Okuyama line

Okuyama line
Route length:	25.7 km
Gauge :	762 mm ( narrow gauge )
Power system :	Enshu-Hamamatsu-Hikumano: 600 V  =
Dual track :	No
Society:	Enshu Tetsudo
Legend ↑ Enshū Railway Line (old route) −0.1 Itaya-chō ( 板 屋 町 ) 1915-1941 −0.1 Higashi-Tamachi ( 東 田 町 ) 1941-1958 0.0 Enshū-Hamamatsu ( 遠 鉄 浜 松 ) 1958–1964 ← Enshū Railway Line (old route) 0.4 Kita-Tamachi ( 北 田 町 ) 1915-1964 0.8 Motoshiro ( 元 城 ) 1914-1964 Kameyama tunnel 1.4 Hirosawa ( 広 沢 ) 1914-1964 2.1 Nagori ( 名 残 ) 1914-1964 2.5 Ikegawa ( 池 川 ) 1939-1964 2.8 Kami-Ikegawa ( 上 池 川 ) 1914-1964 3.6 Sumiyoshi ( 住 吉 ) 1961-1964 4.0 Zenitori ( 銭 取 ) 1914-1964 4.9 Saiwaichō ( 幸 町 ) 1952-1964 6.2 Azukimochi ( 小 豆餅 ) 1914-1964 7.0 Oiwake ( 追 分 ) 1914-1964 8.2 Hikumano ( 曳 馬 野 ) 1939-1964 9.1 Mikatabara ( 三方 原 ) 1914-1964 10.4 Toyooka ( 豊 岡 ) 1952-1964 11.7 Miyakodaguchi ( 都 田 口 ) 1914-1964 13.2 Tani ( 谷 ) 1914-1964 14.5 Houda ( 祝 田 ) 1914-1964 Miyakoda-gawa ↔ Tenryu-Hamanako Line 15.9 Kanasashi ( 金 指 ) 1914– 17.3 Okaji ( 岡 地 ) 1915-1964 18.0 Kigaguchi ( 気 賀 口 ) 1915-1964 Iinoya-gawa 19.4 Shōrakuji ( 正 楽 寺 ) 1923-1952 20.1 Iinoya ( 井 伊 谷 ) 1923-1963 21.4 Yomura ( 四 村 ) 1923-1963 22.5 Tobacco ( 田 畑 ) 1923-1952 23.8 Nakamura ( 中 村 ) 1923-1963 24.8 Kozaitō ( 小 斎 藤 ) 1923-1963 25.7 Okuyama ( 奥 山 ) 1923-1963

The Okuyama Line ( Japanese 奥 山 線 , Okuyama-sen ) was a light rail line on the Japanese island of Honshu . It existed from 1914 to 1964 in Shizuoka Prefecture and was operated by the Enshu Tetsudo railway company.

description

The track was 25.7 km long and had a gauge of 762 mm. It was continuously single-track, with train crossings at seven intermediate stations. Over the years there have been three terminus in downtown Hamamatsu , each just over half a kilometer from the main train station . There was a connection to the Enshū railway line , which today has a changed route. Initially, the route ran in a westerly and northerly direction. After she had reached the Miyakoda Valley, she crossed the Futamata Line (today's Tenryū Hamanako Line ) at Kanasashi Station , but there was no track connection due to different gauges. From there it went northwest through the Iinoya valley to the terminus Okuyama. The 8.2 km long section from Enshū-Hamamatsu to Hikumano was electrified with 600 V DC from 1950 , and diesel railcars operated on the rest of the route .

history

After it was founded on October 1, 1912, the Hamamatsu Keibentetsudō ( 浜 松 軽 便 鉄 道 ) railway company began building a steam-powered small train to the villages northwest of Hamamatsu . On the one hand, it was supposed to facilitate pilgrimages to the important Buddhist temple Hōkō-ji in the then independent community of Okuyama. On the other hand, it should lead through cultivation areas for tea and mulberries , which also had potential for freight transport. The opening of the first section from Motoshiro to Kanasashi was on November 30, 1914. The railway company renamed itself on April 24, 1915 in Hamamatsu Tetsudō ( 浜 松 鉄 道 ) and expanded the route in two steps in the same year: on September 20 from Motoshiro to Itaya-chō and on December 28th from Kanasashi to Kigaguchi. A number of problems with the acquisition of land caused the construction of the line to be interrupted for several years. Finally, the Okuyama Line was completed on April 15, 1923 with the commissioning of the Kigaguchi – Okuyama section.

