Shimizuko line
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 Remnants of the former Tomoegawaguchi station
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| Route length: | 8.3 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1067 mm ( cape track ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dual track : | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Shimizukō line ( Japanese 清水 港 線 , Shimizukō-sen , literally "Shimizu port line") was a railway line on the Japanese main island of Honshū . It was in operation from 1916 to 1984 and opened up the port of Shimizu City , now a district of Shizuoka .
description
The 8.3 km long Shimizukō line was kapspurig , single track and not electrified. In Shimizu station it branched off the Tōkaidō main line . It initially ran south along the harbor, circled the main port basin and then opened up residential areas on the Miho Peninsula in a northeastern direction.
Today most of the former route is used as a footpath and bike path. The old stations, signals and cars have been preserved to some extent. The bridge crane of the Shimizuko port station is in front of the S-Pulse Dream Plaza , a shopping and entertainment complex on the former station site. The Tomoegawaguchi station was best preserved: The entire platform with track section and station signs is located there, surrounded by a parking lot. The locations of the other stations are marked with signs, the area around the terminus Miho has been redesigned into a park. An old diesel locomotive typical for this route is parked on the track section that has been preserved there .
history
On July 10, 1916, the State Railway Authority (later the Ministry of Railways ) opened a branch line reserved for freight traffic. It began in Ejiri ( 江 尻 ) station on the Tōkaidō main line and led to the Shimizukō port station. On February 1, 1930, a short extension to Shimizu-Futō ("Pier Station") followed. Ejiri station was given its current name Shimizu on December 1, 1934.
A few years later, the Ministry of Railways decided to extend the route by six kilometers to the Miho Peninsula. The new Tomoegawaguchi, Orido and Miho train stations opened on July 1, 1944; at the same time the Shimizu-Futō train station was moved two hundred meters to the north. On December 1, 1944, passenger traffic began . In addition to freight trains , mixed trains ran several times a day in the 1940s and 1950s , i.e. freight trains with attached passenger cars . Due to the mass motorization , the demand fell significantly and from 1972 there was only one mixed train during rush hour. Due to lack of profitability, the Japanese State Railways put the Shimizuko line on April 1, 1984; a bus line took their place.
List of train stations
| Surname | km | Connecting lines | location | place |
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| Shimizu ( 清水 ) | 0.0 | Main Tōkaidō line | Coord. | Shimizu-ku , Shizuoka |
| Shimizukō ( 清水 港 ) | 1.4 | Coord. | ||
| Shimizu-Futō ( 清水 埠頭 ) | 2.3 | Coord. | ||
| Tomoegawaguchi ( 清水 港 ) | 3.3 | Coord. | ||
| Orido ( 折 戸 ) | 6.1 | Coord. | ||
| Miho ( 三 保 ) | 8.3 | Coord. |
photos
Bridge crane of the former port station
Preserved track section with cars and signals
Diesel locomotive on section of track in Miho
Former platform of the Miho terminus
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 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Tetsu Ishino (Ed.): 停車場 変 遷 大 辞典 国 鉄 ・ JR 編 (station change directory JNR / JR) . tape 1 . JTB, Tokyo 1998, ISBN 4-533-02980-9 , pp. 156 .
- ↑ Tetsu Ishino (Ed.): 停車場 変 遷 大 辞典 国 鉄 ・ JR 編 (station change directory JNR / JR) . tape 2 . JTB, Tokyo 1998, ISBN 4-533-02980-9 , pp. 93-94 .
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