Nemuro main line

Nemuro main line
KiHa 40 diesel multiple units between Shakubetsu and Ombetsu
Route length:	443.8 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Top speed:	120 km / h
Dual track :	No
Society:	JR Hokkaido
Legend 0.0 Takikawa ( 滝 川 ) 1898– ↑ → Hakodate main line 1898– 3.6 Dodge Ichinosaka 1961-1982 Hokkaidō Highway 7.2 Higashi-Takikawa ( 東 滝 川 ) 1913– 10.0 Evade Horooka 1962-1982 Sorachi-gawa Shōwa Denkō Akama coal mine 13.7 Akabira ( 赤 平 ) 1913– Akabira coal mine 17.2 Moshiri ( 茂 尻 ) 1918– Yūbetsu coal mine 20.7 Hiragishi ( 平 岸 ) 1913– 24.4 Dodge Takane 1962-1982 26.6 Ashibetsu ( 芦 別 ) 1913– ← Mitsui-Ashibetsu Railway 1940-1989 Ashibetsu-gawa → Mitsubishi mine train 1948-1964 30.5 Kami-Ashibetsu ( 上 芦 別 ) 1920– 35.2 0.0 * Nokanan ( 野花 南 ) 1913– Takisato tunnel (5595 m) 7.4 * Takisato ( 滝 里 ) 1913-1991 Shimanoshita tunnel (2839 m) 49.1 16.9 * Shimanoshita ( 島 ノ 下 ) 1913-2017 Sorachi-gawa → Furano line 1900– 54.6 Furano ( 富良野 ) 1900– 60.9 Nunobe ( 布 部 ) 1927– Sorachi-gawa 66.7 Yamabe ( 山 部 ) 1900– 74.7 Shimo Kanayama ( 下 金山 ) 1913– Sorachi-gawa Sorachi-gawa 81.6 Kanayama ( 金山 ) 1900– Kanayama tunnel Sorachi-gawa Sorachi tunnel (2256 m) Kanayama Reservoir 88.4 Shikagoe ( 鹿 越 ) 1966-1986 91.2 Shikagoe 1900-1966 94.8 Higashi shikagoe ( 東 鹿 越 ) 1941– 98.8 Ikutora ( 幾 寅 ) 1902– 108.2 0.0 * Ochiai ( 落 合 ) 1901– 7.9 * Dodge Karikachi 1907-1966 (3 tunnels) Karikachi Tunnel (953 m) Shinkarikachi tunnel (5790 m) ← Sekishō line 1981– 112.2 Kami-Ochiai branch 1966– 16.8 * Niinai ( 新 内 ) 1907-1966 117.8 Dodge Shin-Karikachi 1966– Masuda-san Tunnel (355 m) 124.0 Dodge Hirouchi (1966–) 2. Hirouchi tunnel (610 m) 1. Hirouchi tunnel (698 m) 129.5 Evade Nishi-shintoku 1966– Shintokuyama tunnel (1683 m) Sakurayama Tunnel (330 m) 136.3 27.9 * Shintoku ( 新 得 ) 1907– → Hokkaidō Takushoku Tetsudō 1928-1968 145.4 Tokachi-Shimizu ( 十勝 清水 ) 1907– → Shimizubu line 1926-1951 Dōtō Highway 151.6 Avoid Hiranogawa 1965– 152.9 Haobi ( 羽 帯 ) 1958– 155.9 Mikage ( 御 影 ) 1907– 160.6 Dodge Kami-Memuro 1966– 166.5 Memuro ( 芽 室 ) 1907– 168.6 Taisei ( 大成 ) 1986– 173.4 Nishi-Obihiro ( 西 帯 広 ) 1986– → Obihiro freight railway 1969-2012 176.0 Obihiro freight yard 176.6 Hakurindai ( 柏林 台 ) 1986– Obihiro Airfield → Shihoro