Kurobe Kyōkoku Tetsudō

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Kurotetsu Main Line
Kurotetsu Honsen
Atobiki and Shin Yamabiko bridges
Atobiki and Shin Yamabiko bridges
Route length: 20.1 km
Gauge : 762 mm ( narrow gauge )
Legend
   
 0.0 Unazuki 宇 奈 月 駅 ●
   
 2.1 Yanagibashi 柳 橋 駅 ♦
   
 5.1 Moriishi 森 石 駅 ♦
   
 6.5 Kuronagi 黒 薙 駅 ♠
   
 7.0 Sasadaira 笹 平 駅 ♦
   
 9.1 Dashidaira 出 平 駅 ♦
   
 11.8 Nekomata 猫 又 駅 ♦
   
 14.3 Kanetsuri 鐘 釣 駅 ●
   
 17.5 Koyadaira 小屋 平 駅 ♦
   
 20.1 Keyakidaira 欅 平 駅 ●

● All trains stop
♠ Some trains stop
♦ No scheduled stop

The Kurobe Kyōkoku Tetsudo KK ( Jap. 黒部峡谷鉄道株式会社 , English . Kurobe Gorge Railway Co., Ltd. ), short Kurotetsu ( 黒鉄 ), is a private narrow-gauge railway with passenger transport in the Kurobe -Schlucht in Toyama prefecture .

history

The Kansai Electric Power Company built the 20.1 km long, 2 foot 6 inch (762 mm ) railroad line for the construction of the Kurobe Dam . The scenic main route ( 本 線 , Honsen ) passes 21 bridges and 41 tunnels. The section from Unazuki to Nekomata was put into operation in 1926 with a 600 V direct current overhead line and extended to Keyakidaira in 1937. Passenger traffic began in 1953.

The Kurobe Dam was completed in 1963. The Kurotetsu narrow-gauge railway was split off into a subsidiary in June 1971.

Rail vehicles

In 2008 the company operated a total of 27 locomotives, 138 passenger cars and 322 freight cars.

Electric locomotives

Electric locomotive No. 29
  • EB class (No. 1–3, 5–7): 1984 decommissioned
  • ED class (No. 8-11): No. 9-11 are ready for use
  • EDS class (No. 13, 15-17): No. 13 is ready for use
  • EDM class (No. 22, 23, 30–32)
  • EDR class (No. 17-21, 24-29, 33)
  • EHR class (No. 101, 102)

Battery locomotives

  • BB class (No. 1, 2)

Diesel locomotives

DD22 diesel locomotive
  • DB Class (No. 11): Decommissioned in 1985
  • DD21: Decommissioned in 1979
  • DD22: ready for operation
  • DD23: 2000 decommissioned
  • DD24: ready for operation

Passenger cars

Open passenger car
  • Ha ( ハ ) class: two-axle open passenger car
  • 1000 class: open passenger car
  • 2000 class: Heated car, heated, with fixed, transverse seats, subject to a surcharge
  • 2500 class: Heated car, heated, with seats that can be folded down depending on the direction of travel, subject to a surcharge
  • 2800 class: Lounge car, heated, with seats that can be folded down depending on the direction of travel, subject to a surcharge
  • 3000 class: panoramic car with a surcharge

Freight wagons

Freight wagons
  • Wa ( ワ ) class: Covered freight car
  • Oshi ( オ シ ) class: low loader
  • Muchi ( ム チ ) class: flat car
  • Nachi ( ナ チ ) class: flat car
  • Ochi ( オ チ ) class: flat car
  • Oto ( オ ト ) Class: Gondola
  • To ( ト ) class: Gondola
  • Chi ( チ ) class: flat car
  • Shi ( シ ) class: low loader

See also

Nearby there is also the Kurobe Sen'yō Tetsudō , with the branches Jōbu Kidō and Kuronagi Shisen, which are not used for public transport.

Web links

Commons : Kurotetsu  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kurobe Gorge: Route Guide and Information (English)