All Honshu articles – Page 7
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Kanto Railway
Operates two separate lines connecting with JR East’s Joban line on the northeast edge of Tokyo: Joso Line (51·1 km): from Toride north to Shimodate on JR East’s Mito Line; Ryugasaki Line (4·5 km): from Sanuki east to Ryugasaki. The Joso Line crosses the Tsukuba Express line with ...