lineage 1925-1987 180.1 Obihiro ( 帯 広 ) 1905– ← Tokachi Railway 1920-1977 ← Hiroo line 1929-1987 Satsunai-gawa 184.9 Satsunai ( 札 内 ) 1910– 188.5 Inashibetsu ( 稲 士 別 ) 1959-2017 Sarubetsu-kawa 194.3 Makubetsu ( 幕 別 ) 1905– Tokachi-kawa Army repair shop 1944-1945 200.8 Toshibetsu ( 利 別 ) 1904– Toshibetsu-gawa → Furusato Ginga line 1910-2006 204.3 Ikeda ( 池田 ) 1904– 206.5 Dodge Shōei 1966– 212.8 Tōfutsu ( 十 弗 ) 1911– 218.2 Toyokoro ( 豊 頃 ) 1904– 225.3 Shin-Yoshino ( 新 吉野 ) 1910– Urahoro-kawa 231.7 Urahoro ( 浦 幌 ) 1903– 236.0 Dodge Tsunetoyo 1966– 243.1 Avoid Kami-Atsunai 1910– 250.1 Atsunai ( 厚 内 ) 1903– 257.3 Chokubetsu ( 直 別 ) 1907– → Shakubetsu lineage 1920-1970 261.3 Shakubetsu ( 尺 別 ) 1920– 265.1 Ombetsu ( 音 別 ) 1903– 271.8 Dodge Namiwakka 1913-1938 274.8 Furuse ( 古 瀬 ) 1954– Charo-gawa → Shiranuka lineage 1964-1983 281.1 Shiranuka ( 白 糠 ) 1901– 286.5 Nishi-Shoro ( 西 庶 路 ) 1941– → Meiji mine train 1941-1964 Shoro-gawa 288.6 Shoro ( 庶 路 ) 1901– 293.8 Avoid Higashi-Shoro 1966– Akan-gawa 299.0 Otanoshike ( 大 楽 毛 ) 1901– 300.8 Shin-Otanoshike ( 新 大 楽 毛 ) 1988– → Tsuruno line 1968-1970 → Tottori branch line 1952-1968 ← Port Railway 1977-1999 305.7 Shin-Fuji ( 新 富士 ) 1923– ← Shipyard Railway 1946-1984 Shin-Kushiro-gawa Hamakushiro ( 浜 釧 路 ) 1962-1989 Hamakushiro 1901-1962 308.4 Kushiro ( 釧 路 ) 1917– → Yūbetsu line 1923-1970 Kushiro-gawa Tennei ( 天 寧 ) 1923-1984 ← Port Railway 1937-1985 311.3 Higashi-Kushiro ( 東 釧 路 ) 1925– ← Port Railway 1925-1986 → Senmō main line 1927– 312.5 Musa ( 武 佐 ) 1988– 317.0 Beppo ( 別 保 ) 1917– (3 tunnels) 331.7 Kami-Oboro ( 上 尾 幌 ) 1917– 340.9 Oboro ( 尾 幌 ) 1917– 350.1 Monshizu ( 門 静 ) 1917– 355.0 Akkeshi ( 厚 岸 ) 1917– Hama-Akkeshi ( 浜 厚 岸 ) 1917-1989 365.6 Itoizawa ( 糸 魚 沢 ) 1919– 375.2 Chanai ( 茶 内 ) 1919– 382.2 Hamanaka ( 浜 中 ) 1919– 392.3 Anebetsu ( 姉 別 ) 1919– → Shokumin Railway 1925-1964 398.9 Attoko ( 厚 床 ) 1919– → Shibetsu line 1933-1989 406.0 Hattaushi ( 初 田 牛 ) 1920– 414.5 Bettoga ( 別 当 賀 ) 1920– 424.8 Oshiishi ( 落石 ) 1920– 428.8 Kumbomori ( 昆布 盛 ) 1961– 433.6 Nishi-Wada ( 西 和田 ) 1920– 438.2 Hanasaki ( 花 咲 ) 1921-2016 442.3 Higashi-Nemuro ( 東 根 室 ) 1961– 443.8 0.0 * Nemuro ( 根 室 ) 1921– ↔ Nemuro-Takushoku Railway 1929-1959 2.6 * Nemuro Minato ( 根 室 港 ) 1934-1965

