Shizuoka-Shimizu Line

Shizuoka-Shimizu Line
Class 1000 multiple unit leaves Shin-Shizuoka
Route length:	11.0 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system :	600 V  =
Maximum slope :	30  ‰
Minimum radius :	100 m
Top speed:	70 km / h
Dual track :	whole route
Society:	Shizuoka Tetsudo
Legend ↔ Shizuoka tram 1922-1962 0.0 Shin-Shizuoka ( 新 静岡 ) 1908– 0.3 Hiyoshichō ( 日 吉 町 ) 1908– 0.8 Otowachō ( 音 羽 町 ) 1908– 1.5 Kasugachō ( 春日 町 ) 1930– 2.0 Yunoki ( 柚木 ) 1908– Depot 3.1 Naganuma ( 長 沼 ) 1908– 3.8 Furushō ( 古 庄 ) 1908– ↔ Tōkaidō Shinkansen 1964– ↔ Tōkaidō main line 1889– 4.8 Kensogō-undōjō ( 県 総 合 運動場 ) 1908– Tōmei Highway 5.5 Sakuraido -1942 5.7 Kenritsu Bijutsukan-mae ( 県 立 美術館 前 ) 1986– 6.4 Kusanagi ( 草 薙 ) 1908– 7.4 Mikadodai ( 御 門 台 ) 1908– → Main Tōkaidō line 1889– 8.3 Kitsunegasaki ( 狐 ヶ 崎 ) 1908– Oiwake ( 追 分 ) 1908-1934 10.0 Sakurabashi ( 桜 橋 ) 1934– Irie-machi ( 入 江 町 ) 1908-1934 10.3 Irieoka ( 入 江 岡 ) 1908– Tomoe-gawa 11.0 Shin-Shimizu ( 新 清水 ) 1908– ↔ Shimizu tram 1928-1974 Matsubara-machi ( 松原 町 ) 1908-1945 Hatoba ( 波 止 場 ) 1908-1945

The Shizuoka-Shimizu Line ( Japanese 静岡 清水 線 , Shizuoka-Shimizu-sen ) is a railway line on the Japanese main island of Honshū . It is operated by the Shizuoka Tetsudō (Shizutetsu) railway company. Within Shizuoka , the capital of the prefecture of the same name , it connects the districts of Aoi-ku and Shimizu-ku .

description

The 11.0 km long route is cape -lane, completely double-tracked and electrified with 600 V DC . Your western starting point is the Shin-Shizuoka train station in the city center , which is integrated into a shopping center. From there, the route heads northeast and ends in the immediate vicinity of the port in Shin-Shimizu station . Although the Shizuoka-Shimizu line runs partially parallel to the Tōkaidō main line , it is not connected to this and is therefore an island operation . Until 1962 and 1974, however , there were sidings to the Shizuoka tram and the Shimizu tram , which were also operated by the Shizutetsu. The depot is next to the Naganuma station. The Shizuoka-Shimizu line is similar to a light rail , which is particularly due to the numerous level crossings and short platforms.

Trains

The timetable on the Shizuoka-Shimizu line is very tight. During the day the trains run every six to seven minutes, during the morning rush hour every three to seven minutes and in the evening every quarter of an hour. A journey between the two end stations takes 21 minutes. In addition, there are several express trains during the morning rush hour, which skip several intermediate stations and travel five minutes faster.

A train is always made up of two multiple units coupled together. Since March 2016 J-TREC has been using A3000 series cars that are 18 m long and 2.74 m wide. They will gradually replace the older 1000 series cars dating from 1973 to 1985.

history

On May 18, 1908, the Shizutetsu opened a short steam railway line with a gauge of 762 mm, which led from Tsujimura (today Shin-Shimizu ) a few hundred meters to the Hatoba stop in the port area. In the first few weeks it was reserved for freight traffic, with passenger traffic added on July 1st. Five months later, on December 9, 1908, the entire route between the port and Takajōmachi (now Shin-Shizuoka ) was in operation. Due to the rapidly increasing number of users, it reached its capacity limits after a few years. It was on August 2, 1920 electrified and the usual in Japan Cape gauge (1,067 mm) umgespurt .

Between 1925 and 1930, the line was expanded to two tracks, which in some cases made it necessary to re-route the line. The section between Shin-Shimizu and Hatoba (the oldest part) was no longer used from December 1, 1945 and was finally closed in 1949. In 1953, the Shizutetsu began using express trains during rush hour. After a heavy thunderstorm with torrential rain, the entire route from July 7th to 15th, 1974 was interrupted. One year later, one-man operation was introduced. The express trains were discontinued in 1996, but reintroduced in 2011.

List of train stations

Surname		km	Connecting lines	location	place
S01	Shin-Shizuoka ( 新 静岡 )	00.0		Coord.	Aoi-ku , Shizuoka
S02	Hiyoshichō ( 日 吉 町 )	00.3		Coord.
S03	Otowachō ( 音 羽 町 )	00.8		Coord.
S04	Kasugachō ( 春日 町 )	01.5		Coord.
S05	Yunoki ( 柚木 )	02.0		Coord.
S06	Naganuma ( 長 沼 )	03.1		Coord.
S07	Furushō ( 古 庄 )	03.8		Coord.
S08	Kensogō-Undōjō ( 県 総 合 運動場 )	04.8		Coord.	Suruga-ku , Shizuoka
S09	Kenritsu-Bijutsukan-mae ( 県 立 美術館 前 )	05.7		Coord.	Shimizu-ku , Shizuoka
S10	Kusanagi ( 草 薙 )	06.4	at Kusanagi Station (JR East): Tōkaidō Main Line	Coord.
S11	Mikadodai ( 御 門 台 )	07.4		Coord.
S12	Kitsunegasaki ( 狐 ヶ 崎 )	08.3		Coord.
S13	Sakurabashi ( 桜 橋 )	10.0		Coord.
S14	Irieoka ( 入 江 岡 )	10.3		Coord.
S15	Shin-Shimizu ( 新 清水 )	11.0		Coord.

photos

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  Naganuma depot

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  Class A3000 multiple unit

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  Mikadodai Station

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  Kenritsu-Bijutsukan-mae station

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  Shin-Shimizu Railway Station

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  Shin-Shizuoka Railway Station entrance

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

Commons : Shizuoka-Shimizu-Line  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Information about the railway line on the Shizuoka Tetsudō website (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 新 静岡. (Timetable from Shin-Shizuoka). Shizuoka Tetsudō , 2019, accessed January 23, 2019 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ 静岡 鉄 道 A3000 形 . In: Tetsudō Fan . tape 56 , no. 662 . Koyusha, Naha June 2016, pp. 106-107 .

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