All Japan articles – Page 9
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Fukuoka-shi Kotsu Kyoku
Opened 1981. Three metro lines, serving 37 stations. See Fukuoka network map. Initial metro system opened July 26 1981 from Muromi to Tenjin (Kuko line, 5.8 km, 7 stations). This core route was extended and connected to provide a joint through service west onto JR Kyushu’s Chikuhi line, and east ...
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Hakodate-shi Kigyo Kyoku Kotsu-bu
Two-route conventional tramway opened 1897, electrified in 1913, serving 26 stops. The network grew to around 18 km, but closures since the 1970s have left a “Y”-shaped network linking the port and Yashigashira in the west via the main station to Yunokawa in the east. Address15-1-13 Kobama-choHakodate-shi Hokkaido 042-0935JapanPhone+81 138 ...
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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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Hisatsu Orange Railway
Following opening of the Kyushu shinkansen in 2004, the portion of the 1 067 mm gauge Kagoshima main line of JR Kyushu between Yatsushiro and Sendai via Shin-Minamata and Izumi was reorganised as a third-sector railway. The Hisatu line connects at both ends with JR Kyushu’s Kagoshima main line. At ...
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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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Iyotetsu (Iyo Railway)
Three-line local rail and five-line tram network serving Matsuyama, Ehime prefecture, Shikoku. Iyotetsu operates three radial local lines from Matsuyama City station: Takahama line (9·4 km): east to Takahama, opened 1888 (Shikoku’s first railway); Yokogawara line (13·2 km): northwest to Yokogawara, opened 1893, with through service to/from the Takahama ...
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Kagoshima-shi Kotsu Kyoku
Opened 1912; two-line network serving 35 stops. The system comprises a core line running south from JR Kyushu’s mainline station to Takamibaba, from where route 1 continues south parallel to the coast via Takenohashi and Kōrimoto to Taniyama, whilst route 2 branches west to the high-speed station at Kagoshima-Chūō-Ekimae ...
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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 ...