Tenryū Hamanako Line

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The , or for short, is a Japanese railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, paralleling the north coast of Lake Hamana between Kakegawa Station in Kakegawa and Shinjohara Station in Kosai. This is the only railway line of .

History

The Japanese National Railways was built as an alternative route for the Tokaido Main Line and in particular as a backup for the bridge over Lake Hamana, which was considered potentially vulnerable to weather disruption. The Japanese military also supported the project as the new line would be less vulnerable to coastal attack than the existing section of the Tokaido Main Line. Operations began on April 17, 1935, between Template:STN and Template:STN. Construction work progressed in the opposite direction with the connecting Template:STN with Template:STN on December 1, 1936. This line was extended to Template:STN by April 1, 1938, and the two lines were connected on June 1, 1940.

The line was used as a detour for the Tokaido Main Line following damage to it caused by the Tōnankai earthquake in December 1944 and military actions in July 1945.

Steam locomotives ceased service on the line in 1971, and all scheduled freight services were discontinued from 1984.

Operations of the former Futamata Line were taken over by the third-sector company Tenryū Hamanako Railroad in 1987, the same year Japanese National Railways was privatized.

Thirty-six features of the line (including bridges and station buildings) are registered tangible cultural properties of Japan.

Former connecting lines

• Tenryu-Futamata station – Construction started on a 35 km line to Chubu-Tenryu on the Iida Line in 1967. Proposed to involve 20 bridges and 14 tunnels, about 13 km of roadbed, and about 50% of the overall work had been completed when construction was abandoned in 1980.
• Kanasashi station – The 26 km 762mm gauge line from Entetsu Hamamatsu station on the Enshu Railway Line to Okuyama opened between 1914 and 1923. The 8 km Entetsu Hamamatsu - Hikuma section was electrified at 600 VDC in 1950, the line closing in 1963/4.

Description

• Track: Single
• Power: Internal Combustion (Diesel)
• Railway signalling: Simplified automatic

Stations

Name		Distance (km)	Connecting lines	Location
Template:STN	掛川	0.0	JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Tōkaidō Main Line	Kakegawa	Shizuoka
Template:STN	掛川市役所前	1.3
Template:STN	西掛川	1.8
Template:STN	桜木	4.0
Template:STN	いこいの広場	5.5
Template:STN	細谷	6.0
Template:STN	原谷	7.9
Template:STN	原田	9.4
Template:STN	戸綿	12.0		Mori Shūchi District
Template:STN	遠州森	12.8
Template:STN	森町病院前	13.6
Template:STN	円田	14.7
Template:STN	遠江一宮	16.4
Template:STN	敷地	19.9		Iwata
Template:STN	豊岡	23.0
Template:STN	上野部	24.4
Template:STN	天竜二俣	26.2		Tenryū-ku Hamamatsu
Template:STN	二俣本町	26.8
Template:STN	西鹿島	28.5	Enshū Railway Line
Template:STN	岩水寺	30.3		Hamana-ku Hamamatsu
Template:STN	宮口	32.3
Template:STN	フルーツパーク	36.2
Template:STN	都田	37.7
Template:STN	常葉大学前	39.1
Template:STN	金指	41.9
Template:STN	岡地	43.5
Template:STN	気賀	44.8
Template:STN	西気賀	47.7
Template:STN	寸座	49.4
Template:STN	浜名湖佐久米	50.7
Template:STN	東都筑	51.9
Template:STN	都筑	53.3
Template:STN	三ヶ日	55.6
Template:STN	奥浜名湖	56.8
Template:STN	尾奈	58.1
Template:STN	知波田	62.9		Kosai
Template:STN	大森	65.0
Template:STN	アスモ前	66.7
Template:STN	新所原	67.7	JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line

See also

• List of railway companies in Japan
• List of railway lines in Japan

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

• Tenryū Hamanako Railroad official website Template:In lang
• 登録有形文化財紹介動画, 天竜浜名湖鉄道公式チャンネル

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