeeded the Minobu Line due to the privatization of the Japanese National Railway.

[edit] Stations

For distances and connections, see the route diagram.

Fuji

Yunoki

Tatebori

Iriyamase

Fujine

In Fuji

Gendōji

Fujinomiya

Nishi-Fujinomiya

Numakubo

In Fujinomiya

Shibakawa

Inako

In Shibakawa

Shizuoka Prefecture

Tōshima

Ide

Yorihata

Utsubuna

In Nanbu

Kai-Ōshima

Minobu

Shionosawa

Hadakajima

Shimobe-onsen

Kai-Tokiwa

Ichinose

Kunado

In Minobu

Kai-Iwama

Ochii

Kajikazawaguchi

Ichikawa-Daimon

Ichikawa-Hommachi

Ashigawa

Kai-Ueno

In Ichikawamisato

Higashi-Hanawa

Koikawa

In Chūō

Jōei

In Shōwa

Kokubo

Kai-Sumiyoshi

Minami-Kōfu

Zenkōji

Kanente

Kōfu

In Kōfu

Yamanashi Prefecture

[edit] See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

v • d • e Minobu Line Fuji • Yunoki • Tatebori • Iriyamase • Fujine • Gendōji • Fujinomiya • Nishi-Fujinomiya • Numakubo • Shibakawa • Inako • Tōshima • Ide • Yorihata • Utsubuna • Kai-Ōshima • Minobu • Shionosawa • Hadakajima • Shimobe-onsen • Kai-Tokiwa • Ichinose • Kunado • Kai-Iwama • Ochii • Kajikazawaguchi • Ichikawa-Daimon • Ichikawa-Hommachi • Ashigawa • Kai-Ueno • Higashi-Hanawa • Koikawa • Jōei • Kokubo • Kai-Sumiyoshi • Minami-Kōfu • Zenkōji • Kanente • Kōfu