All Honshu articles – Page 5
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Isumi Railway
Opened in the 1930s, this third sector company operates the former-JNR line from Ohara to Kazusa-Nakano on the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba prefecture, southeast of Tokyo. At Ohara on the Pacific coast the line interchanges with JR East’s Sotobo line, then runs inland west to Kazusa-Nakano, terminus of the Kominato ...
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Ise Railway
This third sector line links Kawarada on JR Central’s Kansai line and Tsu its Kisei line, on the west side of Ise Bay in Mie prefecture. Opened in 1973, it was intended to provide a shorter mainline link between the Kansai and Kisei lines, providing a direct northeast-to-south link and ...
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IR Ishikawa Railway
This third sector line took over operation of JR West’s Hokuriku Main Line from Kanazawa northeast to Kurikara after the opening of the Hokuriku shinkansen in March 2015. At Kurikara it continues as the Ainokaze Toyama Railway line, with services running through. Address1-1 KuratsukiKanazawa-shi Ishikawa-ken 920-8203JapanPhone+81 76 256 0560Fax+81 76 ...
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Ibara Railway
This third-sector railway was opened in 1999. It runs parallel but inland to the Sanyo shinkansen from Kannabe (Hiroshima prefecture) on JR West’s Fukuen line to Kyone (Okayama prefecture), continuing for 3·4 km over JR West’s Hakubi line to Soja for connection to the Kibi Line. A few trains run ...
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Hokuriku Railway
Operates two disconnected radial lines out of Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture: Asanogawa Line (6·8 km): runs north from Hokutetsu-Kanazawa, alongside JR West’s main station, to Uchinada on the coast; Ishikawa Line (13·8 km): runs west from Nomachi (Kanazawa) station, south of the city centre, to Nishi-Kanazawa (JR West interchange) and ...
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Hojo Railway
This third sector company took over JNR’s branch line from Ao to Hojomachi in 1985. There is interchange with JR West’s Kakogawa line and Kobe Electric Railway at Ao. Address28-2 Hojo-machiKasai-shi Hyogo-ken 675-2312JapanPhone+81 790 42 0036Fax+81 790 42 6054Emailhoujyou-rw@white.plala.or.jpWebsitewww.hojorailway.jp Traffic Passenger journeys0.358 millionPassenger-km3.8 millionInformation year2014 Network ...
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Hakone Tozan Railway
Opened in 1919, this Odakyu Group railway runs west from Odawara (interchange with JR East’s Tokaido Line) to Gora in the Hakone mountains to the southwest of Tokyo, but since 2006 it has been operated in two separate sections with a change of gauge at Hakone-Yumoto: Odawara – Hakone-Yumoto: ...
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Japan Freight Railway (JR Freight)
Hauls mainly containers and bulk freight over infrastructure owned by the six JR Group* passenger companies, with around 420 trains per day; JR Freight owns only a short amount of its own railway. JR Freight also has business interests covering warehousing, insurance, travel agency, advertising, car parts and motor vehicle ...
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Hokuetsu Express
This third sector railway opened the Hokuhoku Line in 1997 between Muika-machi and Saigata via Tokamachi in Niigata prefecture. The Hokuhoku Line provides a short cut from Saigata on JR East’s Shin-Etsu main line to Muika-machi on its Joetsu line, from where a limited service continues south to Echigo-Yuzawa for ...