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{{short description|Railway line in Japan}}
{{Infobox rail line
 | box_width   =
 | name        = Obama Line
 | color       = 0073bc
 | logo        =
 | logo_width  =
 | image       = JRWest125Series01.jpg
 | image_width = 300px
 | caption     = An Obama Line 125 series train at Wakasa-Hongō Station
 | type        =
 | system      =
 | status      =
 | locale      = [[Fukui Prefecture]]<br /> [[Kyoto Prefecture]]
 | start       = {{STN|Higashi-Maizuru|x}}
 | end         = {{STN|Tsuruga|x}}
 | stations    = 24
 | routes      =
 | daily_ridership = 1,078 passengers per km per day (FY2014)<ref name="jrwest2014data">{{cite web|url= http://www.westjr.co.jp/company/info/issue/data/pdf/data2015_08.pdf|script-title= ja: 区間別平均通過人員および旅客運輸収入（平成26年度）|trans-title= Average passenger figures and revenue by line (Fiscal 2014)|year= 2015|publisher= West Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|page= 56|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160109013320/http://www.westjr.co.jp/company/info/issue/data/pdf/data2015_08.pdf|archive-date= 2016-01-09|access-date= 17 October 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref>
 | open        = {{start date and age|1917|12|15|df=y}}
 | lastextension= {{start date and age|1922|12|10|df=y}}
 | close       =
 | owner       = {{ric|JR West|name=y}}
 | operator    = {{ric|JR West}} JR West
 | character   =
 | depot       =
 | stock       = [[125 series]]
 | linelength  = {{cvt|84.3|km|abbr=on}}
 | tracklength =
 | tracks      = Fully [[single-tracked]]
 | gauge       = {{RailGauge|1067mm|allk=on}}
 | electrification = {{1,500 V DC}} ([[overhead line]])
 | speed       = {{cvt|85|km/h|abbr=on}}
 | trainprotection  = [[ATS-SW]]
 | signalling = Special Automatic closing block (Track circuit detection)
 | elevation   =
 | map         =
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}}

The {{nihongo|'''Obama Line'''|小浜線|Obama-sen}} is a railway line on the [[Sea of Japan]] coast of central Japan. It is operated by [[West Japan Railway Company]] (JR West).

The {{convert|84.3|km|adj=on}} long [[single track (rail)|single track]] railway connects [[Tsuruga Station]] on the [[Hokuriku Main Line]] in [[Tsuruga, Fukui|Tsuruga]], [[Fukui Prefecture]] and [[Higashi-Maizuru Station]] on the [[Maizuru Line]] in [[Maizuru, Kyoto|Maizuru]], [[Kyoto Prefecture]]. The [[cities of Japan|city]] of [[Obama, Fukui|Obama]] and the [[towns of Japan|towns]] of [[Mihama, Fukui|Mihama]], [[Wakasa, Fukui|Wakasa]], [[Ōi, Fukui|Ōi]] and [[Takahama, Fukui|Takahama]] are located in the central section of the line.

==History==
The Tsuruga - Tomura section opened in 1917, and the line was then extended westward to Obama in 1918, Wakasa-Takahama in 1921 and connected to the [[Maizuru Line]] at Higashi-Maizuru the following year.

Freight services between Tsuruga and Mitsumatsu ceased in 1997.

The line was [[Railway electrification system|electrified]] on March 15, 2003.