The Nemuro Main Line ( Japanese 根 室 本 線 , Nemuro-honsen ) is a railway line on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō , which is operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). It runs from Takikawa via Furano , Obihiro and Kushiro to Nemuro . It connects the center with the east of the island. The first section was opened in 1901 and the line was completed twenty years later.

description

The Nemuro main line laid in Cape Gauge (1067 mm) is single-track and not electrified along its entire length (apart from the diversion ). It opens up 67 train stations and stops for passenger transport , plus two freight stations operated by JR Fright in the cities of Obihiro and Kushiro . The length of the route is 443.8 km, with a 23.9 km section between the Shinkarikachi tunnel and Shintoku being identical to the eastern end of the Sekishō Line .

From Takikawa , the main Nemuro line runs through the Sorachi Valley. The Takisato Dam with the Takisato Tunnel (5.595 km) and the Shimanoshita Tunnel (2.839 km) will be bypassed. The Furano Line joins shortly before Furano . To the southeast of it, the Kanayama Reservoir is passed in the Sorachi Tunnel (2.256 km). The 5.790 km long Shinkarikachi tunnel crosses under the watershed near the Karikachi pass, with the Sekishō line entering inside the tunnel (at the Kami-Ochiai junction). Through the Tokachi Valley, the route east of Obihiro reaches the coast of the Pacific Ocean and follows it via Kushiro to Nemuro .

Trains

In operational terms, the main Nemuro line can be roughly divided into three parts. The westernmost section from Takikawa via Furano to Shintoku is served by regional trains approximately every two hours (with an approximately five-hour break in operation at lunchtime). On certain days in summer, the “Lavender Express” runs from Sapporo via Takikawa to Furano (one pair of trains at a time ); it is mainly used for tourist excursion traffic.

The middle section of the Nemuro main line from Shintoku via Obihiro to Kushiro forms together with the Sekishō line the most important connection between the prefecture capital Sapporo and the east of Hokkaidō. Accordingly, the range of express trains is comparatively well developed. The Super Ōzora run six times a day from Sapporo to Kushiro and back, the Super Tokachi five times a day from Sapporo to Obihiro and back. Regional trains between Shintoku and Kushiro run approximately every one to two hours.

In the far east, between Kushiro and Nemuro , the main Nemuro line is officially nicknamed the Hanasaki Line ( 花 咲 線 , Hanasaki-sen ). Regional trains run every two to three hours, plus the Nosappu and Hanasaki express trains once a day .

history

In 1896, the Japanese Reichstag passed the Hokkaidō Railway Construction Act, which obliged the state to promote the island's economic development by building railway lines. For this purpose the state company Hokkaidō Kansetsu Tetsudō was founded, which among other things had the order to build a railway line from Asahikawa through the northern part of the Hidaka Mountains in the east of the island. In 1899/1900 the first section to Furano was built , which was named Tokachi Line ( 十勝 線 , Tokachi-sen ). From Furano she reached Shikagoe on December 2, 1900 and Ochiai on September 3, 1901, west of the Karikachi Pass.

Along the Pacific coast, the Hokkaidō Kansetsu Tetsudō took the first section of the Kushiro line ( 釧 路線 , Kushiro-sen ) into operation on July 20, 1901 , which connected Kushiro with Shiranuka . Further sections were added in quick succession: Shiranuka – Ombetsu on March 1, 1903, Ombetsu – Urahoro on December 25, 1903, Urahoro – Toyokoro on August 12, 1904 and Toyokoro – Toshibetsu on December 15, 1904. On April 1, 1905 the railway lines of the Hokkaidō Kansetsu Tetsudō transferred to the newly created Railway Authority (later the Ministry of Railways ). This opened next on December 1, 1905 the section Toshibetsu - Obihiro . The Ochiai – Obihiro section, opened on September 8, 1907, connected the two sections, so that there was now a continuous connection between Furano and Kushiro.

The long detour via Asahikawa was canceled on November 10, 1913 with the opening of a direct route between Takikawa and Furano. The Kushiro Line was now called the Kushiro Main Line and the Asahikawa – Furano section of the Tokachi Line, which was the first to be built, has since formed the Furano Line . After through coaches with first-class sleeping compartments from Hakodate to Kushiro were offered for the first time in 1911 , the first direct express trains between the two cities followed two years later.

