Haboro line

Haboro line
Route length:	141.1 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Maximum slope :	20  ‰
Minimum radius :	300 m
Dual track :	No
Legend ↑ Rumoi main line 1910– −1.3 Dodge Higashi Rumoi 1927-1941 ← (old route) 1927-1941 Rumoi-gawa 0.0 Rumoi ( 留 萌 ) 1910– → Rumoi main line 1921-2016 Rumoi-gawa ← Teshio mine train 1941-1967 2.7 Santomari ( 留 萌 ) 1927-1987 6.7 Usuya ( 臼 谷 ) 1947-1987 8.7 Obira ( 小平 ) 1927-1987 Obirashibe-gawa 11.9 Hanaoka ( 花 岡 ) 1956-1987 17.3 Ōtodo ( 大 椴 ) 1927-1987 21.6 Tomioka ( 富 岡 ) 1956-1987 26.1 Onishika ( 鬼 鹿 ) 1928-1987 Onne-gawa 29.3 Semmatsu ( 千 松 ) 1963-1987 33.0 Rikibiru ( 力 昼 ) 1931-1987 35.1 Banyanosawa ( 番 屋 ノ 沢 ) 1955-1987 ← Sanmō Forest Railway 1943-1958 41.7 Kotambetsu ( 古 丹 別 ) 1931-1987 ← Kotambetsu Forest Railway 1940-1958 46.6 Uehira ( 上 平 ) 1932-1987 Kotambetsu-gawa 50.5 Tomamae ( 苫 前 ) 1932-1987 54.6 Okotsu ( 興 津 ) 1956-1987 58.3 Haboro ( 羽 幌 ) 1932-1987 ← Haboro forest railway 1942-1963 Haboro-gawa 62.7 Shimonotaki ( 下 ノ 滝 ) 1956-1972 ← Haboro mine train 1941-1970 65.0 Chikubetsu ( 築 別 ) 1941-1987 Chikubetsu-gawa 69.8 Teshio-Ariake ( 天 塩 有 明 ) 1957-1987 73.6 Teshio-Sakae ( 天 塩 栄 ) 1957-1987 79.5 Shosambetsu ( 初 山 別 ) 1957-1987 85.5 Toyosaki ( 豊 岬 ) 1958-1987 88.0 Teshio-Ōsawa ( 天 塩 大 沢 ) 1958-1987 91.6 Kyōsei ( 共 成 ) 1958-1987 94.2 Utakoshi ( 歌 越 ) 1958-1987 99.0 Teshio Kanaura ( 天 塩 金 浦 ) 1958-1987 Tōbetsugawa-gawa 103.3 Embetsu ( 遠 別 ) 1936-1987 106.8 Germ egg ( 啓明 ) 1956-1987 108.4 Marumatsu ( 丸 松 ) 1936-1987 110.6 Kitasato ( 北 里 ) 1956-1970 116.0 Sarakishi ( 更 岸 ) 1936-1987 118.6 Kantaku ( 干 拓 ) 1955-1987 122.2 Teshio ( 天 塩 ) 1935-1987 125.3 Naka-Kawaguchi ( 中 川口 ) 1956-1987 128.7 Kita-Kawaguchi ( 北 川口 ) 1935-1987 131.4 Nishi-Furaoi ( 西 振 老 ) 1956-1987 133.9 Furaoi ( 振 老 ) 1935-1987 137.2 Sakukaeshi ( 作 返 ) 1935-1987 Teshio-gawa → Sōya main line 1925– 141.1 Horonobe ( 幌 延 ) 1925– ↓ Sōya main line 1926–

The Haboro Line ( Japanese 羽 幌 線 , Haboro-sen ) was a railway line in the north of the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . It was opened in several stages between 1927 and 1958 and was in operation until 1987.

description

Along the north-west coast of Hokkaidō, the 141.1 km long Haboro Line connected the cities of Rumoi and Horonobe , and was named after the city of Haboro, which was roughly in the middle of the route . The line was cape gauge , single track and not electrified. A total of 39 train stations and stops in the sub-prefectures Rumoi and Sōya were developed .

Most of the route ran near the coast. Exceptions were the sections Obira – Ōtodo and Rikibiru – Uehura, where it swerved into side valleys, and between Teshio and Horonobe, where it followed the lower reaches of the Teshio-gawa.

history

On October 25, 1927, the Ministry of Railways opened the first section between Rumoi and Ōtodo from the south . Almost a year later, on October 10, 1931, the extension to Onishika followed. Operationally, the line was then considered a branch of the Rumoi main line ; it could only be reached from Rumoi by changing the direction of travel in the Higashi-Rumoi siding east of the station. After the line had reached Kotambetsu station on August 15, 1931, it was no longer considered a branch of the Rumoi main line on October 10 of the same year and was designated the Haboro line. Finally, on September 1, 1932, it extended to the eponymous city of Haboro .

