Man'yosen

Man'yōsen KK
Basic information
owner	Takaoka , Imizu , Toyama Prefecture
legal form	Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company)
Seat	68, Aza Kawanishi, Ogino, Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture Japan
Managing directors	Eitarō Takehira ( daihyō torishimariyaku shachō , President)
Lines
Gauge	1067 mm ( cape track )
railroad	1 (Shinminato Port Line)
tram	1 (Takaoka Kidō Line)
statistics
Stops	18 + 7
Catchment area	Takaoka and Imizu
Length of line network
Railway lines	4.9 km
Tram lines	7.9 km

Low-floor vehicle of the type MLRV 1000 or "AITRAM" (ア イ ト ラ ム) with Doraemon motif

Network development (continuous = existing, interrupted / dotted = shut down)

The Manyosen KK ( Jap. 万葉線株式会社 , Manyosen Kabushiki kaisha , engl. Manyōsen Co., Ltd. ) is a road or rail society, between Takaoka in and Koshinokata Imizu in Toyama prefecture an electrified Route network operates.

history

• October 12, 1930: Opening of the Nishi-Koshinokata ( 西 越 ノ 潟 駅 , -eki ) to Higashi-Shinminato ( 東 新 湊 駅 , -eki ) line through the Etchū Tetsudō ( 越 中 鉄 道 ).
• December 23, 1930: Opening of the line Koshinokata ( 越 ノ 潟 駅 , -eki ) to Nishi-Koshinokata through the Etchū Tetsudō.
• November 9, 1932: Opening of the line Shinminato-higashiguchi ( 新港 東 口 駅 , -eki ) to Shogawa-guchi ( 庄 川口 駅 , -eki ) by the Etchū Tetsudō.
• December 25, 1933: Opening of the route Shōgawa-guchi to Shinminato ( 新 湊 駅 , -eki ; renamed in 1985 to Rokudōji ( 六 渡 寺 Strecke , -eki )) by the Etchū Tetsudō.
• January 1, 1943: The Etchū Tetsudō is united with the Toyama Chihō Tetsudō KK ( 富山 地方 鉄 道 株式会社 ).
• April 10, 1948: Opening of the Takaoka line to Fushiki port by Toyama Chihō Tetsudō.
• April 1, 1951: Opening of the Shin-Minatoguchi to Shinminato line by Toyama Chihō Tetsudō.
• April 1, 1959: The routes are taken over by Kaetsunō Tetsudō KK ( 加 越 能 鉄 道 株式会社 ), a subsidiary of Toyama Chihō Tetsudō.
• April 5, 1966: The line east of Koshinokata is closed.
• September 1, 1971: The line to the port is closed.
• February 14, 2002: Approval of the route handover to the Man'yōsen railway company.
• March 29, 2014: Extension of the Takaoka station forecourt into the reception building

In the 1990s, Kaetsunō Tetsudō initially got into economic difficulties due to falling passenger numbers. After direct connections to Toyama City were broken, the company ran into financial difficulties. In 2001 a loss of 264 million yen had to be reported and a decision was made to close the entire route. The cities of Takaoka and Shinminato (now Imizu) therefore decided to found a new company, which was founded on March 30, 2001 as Man'yōsen, whose shares each 30.06% in the city of Takaoka, the city of Imizu and the Toyama prefecture lie.

Man'yōsen took over the entire line routes on February 14, 2002 from Kaetsunō Tetsudō and has been a railway company since April 1, 2002.

The name Man'yō comes from the first great Japanese poetry compilation Man'yōshū , since the poet Ōtomo no Yakamochi , who compiled this collection, was governor of the province of Etchū , which roughly corresponds to today's Toyama prefecture, and dedicated several poems to it.

stretch

The network consists of just one line, which begins at Takaoka station and crosses the city in a northerly direction (partly single-track), flush with the street. With the crossing of the JR Himi Line (氷 見 es) it goes on a single track eastwards to the intermediate station Rokudōji (六 渡 寺). From there to the terminus Koshinokata (越 ノ 潟) the line is licensed as a railway. All trains run from Takaoka Station to Koshinokata in Imizu.

vehicles

Design type.	7070	MLRV1000	5010
image
Years of construction	1967	2004	1950
length	12,500 mm	18,400 mm
width	2,440 mm	2,450 mm
Service mass	15.3 t	21.0 t
number	23	6th	1
Hgk. (km / h)	40	40
drive	Pawbearing drive	Wheel hub motor
Seats	34	24
Standing room	68	96
comment			Museum car

Web links

• Man'yōsen website (Japanese)