Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line

The is a Japanese railway line that connects Dentetsu-Toyama Station in Toyama, Toyama with Unazuki Onsen Station in Kurobe, Toyama. It is owned and run by Toyama Chihō Railway.

Station list

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Express	Rapid Express	Limited Express	Connections	Location
T01	Template:STN	電鉄富山	0.0	●	●	●	Takayama Main Line (Template:STN) Toyama Light Rail Toyamakō Line (Toyama) Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line (Toyama)	Toyama	Toyama
T02	Template:STN	稲荷町	1.6	▲	●	|	Toyama Chihō Railway Fujikoshi Line
T03	Template:STN	新庄田中	2.5	▲	↑	|
T04	Template:STN	東新庄	3.6	▲	↑	|
T05	Template:STN	越中荏原	4.7	▲	↑	|
T06	Template:STN	越中三郷	7.0	▲	↑	|
T07	Template:STN	越中舟橋	8.5	▲	↑	|		Funahashi
T08	Template:STN	寺田	9.8	●	●	●	Toyama Chihō Railway Tateyama Line	Tateyama
T09	Template:STN	越中泉	10.5	|	↑	|
T10	Template:STN	相ノ木	11.3	|	↑	|		Kamiichi
T11	Template:STN	新相ノ木	12.1	|	↑	|
T12	Template:STN	上市	13.3	●	●	●
T13	Template:STN	新宮川	15.1	▲	▲	|
T14	Template:STN	中加積	17.1	●	●	|		Namerikawa
T15	Template:STN	西加積	18.7	|	↑	|
T16	Template:STN	西滑川	19.8	|	↑	|
T17	Template:STN	中滑川	20.6	●	●	●
T18	Template:STN	滑川	21.8	●	●	|	Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
T19	Template:STN	浜加積	23.2	|	↑	|
T20	Template:STN	早月加積	24.4	▲	▲	|
T21	Template:STN	越中中村	25.6	|	↑	|
T22	Template:STN	西魚津	27.6	●	▲	|		Uozu
T23	Template:STN	電鉄魚津	28.9	●	●	●
T24	Template:STN	新魚津	30.2	●	●	●	Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line (Template:STN)
T25	Template:STN	経田	32.9	●	●	|
T26	Template:STN	電鉄石田	34.9	●	●	|		Kurobe
T27	Template:STN	電鉄黒部	37.2	●	●	●
T28	Template:STN	東三日市	37.8	●	●	●
T29	Template:STN	荻生	38.6	●	●	|
T30	Template:STN	長屋	39.6	●	●	|
T31	Template:STN	新黒部	40.7	●	●	●	Hokuriku Shinkansen (Template:STN)
T32	Template:STN	舌山	41.0	●	●	|
T33	Template:STN	若栗	41.7	●	●	|
T34	Template:STN	栃屋	42.8	●	●	|
T35	Template:STN	浦山	44.3	●	●	●
T36	Template:STN	下立口	45.6	●	●	|
T37	Template:STN	下立	46.3	●	●	|
T38	Template:STN	愛本	47.6	●	●	●
T39	Template:STN	内山	48.7	●	●	|
T40	Template:STN	音沢	49.5	●	●	|
T41	Template:STN	宇奈月温泉	53.3	●	●	●	Kurobe Gorge Railway (Template:STN)

History

The first section of what is now this line was opened by Tateyama Light Railway as a gauge line between Gohyakkoku (on the Toyama Chiho Railway Tateyama Line) and Namerikawa in 1913.

The Kurobe Railway opened the Dentetsu Kurobe to Unazuki Onsen section as a gauge line between 1922 and 1923.

In 1932, the Toyama Electric Railway acquired the Tateyama Light Railway, and built a line from Dentetsu-Toyama to Namerikawa, regauging some of the original line to 1,067 mm gauge, and electrifying it at 1,500 V DC.

The Namerikawa to Dentetsu Kurobe section was opened between 1935 and 1936, and the Kurobe Railway was merged with the Toyama Electric Railway in 1943 to create the current company, with the electrification to Unazuki Onsen commissioned the same year.

CTC signalling was commissioned on the line between 1966 and 1967, and the Dentetsu-Toyama to Inarimachi section was double-tracked in 1969. Freight services ceased in 1983.

See also

• Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

References

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