==Stations==
{| class="wikitable" rules="all"
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Name
!colspan="2"|Distance (km)
!rowspan="2"|Transfers
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Location
|-
!style="width:2.5em;"|Between<br />stations
!style="width:2.5em;"|Total
|-
|{{STN|Tsuruga|x}}
|敦賀
|style="text-align:center;"| -
|style="text-align:right;"|0.0
|{{RouteBox|A||#0072bc}} {{RouteBox|B||#00bfff}} [[Hokuriku Main Line]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Tsuruga, Fukui|Tsuruga]]
|rowspan="22" style="text-align:center; width:1em;"|[[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]]
|-
|{{STN|Nishi-Tsuruga|x}}
|西敦賀
|style="text-align:right;"|3.3
|style="text-align:right;"|3.3
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Awano|x}}
|粟野
|style="text-align:right;"|4.4
|style="text-align:right;"|7.7
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Higashi-Mihama|x}}
|東美浜
|style="text-align:right;"|5.0
|style="text-align:right;"|12.7
|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|[[Mihama, Fukui|Mihama]],<br />[[Mikata District, Fukui|Mikata District]]
|-
|{{STN|Mihama|x}}
|美浜
|style="text-align:right;"|5.2
|style="text-align:right;"|17.9
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Kiyama|x|Fukui}}
|気山
|style="text-align:right;"|3.5
|style="text-align:right;"|21.4
|&nbsp;
|rowspan="7"|[[Wakasa, Fukui|Wakasa]], <br />[[Mikatakaminaka District, Fukui|Mikatakaminaka District]]
|-
|{{STN|Mikata|x}}
|三方
|style="text-align:right;"|3.3
|style="text-align:right;"|24.7
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Fujii|x}}
|藤井
|style="text-align:right;"|2.6
|style="text-align:right;"|27.3
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Tomura|x}}
|十村
|style="text-align:right;"|2.0
|style="text-align:right;"|29.3
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Ōtoba|x|Fukui}}
|大鳥羽
|style="text-align:right;"|4.0
|style="text-align:right;"|33.3
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Wakasa-Arita|x}}
|若狭有田
|style="text-align:right;"|2.1
|style="text-align:right;"|35.4
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Kaminaka|x}}
|上中
|style="text-align:right;"|3.4
|style="text-align:right;"|38.8
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Shin-Hirano|x}}
|新平野
|style="text-align:right;"|4.5
|style="text-align:right;"|43.3
|&nbsp;
|rowspan="5"|[[Obama, Fukui|Obama]]
|-
|{{STN|Higashi-Obama|x}}
|東小浜
|style="text-align:right;"|2.9
|style="text-align:right;"|46.2
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Obama|x}}
|小浜
|style="text-align:right;"|3.3
|style="text-align:right;"|49.5
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Seihama|x}}
|勢浜
|style="text-align:right;"|3.7
|style="text-align:right;"|53.2
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Kato|x}}
|加斗
|style="text-align:right;"|4.0
|style="text-align:right;"|57.2
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Wakasa-Hongō|x}}
|若狭本郷
|style="text-align:right;"|4.6
|style="text-align:right;"|61.8
|&nbsp;
|style="white-space:nowrap;"|[[Ōi, Fukui|Ōi]], [[Ōi District, Fukui|Ōi District]]
|-
|{{STN|Wakasa-Wada|x}}
|若狭和田
|style="text-align:right;"|3.9
|style="text-align:right;"|65.7
|&nbsp;
|rowspan="4"|[[Takahama, Fukui|Takahama]], Ōi District
|-
|{{STN|Wakasa-Takahama|x}}
|若狭高浜
|style="text-align:right;"|3.2
|style="text-align:right;"|68.9
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Mitsumatsu|x|Fukui}}
|三松
|style="text-align:right;"|2.5
|style="text-align:right;"|71.4
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Aonogō|x}}
|青郷
|style="text-align:right;"|2.1
|style="text-align:right;"|73.5
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{STN|Matsunoodera|x}}
|松尾寺
|style="text-align:right;"|4.7
|style="text-align:right;"|78.2
|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" colspan="2"|[[Maizuru, Kyoto]]
|-
|{{STN|Higashi-Maizuru|x}}
|東舞鶴
|style="text-align:right;"|6.1
|style="text-align:right;"|84.3
|{{RouteBox|L||#db0|Black}} [[Maizuru Line]]
|}

==Rolling stock==
The line uses single-car [[125 series]] EMU cars, sometimes substituted by [[521 series]] EMU cars. And the limited express [[Hanaakari]] which used [[KiHa 189]] DMU cars.

===Former===
* [[KiHa 20]]
* [[KiHa 40 series|KiHa 48]]
* [[KiHa 53]]
* [[KiHa 26・55]]
* [[KiHa 28・58]]
* [[113 series]] (until October 2006)

==See also==
* [[List of railway lines in Japan]]
* [[Barack Obama]]

==References==
{{refbegin}}
* "JR Timetable" December 2008
{{refend}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.obamasen.com/index.html Official guide site] {{in lang|ja}}
{{West Japan Railway Company Lines}}

[[Category:Obama Line| ]]
[[Category:Lines of West Japan Railway Company]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1917]]
[[Category:1067 mm gauge railways in Japan]]
[[Category:1917 establishments in Japan]]
[[Category:1500 V DC railway electrification]]