Formerly Kotambetsu station

Around this time, the Ministry of Railways began building the Teshio Line ( 天 塩 線 , Teshio-sen ) from the north . The section between Horonobe and Teshio went into operation on June 30, 1935, followed by the Teshio – Embetsu section on October 23, 1936. The Haboro line was extended on December 9, 1941 from Haboro to Chikubetsu, where it connects to a strategically important mine railway duration. On the same day, she received a direct route between Rumoi and Santomari, with which the cumbersome reversing via the Higashi-Rumoi siding could be omitted. Because of the Pacific War and the economic problems in the post-war period, further route construction was suspended for over a decade. The Japanese State Railways , which is now responsible , took the Chikubetsu – Shosambetsu section into operation on November 6, 1957. Finally, it completed the line on October 18, 1958 with the gap between Shosambetsu and Embetsu, whereby the previous Teshio line merged into the Haboro line.

In 1962, the state railroad introduced diesel railcars to passenger transport , as did a daily pair of express trains from Horonobe via Rumoi to Sapporo . The closure of coal mines , the decline in herring fishing and the expansion of the road network caused the volume of traffic to collapse massively. The freight transport facilities were gradually abandoned and on November 1, 1986 express train services were abandoned. Finally, on March 30, 1987, two days before its nationalization, the state railway shut down the entire length of the Haboro line. Since then, a bus line operated by Engan Bus has been operating .

List of train stations

Remnants of a bridge on the Haboro line

Surname	km	Connecting lines	location	place
Rumoi ( 留 萌 )	000.0	Rumoi main line	Coord.	Rumoi
Santomari ( 三 泊 )	002.7		Coord.
Usuya ( 臼 谷 )	006.7		Coord.	Obira
Obira ( 小平 )	008.7		Coord.
Hanaoka ( 花 岡 )	011.9		Coord.
Ōtodo ( 大 椴 )	017.3		Coord.
Tomioka ( 富 岡 )	021.6		Coord.
Onishika ( 鬼 鹿 )	026.1		Coord.
Semmatsu ( 千 松 )	029.3		Coord.
Rikibiru ( 力 昼 )	033.0		Coord.	Tomamae
Banyanosawa ( 番 屋 ノ 沢 )	035.1		Coord.
Kotambetsu ( 古 丹 別 )	041.7		Coord.
Uehira ( 上 平 )	046.6		Coord.
Tomamae ( 苫 前 )	050.5		Coord.
Okotsu ( 興 津 )	054.6		Coord.
Haboro ( 羽 幌 )	058.3		Coord.	Haboro
Shimonotaki ( 下 ノ 滝 )	062.7		Coord.
Chikubetsu ( 築 別 )	065.0		Coord.
Teshio-Ariake ( 天 塩 有 明 )	069.8		Coord.	Shosambetsu
Teshio-Sakae ( 天 塩 栄 )	073.6		Coord.
Shosambetsu ( 初 山 別 )	079.5		Coord.
Toyosaki ( 豊 岬 )	085.5		Coord.
Teshio-Ōsawa ( 天 塩 大 沢 )	088.0		Coord.
Kyōsei ( 共 成 )	091.6		Coord.
Utakoshi ( 歌 越 )	094.2		Coord.	Embetsu
Teshio Kanaura ( 天 塩 金 浦 )	099.0		Coord.
Embetsu ( 遠 別 )	103.3		Coord.
Germ egg ( 啓明 )	106.8		Coord.
Marumatsu ( 丸 松 )	108.4		Coord.
Kitasato ( 北 里 )	110.6		Coord.
Sarakishi ( 更 岸 )	116.0		Coord.	Teshio
Kantaku ( 干 拓 )	118.6		Coord.
Teshio ( 天 塩 )	122.2		Coord.
Naka-Kawaguchi ( 中 川口 )	125.3		Coord.
Kita-Kawaguchi ( 北 川口 )	128.7		Coord.
Nishi-Furaoi ( 西 振 老 )	131.4		Coord.
Furaoi ( 振 老 )	133.9		Coord.
Sakukaeshi ( 作 返 )	137.2		Coord.
Horonobe ( 幌 延 )	141.1	Sōya main line	Coord.	Horonobe

Web links

Commons : Haboro line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 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. 270-271 .
2. ↑ Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道, pp. 138-139.
3. ↑ 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. 50-51 .
4. ^ Railway Journal. No. 247, Seibidō Shuppan, June 1987, pp. 95-99.

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