During the First World War , the construction of the missing section to Nemuro began . The opening of the Kushiro – Akkeshi section was on December 1, 1917, with the Kushiro station being moved to a new location. On November 25, 1919, the Akkeshi – Attoko section followed, and on November 10, 1920, the line extended to Nishi-Wada. With the commissioning of the section between Nishi-Wada and Nemuro on August 5, 1921, the project was completed and the Kushiro main line was renamed the Nemuro main line.

Heavy rain on August 4, 1962 eroded the track bed and embankments in several places, which is why operations between Nokanan and Niinai were interrupted until September 2. In connection with the construction of the Kanayama Dam on the upper reaches of the Sorachi-gawa, which began in 1959, the Nemuro Line between Kanayama and Higashi-Shikagoe received a new route, which the Japanese State Railways put into operation on September 29, 1966. One day later, the new route between Ochiai and Shintoku followed with the Shinkarikachi tunnel. It was built to avoid a steep incline or decline near the Karikachi Pass.

The operational situation changed fundamentally on October 1, 1981 with the opening of the Sekishō line branching off in the Shinkarikachi tunnel . It enabled a considerable reduction in travel time in the direction of Sapporo. Since then, almost all freight and express trains have been running on the new route, while the section between Takikawa and the Shinkarikachi tunnel is almost exclusively used for regional traffic. In the course of the privatization of the state railway, the Nemuro main line was transferred to the new company JR Hokkaido on April 1, 1987 , while JR Freight took over the freight traffic.

The construction of the Takisato Dam from 1979 required a further route between Nokanan and Shimanoshita. The new route , which opened on October 22, 1991, simultaneously shortened the route by three kilometers. In 1991 JR Hokkaido introduced one-man operation between Kushiro and Nemuro; since then the nickname of this section has been the Hanasaki Line. Two years later, the one-man operation for regional traffic was also implemented on the rest of the Nemuro main line.

In November 2016, JR Hokkaido announced an extensive rationalization program that will affect parts of the Nemuro main line, among other things. The rarely used and highly deficit section between Furano and the Kami-Ochiai junction is to be closed by 2019 at the latest. The Takikawa – Furano and Kushiro – Nemuro sections are also at risk. Here the railway company wants to persuade the neighboring communities to bear part of the operating and maintenance costs. Should no agreement be reached, shutdowns are conceivable.

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  Old Karikachi tunnel

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  Higashi-Nemuro, the easternmost stop on the Japanese rail network

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  Great Tokachi in Obihiro train station

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  Super Ōzora between Urahoro and Kami-Atsunai

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  Regional train at Ochiai station

