Taita Line

Template:Short description Template:Template other Template:Use dmy dates The is a railway line in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Tajimi Station in the city of Tajimi via Kani to Mino-Ōta Station in Minokamo. The name of the line includes a kanji from each of the terminal stations.

Operations

During the day, service operates at approximately 30 minute intervals. In addition to trains running between Tajimi and Mino-Ōta Stations, there are also trains that enter the Takayama Main Line and run through to Gifu Station. During weekday morning and evening rush hours and on Saturday mornings, a train serves commuters by going to Nagoya Station.

Stations

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Template:JRCSN	Template:STN	多治見	0.0	Chūō Main Line	Tajimi	Gifu
Template:JRCSN	Template:STN	小泉	3.2
Template:JRCSN	Template:STN	根本	4.8
Template:JRCSN	Template:STN	姫	7.9
Template:JRCSN	Template:STN	下切	9.4		Kani
Template:JRCSN	Template:STN	可児	12.8	Meitetsu Hiromi Line (Template:STN)
Template:JRCSN	Template:STN	美濃川合	15.4		Minokamo
Template:JRCSN	Template:STN	美濃太田	17.8	Takayama Main Line Nagaragawa Railway Etsumi-Nan Line

History

The line traces its origin to the Tōnō (Eastern Mino) line, an Template:Cvt, Template:RailGauge gauge railway that opened in 1918. The section from Shin-Tajimi to Hiromi Station was nationalized in 1926, named the Taita Line, and regauged to Template:RailGauge, and extended to Mino-Ōta in 1928.

Passenger trains were replaced by DMUs in 1934, and steam locomotives ceased operating on the line in 1969. From 1 April 1987, with the privatization and division of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) into regional companies, the Taita Line became part of JR Central.

CTC signalling was commissioned in 1993.