Kakogawa Line

Template:Expand JapaneseTemplate:Short description The is a railway line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which connects the cities of Kakogawa and Tamba.

The line begins at Kakogawa Station on the JR Kobe Line (Sanyō Main Line) and ends at Tanikawa Station on the Fukuchiyama Line.

History

The Banshu Railway opened the Kakogawa - Nishiwakishi section in 1913, and extended the line to Tanikawa in 1924. The company was nationalised in 1943.

Freight services ceased in 1986, and CTC signalling was commissioned on the entire line in 2004.

Former branches of the Kakogawa Line included the Takasago Line (connected at Kakogawa Station), the Miki Line (connected at Yakujin Station) and the Kajiya Line (connected at Nomura Station, i.e. present-day Nishiwakishi Station).

Stations

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Template:STN	加古川	0.0	File:JRW kinki-A.svg JR Kobe Line (Sanyō Main Line) (Takasago Line - closed 1984)	Kakogawa	Hyōgo Prefecture
Template:STN	日岡	2.5
Template:STN	神野	4.8
Template:STN	厄神	7.4	(Miki Railway Miki Line - closed 2008)
Template:STN	市場	11.5		Ono
Template:STN	小野町	13.7
Template:STN	粟生	16.6	Hōjō Railway Line Shintetsu Ao Line
Template:STN	河合西	19.2
Template:STN	青野ヶ原	21.3
Template:STN	社町	24.2		Katō
Template:STN	滝野	27.3
Template:STN	滝	28.4
Template:STN	西脇市	31.2	(Kajiya Line - closed 1990)	Nishiwaki
Template:STN	新西脇	32.3
Template:STN	比延	34.6
Template:STN	日本へそ公園	36.1
Template:STN	黒田庄	38.5
Template:STN	本黒田	42.0
Template:STN	船町口	43.8
Template:STN	久下村	46.3		Tamba
Template:STN	谷川	48.5	File:JRW kinki-G.svg Fukuchiyama Line

Rolling stock

• 103 series EMUs
• 125 series EMUs

Former

• KiHa 20 DMUs
• KiHa 23 DMUs
• KiHa 30/35 DMUs
• KiHa 37 DMUs
• KiHa 40/47 DMUs