Esashi line

Esashi line
Multiple unit type KiHa 40 in Oshima-Tōbetsu
Route length:	37.8 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system :	20 kV 50 Hz  ~
Top speed:	100 km / h
Dual track :	Hakodate - Goryōkaku
Society:	Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō
Legend −3.4 Hakodate ( 函館 ) 0.0 Goryōkaku ( 五 稜 郭 ) 1911– Goryōkaku freight yard 1912– ← Hakodate main line 1902– Ishikawa 2.7 Nanaehama ( 七 重 浜 ) 1926– 3.7 Shin-Nanaehama ( 新 七 重 浜 ) 1932-1937 Kunebetsu-gawa 5.3 Higashi-Kunebetsu ( 東 久 根 別 ) 1986– 6.5 Kunebetsu ( 久 根 別 ) 1913– Ōno-kawa 7.6 Kiyokawaguchi ( 清 川口 ) 1956– Hekirichi-gawa 8.8 Kamiiso ( 上 磯 ) 1913– Nippon Semento ← Kamiiso cement sheet 1915-1989 Kamiiso tunnel 1. Yafurai tunnel 2. Yafurai tunnel Evade Yafurai 1990– Moheji tunnel 17.6 Moheji ( 茂 辺 地 ) 1930– Tōbetsu tunnel 22.6 Oshima-Tōbetsu ( 渡 島 当 別 ) 1930– 27.5 Kamaya ( 釜 谷 ) 1930– 30.6 Izumisawa ( 泉 沢 ) 1930– 34.0 Satsukari ( 札 苅 ) 1930– ← Hokkaidō Shinkansen 2015– 37.8 Kikonai ( 木 古 内 ) 1930– Kikonai-gawa → Matsumae lineage 1937-1988 → Kaikyō line 1988– → Hokkaidō Shinkansen 40.1 Oshima-Tsuruoka ( 渡 島 鶴 岡 ) 1964-2014 43.2 Yoshibori ( 吉 堀 ) 1935-2014 Kikonai-gawa (2 ×) Inaho tunnel 56.4 Shinmei ( 神明 ) 1957-2014 59.2 Yunotai ( 湯 ノ 岱 ) 1935-2014 Amona-gawa (2 ×) 66.3 Miyakoshi ( 宮 越 ) 1964-2014 68.5 Katsuraoka ( 桂 岡 ) 1936-2014 70.6 Naka-Suda ( 中 須 田 ) 1948-2014 73.8 Kaminokuni ( 上 ノ 国 ) 1936-2014 Mena-gawa 79.9 Esashi ( 江 差 ) 1936-2014

The Esashi Line ( Japanese 江 差 線 , Esashi-sen ) is a railway line on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō , which is operated by the Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō railway company . It runs from Goryōkaku Station in Hakodate to Kikonai . JR Hokkaido carried out the operation until March 2016 . Since then, the line has been referred to as the Dōnan-Isaribi-Tetsudō line ( 道 南 い さ り び 鉄 道 線 , Dōnan-Isaribi-Tetsudō-sen ) after the new operator .

description

At Goryōkaku Station, the Esashi Line branches off the Hakodate Main Line (all trains run from Hakodate Station ). The 37.8 km route essentially follows the coast of the Tsugaru Strait to Kikonai. It is Kapspurig (1067 mm) and electrified with 20 kV 50 Hz alternating current . Only freight trains from JR Freight run electrically at the moment , while the passenger trains of the Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō are composed of diesel multiple units. A short double-track section exists between Kamiiso and Moheji. About half of all passenger trains departing from Hakodate turn in Kamiiso.

In Kikonai there is a connection to the Kaikyō Line and the Hokkaidō Shinkansen , both of which run through the Seikan Tunnel . The western section of the Esashi Line from Kikonai through two sparsely populated valleys to Esashi has been closed and was not electrified.

history

The Railway Authority opened on September 15, 1913 a 8.8 km long branch line of the Hakodate main line from Goryōkaku to Kamiiso, the so-called Kamiiso-Kleinbahn ( 上 磯 軽 便 線 Kamiiso-keibensen ). This was renamed the Kamiiso Line ( 上 磯 線 Kamiiso-sen ) in 1922 and extended by 29.0 km to Kikonai on October 30, 1930 . On December 10, 1935, the 21.4 km section to Yunotai followed. The remaining 20.7 km to Esashi went into operation on November 10, 1936, after which the line was named Esashi Line.

