Hispanopedia WikiThe Kakogawa Line (加古川線, Kakogawa-sen) is a railway line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which connects the cities of Kakogawa and Tamba.[1]
The 48.5-kilometre (30.1 mi) 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
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
References
- ↑"近畿エリア・広島エリアに「路線記号」を導入します：JR西日本". www.westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-12-24.
- Lines of West Japan Railway Company
- Rail transport in Hyōgo Prefecture
- 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
- Railway lines opened in 1913
- 1913 establishments in Japan
- Japanese rail line stubs