List of train stations

Surname		km	Connecting lines	location	place
A21	Takikawa ( 長 万 部 )	000.0	Hakodate main line	Coord.	Takikawa
T22	Higashi-Takikawa ( 東 滝 川 )	007.2		Coord.
T23	Akabira ( 赤 平 )	013.7		Coord.	Akabira
T24	Moshiri ( 茂 尻 )	017.2		Coord.
T25	Hiragishi ( 平 岸 )	020.7		Coord.
T26	Ashibetsu ( 芦 別 )	026.6		Coord.	Ashibetsu
T27	Kami-Ashibetsu ( 上 芦 別 )	030.5		Coord.
T28	Nokanan ( 野花 南 )	035.2		Coord.
T30	Furano ( 富良野 )	054.6	Furano line	Coord.	Furano
T31	Nunobe ( 布 部 )	060.9		Coord.
T32	Yamabe ( 山 部 )	066.7		Coord.
T33	Shimo Kanayama ( 下 金山 )	074.7		Coord.	Minamifurano
T34	Kanayama ( 金山 )	081.6		Coord.
T35	Higashi shikagoe ( 東 鹿 越 )	094.8		Coord.
T36	Ikutora ( 幾 寅 )	098.8		Coord.
T37	Ochiai ( 落 合 )	108.2		Coord.
K23	Shintoku ( 新 得 )	136.3	Sekishō line	Coord.	Shintoku
K24	Tokachi-Shimizu ( 十勝 清水 )	145.4		Coord.	Shimizu
K25	Haobi ( 羽 帯 )	152.9		Coord.
K26	Mikage ( 御 影 )	155.9		Coord.
K27	Memuro ( 芽 室 )	166.5		Coord.	Memuro
K28	Taisei ( 大成 )	168.6		Coord.
K29	Nishi-Obihiro ( 西 帯 広 )	173.4		Coord.	Obihiro
K30	Hakurindai ( 柏林 台 )	176.6		Coord.
K31	Obihiro ( 帯 広 )	180.1		Coord.
K32	Satsunai ( 札 内 )	184.9		Coord.	Makubetsu
K34	Makubetsu ( 幕 別 )	194.3		Coord.
K35	Toshibetsu ( 利 別 )	200.8		Coord.	Ikeda
K36	Ikeda ( 池田 )	204.3		Coord.
K37	Tōfutsu ( 十 弗 )	212.8		Coord.	Toyokoro
K38	Toyokoro ( 豊 頃 )	218.2		Coord.
K39	Shin-Yoshino ( 新 吉野 )	225.3		Coord.	Urahoro
K40	Urahoro ( 浦 幌 )	231.7		Coord.
K42	Atsunai ( 厚 内 )	250.1		Coord.
K43	Chokubetsu ( 直 別 )	257.3		Coord.	Kushiro
K44	Shakubetsu ( 尺 別 )	261.3		Coord.
K45	Ombetsu ( 音 別 )	265.1		Coord.
K46	Furuse ( 古 瀬 )	274.8		Coord.	Shiranuka
K47	Shiranuka ( 白 糠 )	281.1		Coord.
K48	Nishi-Shoro ( 西 庶 路 )	286.5		Coord.
K49	Shoro ( 庶 路 )	288.6		Coord.
K50	Otanoshike ( 大 楽 毛 )	299.0		Coord.	Kushiro
K51	Shin-Otanoshike ( 新 大 楽 毛 )	300.8		Coord.
K52	Shin-Fuji ( 新 富士 )	305.7		Coord.
K53	Kushiro ( 釧 路 )	308.4		Coord.
B54	Higashi-Kushiro ( 東 釧 路 )	311.3	Senmō main line	Coord.
	Musa ( 武 佐 )	312.5		Coord.
	Beppo ( 別 保 )	317.0		Coord.	Kushiro-cho
	Kami-Oboro ( 上 尾 幌 )	331.7		Coord.	Akkeshi
	Oboro ( 尾 幌 )	340.9		Coord.
	Monshizu ( 門 静 )	350.1		Coord.
	Akkeshi ( 厚 岸 )	355.0		Coord.
	Itoizawa ( 糸 魚 沢 )	365.6		Coord.
	Chanai ( 茶 内 )	375.2		Coord.	Hamanaka
	Hamanaka ( 浜 中 )	382.2		Coord.
	Anebetsu ( 姉 別 )	392.3		Coord.
	Attoko ( 厚 床 )	398.9		Coord.	Nemuro
	Hattaushi ( 初 田 牛 )	406.0		Coord.
	Bettoga ( 別 当 賀 )	414.5		Coord.
	Ochiishi ( 落石 )	424.8		Coord.
	Konbumori ( 昆布 盛 )	428.8		Coord.
	Nishi-Wada ( 西 和田 )	433.6		Coord.
	Higashi-Nemuro ( 東 根 室 )	442.3		Coord.
	Nemuro ( 根 室 )	443.8		Coord.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Kazuo Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道 (Hokkaidō's railroad in photos) . tape 1 . Hokkaidō Shimbunsha, Sapporo 2002, ISBN 978-4-89453-220-5 , pp. 312-313 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Tanaka: る 北 写真 で 見 海道 の 鉄 道, pp. 72–73.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道, pp. 314–315.
4. ↑ Tanaka: る 北 写真 で 見 海道 の 鉄 道, pp. 76–77.
5. ↑ JR Hokkaido says it can't maintain half of its railways. The Japan Times , November 19, 2016, accessed January 16, 2017 . 

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