From 1960 the Japanese State Railways operated express trains from Hakodate to Esashi, from 1963 those from Hakodate via Kikonai to Matsumae ; these operated until 1980. With the privatization of the state railway, the line went into the possession of JR Hokkaido on April 1, 1987 . On March 13, 1988, the eastern part of the Esashi line was electrified and the Kaikyō line beginning in Kikonai was opened through the Seikan tunnel . This made it possible to run express and night trains from Hakodate to Tokyo . Also took JR Freight freight again by the state railway had set three years earlier. In 1990, JR Hokkaido introduced one-man operation on the weakly used western section, and three years later also in the passenger trains on the eastern section.

In August 2012, JR Hokkaido announced its intention to shut down the 42.1 km non-electrified section between Kikonai and Esashi due to a lack of profitability. In the 2011 fiscal year, six pairs of trains ran there every day with an average use of 41 passenger kilometers per day, which was the lowest use of all routes by the railway company. The shutdown took place on May 12, 2014; since then a bus line has taken over the development.

The opening of the partially parallel Hokkaidō-Shinkansen high-speed line to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto station on March 26, 2016 once again had far-reaching consequences. JR Hokkaido transferred the eastern section of the Esashi line to the newly founded regional railway company Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō , which has been carrying out local traffic there ever since. Long-distance traffic to and from Hakodate had been gradually reduced in the previous weeks. Freight traffic continues to use the Esashi line to and from the Seikan tunnel.

List of train stations

Surname		km	Connecting lines	location	place
Section in operation
H75	Hakodate ( 函館 )	−3.4	Hakodate tram	Coord.	Hakodate
H74	Goryōkaku ( 五 稜 郭 )	00.0	Hakodate main line	Coord.
SH11	Nanaehama ( 七 重 浜 )	02.7		Coord.	Hokuto
SH10	Higashi-Kunebetsu ( 東 久 根 別 )	05.3		Coord.
SH09	Kunebetsu ( 久 根 別 )	06.5		Coord.
SH08	Kiyokawaguchi ( 清 川口 )	07.6		Coord.
SH07	Kamiiso ( 上 磯 )	08.8		Coord.
SH06	Moheji ( 茂 辺 地 )	17.6		Coord.
SH05	Oshima-Tōbetsu ( 渡 島 当 別 )	22.6		Coord.
SH04	Kamaya ( 釜 谷 )	27.5		Coord.	Kikonai
SH03	Izumisawa ( 泉 沢 )	30.6		Coord.
SH02	Satsukari ( 札 苅 )	34.0		Coord.
SH01	Kikonai ( 木 古 内 )	37.8	Kaikyō Line Hokkaidō Shinkansen	Coord.
section closed in 2014
	Oshima-Tsuruoka ( 渡 島 鶴 岡 )	40.1		Coord.	Kikonai
	Yoshibori ( 吉 堀 )	43.2		Coord.
	Shinmei ( 神明 )	56.4		Coord.	Kaminokuni
	Yunotai ( 湯 ノ 岱 )	59.2		Coord.
	Miyakoshi ( 宮 越 )	66.3		Coord.
	Katsuraoka ( 桂 岡 )	68.5		Coord.
	Naka-Suda ( 中 須 田 )	70.6		Coord.
	Kaminokuni ( 上 ノ 国 )	73.8		Coord.
	Esashi ( 江 差 )	79.9		Coord.	Esashi

Web links

Commons : Esashi Line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Keisuke Imao: 日本 鉄 道 旅行 地 図 帳 (Japan Rail Travel Atlas ) . tape 1 Hokkaidō. Shinchosha, Tokyo 2008, ISBN 978-4-10-790019-7 , pp. 26 .
2. ↑ Kazuo Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道 (Hokkaidō's railroad in photos) . tape 1 . Hokkaidō Shinbunsha, Sapporo 2002, ISBN 978-4-89453-220-5 , pp. 154-171, 311-319 .
3. ↑ Keisuke Imao: 日本 鉄 道 旅行 地 図 帳, pp. 35–36.
4. ↑ 江 差 線 の 木 古 内 ～ 江 差 間 、 廃 止 へ. Tetsudo.com, September 7, 2012, accessed June 28, 2016 (Japanese). 
5. ↑ さ よ う な ら 江 差 線 ７８ 年 の 歴 史 に 幕. Hakodate Shinbun, May 11, 2014, archived from the original May 14, 2014 ; Retrieved June 28, 2016 (Japanese). 
6. ↑ 江 差 線 木 古 内 - 江 差 間 が 廃 止 さ れ る. Tetsudō Fan, May 12, 2014, accessed June 28, 2016 (Japanese). 

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