Fukuen Line

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates The is a railway line in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Fukuyama Station in Fukuyama to Miyoshi Station in Miyoshi.

Stations

Line	Name		Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Fukuen Line	Template:STN	福山	0.0	File:Shinkansen jrw.svg Sanyō Shinkansen File:JRW oka-W.svg File:JRW oka-X.svg Sanyō Main Line	Fukuyama	Hiroshima
	Template:STN	備後本庄	1.8
	Template:STN	横尾	6.1
	Template:STN	神辺	8.4	Ibara Railway Ibara Line
	Template:STN	湯田村	10.4
	Template:STN	道上	11.3
	Template:STN	万能倉	13.4
	Template:STN	駅家	14.6
	Template:STN	近田	16.0
	Template:STN	戸手	17.0
	Template:STN	上戸手	18.8
	Template:STN	新市	20.0
	Template:STN	高木	21.7		Fuchū
	Template:STN	鵜飼	22.7
	Template:STN	府中	23.6
	Template:STN	下川辺	27.9
	Template:STN	中畑	31.8
	Template:STN	河佐	34.9
	Template:STN	備後三川	42.4		Sera, Sera
	Template:STN	備後矢野	46.6		Fuchū
	Template:STN	上下	50.3
	Template:STN	甲奴	54.7		Miyoshi
	Template:STN	梶田	57.1
	Template:STN	備後安田	62.3
	Template:STN	吉舎	67.3
	Template:STN	三良坂	73.6
	Template:STN	塩町	78.0	File:JRW hiro-P.svg Geibi Line
Geibi Line
	Template:STN	神杉	79.5
	Template:STN	八次	82.8
	Template:STN	三次	85.1	File:JRW hiro-P.svg Geibi Line

Former connecting lines

• File:JRW san-F.svg Sankō Line (closed 1 April 2018) – Miyoshi Station

Rolling stock

• 105 series 2-car EMUs (Fukuyama–Fuchū)
• KiHa 120-300 single-car DMUs (Fuchū–Miyoshi)

History

The Ryobi Light Railway opened a gauge line to Fuchu in 1914, and electrified it at 750 V DC in 1927. The company was nationalised in 1933, the same year the Japanese Government Railway opened the Shiomachi to Kisa section of the line (then as an extension of the Geibi Line). The Fukuyama to Fuchu section was regauged to in 1935, the year the Kisa to Joge section opened. The two sections were connected with the opening of the Fuchu to Joge section in 1938.

The Fuchu to Shimo-Kawabe section was electrified in 1954, and whilst the voltage on the Fukuyama to Fuchu section was increased to 1500 V DC in 1961, the Fuchu to Shimo-Kawabe electrification was decommissioned the following year.

Freight services ceased in 1986, and in 1989, the 6,123 m Hattabara Tunnel and associated deviation were commissioned, shortening the route by 1.4 km.

Wanman driver only operation commenced on the non-electrified section between Template:STN and Template:STN on 1 April 1991, using KiHa 120-300 DMUs. Driver-only operation commenced on the electrified section between Template:STN and Template:STN on 14 March 1992, using 105 series EMUs.