Itsukaichi line

Itsukaichi line
Class E233 multiple unit on the Tama Bridge
Route length:	11.1 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system :	1500 V  =
Top speed:	85 km / h
Dual track :	No
Society:	JR East
Legend 8.1 Tachikawa ( 立 川 ) 1889– → Chūō main line 7.3 Musashi-Kaminohara ( 武 蔵 上 ノ 原 ) ← Ōme line 1894– 6.0 Gōji ( 郷 地 ) 5.3 Musashi-Fukushima ( 武 蔵 福島 ) 4.6 Minami-Nakagami ( 南中 神 ) 3.6 Miyazawa ( 宮 沢 ) → Hachikō line 1931– 3.0 Daijin ( 大 神 ) 2.6 0.0 * Musashi-Tanaka ( 武 蔵 田中 ) 1.5 * Haijima-Tamagawa ( 拝 島 多摩川 ) 1.5 Minami Haijima ( 南 拝 島 ) ← Ōme line 1894– Tachikawa parking facility ← Seibu Haijima Line 1968– 0.0 Haijima ( 拝 島 ) 1894– ← Hachikō line 1931– ← Ōme line 1894– 1.1 Kumagawa ( 熊 川 ) 1931– Tama-gawa 2.0 Musashi-Tamagawa ( 武 蔵 多摩川 ) -1940 3.5 Higashi-Akiru ( 東 秋 留 ) 1925– 5.7 Akigawa ( 秋 川 ) 1925– 7.2 Musashi-Hikida ( 武 蔵 引 田 ) 1930– 8.5 Musashi-Masuko ( 武 蔵 増 戸 ) 1925– Sannai signal station -1982 11.1 0.0 * Musashi-Itsukaichi ( 武 蔵 五日 市 ) 1925– 2.1 * Ōguno ( 大 久 野 ) 1925-1982 2.7 * Musashi-Iwai ( 武 蔵 岩 井 ) 1925-1971

The Itsukaichi Line ( Japanese五日 市 線Itsukaichi-sen ) is a railway line on the Japanese island of Honshu , operated by the JR East railway company . It is considered a branch of the Ōme line and connects the cities of Akishima and Akiruno in the west of Tokyo prefecture .

description

The branch line laid in Kapspur (1067 mm) is electrified with 1500 V DC . It is single-track throughout and serves seven train stations and stops, and the maximum speed is 85 km / h. The eastern starting point is Haijima Station in Akishima City , where the route branches off from the Ōme Line . You can also change there from the Hachikō Line and the Haijima Line . The Itsukaichi Line initially runs northwest, then turns west and crosses the Tama River . Following the Aki Valley, after 11.1 km, it reaches the western terminus Musashi-Itsukaichi in the city of Akiruno .

Trains

Musashi-Itsukaichi train station

Regional trains run every half hour during the day and every 10 to 20 minutes during rush hour. There are also express trains in the respective load direction . In the morning, several courses on the Ōme line continue to Tachikawa , and occasionally even beyond Tachikawa on the Chūō high-speed train line to Shinjuku (in the evening in the opposite direction). Local traffic also runs every half hour on weekends. Due to the great tourist importance of the city of Akiruno, the Holiday Rapid Akigawa are also offered on weekends and public holidays . These express trains run three times in the morning with a few stops from Shinjuku to Musashi-Itsukaichi and back to Shinjuku in the evening.

history

The private railway company Itsukaichi Tetsudō , a company belonging to Asano - Zaibatsu , opened the 10.6 km long route between Haijima and Musashi-Itsukaichi on April 21, 1925 . In the first five weeks there was no connection with the rest of the rail network, the eastern terminus was only temporary. As early as May 15, the Itsukaichi Tetsudō extended its route by half a kilometer to Haijima Station , where there was a connection to the Ōme line , and then tore down the temporary station. On September 20, 1925, the 2.7 km long section from the Sannai signal station to Mussashi-Sawai was opened. To get there, passenger trains had to turn around in Musashi-Itsukaichi , go back a short distance to the signal station and continue their journey there again in the opposite direction. This cumbersome procedure did not apply to freight trains, as they did not serve Musashi-Itsukaichi.

In September 1929 construction began on the section between Haijima and Tachikawa . This should on the one hand facilitate the transport of cement and gravel , on the other hand establish a direct connection to the main Chūō line . After only ten months of construction, the 8.1 km long section was put into operation on July 13, 1930. The last one was added on December 8, 1931, a 1.5 km branch line for freight traffic between Musashi-Tanaka and Haijima-Tamagawa. On October 3, 1940, the Itsukaichi Tetsudō merged with the Nambu Tetsudō , which also belonged to the Asano-Zaibatsu.

Electrification ceremony (April 17, 1961)

During the Pacific War , the Japanese state strove to bring under its control various private railways of strategic importance that had emerged after the first wave of nationalization in 1906/07 . According to an ordinance issued in 1941, a total of 22 railway companies were affected, including the Nambu Tetsudō , which passed into state ownership on April 1, 1944. The now responsible Ministry of Transport and Communications closed the Tachikawa – Haijima section, including the branch line to Haijima-Tamagawa, on October 11, 1944. This section was a short distance from the Ōme line, and the ministry felt that the rails and vehicles were needed much more urgently elsewhere.

The Japanese State Railways electrified the remainder of the Itsukaichi line on April 17, 1961. Due to significantly lower demand, on February 1, 1971, it completely shut down the section between Ōguno and Musashi-Iwai, as well as the passenger traffic between Musashi-Itsukaichi and Ōguno. Freight traffic on the Ōguno branch lasted another eleven years, but was also discontinued on November 15, 1982. As part of the privatization of the state railway, the Itsukaichi line went into the possession of the new company JR East on April 1, 1987 .

List of train stations

Surname		km	Connecting lines	location	place
JC55	Haijima ( 拝 島 )	00.0	Hachikō Line Ōme Line Seibu Haijima Line	Coord.	Akishima
JC81	Kumagawa ( 熊 川 )	01.1		Coord.	Fussa
JC82	Higashi-Akiru ( 東 秋 留 )	03.5		Coord.	Akiruno
JC83	Akigawa ( 秋 川 )	05.7		Coord.
JC84	Musashi-Hikida ( 武 蔵 引 田 )	07.2		Coord.
JC85	Musashi-Masuko ( 武 蔵 増 戸 )	08.5		Coord.
JC86	Musashi-Itsukaichi ( 武 蔵 五日 市 )	11.1		Coord.

Web links

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

• JR East route network (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JR 時刻表 2019 年 3 月 号 (JR timetable March 2019). Kōtsū shinbunsha, Tokyo 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Sone Satoru (Ed.): 週刊 歴 史 で め ぐ る 鉄 道 全 路線 国 鉄 ・ JR . tape 38 . Asahi Shimbun shuppan, Tokyo 2010, p. 24 .
3. ↑ 運輸 通信 省 告示 第 117 号. In: Official Gazette. National Parliamentary Library , March 29, 1944, accessed December 1, 2019 (Japanese). 

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