In order to meet the increasing competition from bus routes, the Hamamatsu Tetsudō used faster and more powerful diesel multiple units in passenger transport from 1929 . In 1941 the city-side terminus was moved from Itaya-chō to Higashi-Tamachi. On May 1, 1947, the takeover of Hamamatsu Tetsudō was carried out by Enshū Tetsudō . The new owner electrified the section to Hikumano on December 21, 1950, and the last steam locomotives ran the following year. With the relocation of the city-side terminus to Enshū-Hamamatsu on June 1, 1958, there was an opportunity to change to the Enshū railway line .

Although the Okuyama line partially ran through urban areas, the population density was below average. Another disadvantage was that the route was not compatible with the Enshū railway line due to the different gauges and therefore no connections to Shin-Hamamatsu were not possible. In view of the onset of mass motorization , there was also a steadily decreasing income from freight transport. The Enshū Tetsudō saw from a modernization of the Okuyama line. It closed the Kigaguchi – Okuyama section on 1 November 1963, and the rest of the route on 1 November 1964.

List of train stations

Surname	km	Connecting lines	location	place
Enshu-Hamamatsu ( 遠 鉄 浜 松 )	00.0	Enshu Railway Line	Coord.	Naka-ku , Hamamatsu
Kita-Tamachi ( 北 田 町 )	00.4		Coord.
Motoshiro ( 元 城 )	00.8		Coord.
Hirosawa ( 広 沢 )	01.4		Coord.
Nagori ( 名 残 )	02.1		Coord.
Ikegawa ( 池 川 )	02.5		Coord.
Kami-Ikegawa ( 上 池 川 )	02.8		Coord.
Sumiyoshi ( 住 吉 )	03.6		Coord.
Zenitori ( 銭 取 )	04.0		Coord.
Saiwaichō ( 幸 町 )	04.9		Coord.
Azukimochi ( 小 豆餅 )	06.2		Coord.
Oiwake ( 追 分 )	07.0		Coord.
Hikumano ( 曳 馬 野 )	08.2		Coord.	Kita-ku , Hamamatsu
Mikatabara ( 三方 原 )	09.1		Coord.
Toyooka ( 豊 岡 )	10.4		Coord.
Miyakodaguchi ( 都 田 口 )	11.7		Coord.
Tani ( 谷 )	13.2		Coord.
Houda ( 祝 田 )	14.5		Coord.
Kanasashi ( 金 指 )	15.9	Tenryu-Hamanako Line	Coord.
Okaji ( 岡 地 )	17.3		Coord.
Kigaguchi ( 気 賀 口 )	18.0		Coord.
Shōrakuji ( 正 楽 寺 )	19.4		Coord.
Iinoya ( 井 伊 谷 )	20.1		Coord.
Yomura ( 四 村 )	21.4		Coord.
Tobacco ( 田 畑 )	22.5		Coord.
Nakamura ( 中 村 )	23.8		Coord.
Kozaitō ( 小 斎 藤 )	24.8		Coord.
Okuyama ( 奥 山 )	25.7		Coord.

literature

• Keisuke Imao: 日本 鉄 道 旅行 地 図 帳 (Japan Rail Travel Atlas ) . tape 7 Tōkai. Shinchosha, Tokyo 2008, ISBN 978-4-10-790025-8 .
• Yasuo Wakada: 私 鉄 史 ハ ン ド ブ ッ ク . Denkisha kenkyūkai, Chiyoda 1993, ISBN 978-4-88548-065-2 , p. 112 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 軽 便 鉄 道 運輸 開始. In: Official Gazette. National Parliamentary Library , December 7, 1914, accessed February 16, 2019 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ 軽 便 鉄 道 運輸 開始 並 哩程 異動. In: Official Gazette. National Parliamentary Library, September 25, 1915, accessed February 16, 2019 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ 軽 便 鉄 道 運輸 開始. In: Official Gazette. National Parliamentary Library, January 12, 1916, accessed February 16, 2019 (Japanese). 
4. ↑ 地方 鉄 道 運輸 開始. In: Official Gazette. National Parliamentary Library, April 19, 1923, accessed February 16, 2019 (Japanese). 
5. ↑ 地方 鉄 道 及 軌道 一 覧: 昭和 10 年 4 月 1 日 現在. National Parliamentary Library, April 1, 1964, accessed February 16, 2019 (Japanese). 

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