Enshū Railway Line
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The Enshū Railway Line, officially the Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., is a Japanese railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, running north from Shin-Hamamatsu Station in Chūō Ward to Nishi-Kajima Station in Tenryū Ward, all within Hamamatsu. This is the only railway line Enshū Railway (Entetsu) operates. The line is nicknamed the Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 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
Most of the line opened as a Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". narrow-gauge railway on December 6, 1909 by the Dai-Nippon Light Railway.[2] The line was transferred to the Enshu Railway (later re-named to Enshu Electric Railway) on October 12, 1919.[3][4] On April 1, 1923, the line was closed as a narrow-gauge railway and was converted to Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". gauge railway, electrified at 600 VDC.[5] The line was extended from Entetsu-Hamamatsu (since closed) to Enshu-Magome (also closed) on February 1, 1924[6] and to the current Shin-Hamamatsu station on September 1, 1927. 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.
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Former connecting lines
- Hamakita station - The Seien Railway Co. opened a Template:Cvt Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". gauge line to Miyaguchi in 1924, and merged with the Enshu Railway Co. in 1928. The line closed in 1937.[7]
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.[8]
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".[9]
See also
References
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This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
External links
- Template:In lang Enshū Railway official website
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