Shimizu tram

Former tram car

Route length:

4.6 km

Gauge :

1067 mm ( cape track )

Power system :

600 V =

Society:

Shizuoka Tetsudo

Legend

	0.0	Minatobashi ( 港橋 )
	0.4	Mansei-chō ( 万世町 )
	0.7	Shiyakusho-mae ( 市役所前 )
	1.1	Shin-Shimizu ( 新清水 )
		↔ Shizuoka-Shimizu Line

		↔ Tōkaidō main line
		Ejiri-shindō ( 江尻新道 )
	1.4	Nakahama-chō ( 仲浜町 )
	1.8	Shimizu-ekimae ( 清水駅前 )
	2.1	Tsuji-chō ( 辻町 )
	2.4	Akibamichi ( 秋葉道 )
	2.6	Nishikubo ( 西久保 )
		→ old route (until 1951)
	3.0	Aizome-chō ( 愛染町 )
	3.3	Mine ( 嶺 )
	3.6	Sodeshi Keisatsusho-mae
		( 袖師警察署)
	3.7	Suji-jima ( 鈴木島 )
		Iwara-gawa ( 庵原川 )

	4.3	Sodeshi ( 袖師 )
	4.6	Yokosuna ( 横砂 )

The Shimizu tram was a tram line in the Japanese city of Shimizu , which is now part of Shizuoka in the prefecture of the same name . It existed from 1928 to 1974 and was a continuation of the Shizuoka-Shimizu line . It was officially called the "Shimizu City Line " ( Japanese 市内線 , Shimizu shinai-sen ). Both railways were operated by Shizuoka Tetsudō (Shizutetsu).

description

The route was 4.6 km long and electrified with 600 V DC . It began at the harbor bridge (Minatobashi) and first led to Shin-Shimizu station , the eastern terminus of the Shizuoka-Shimizu line . Then it crossed the Tōkaidō main line , passed the Shimizu station and finally ended near the northern outskirts at the Yokosuna stop. At Shin-Shimizu there was a rail connection with the Shizuoka-Shimizu line. This made it possible to run through trains from Minatobashi to Shizuoka city center.

history

On December 25, 1928, the Shizutetsu opened the approximately 1200 m long route between the Minatobashi and Ejiri-shindo stations, and from April 1, 1929, it offered direct trains to Shizuoka city center. The remaining route from Ejiri-shindo to Yokosuna was added on July 24 of the same year. However, it was split in two at the level crossing of the Tōkaidō main line and passengers first had to change there. By building a bridge at this point, this obstacle was removed on March 29, 1933. The section between Nishikubo and Sodeshi received a new route on July 21, 1951 .

After a heavy thunderstorm with torrential rain on July 7, 1974, traffic had to be permanently suspended. The Shizutetsu waived the restoration of the washed-out tracks and finally closed the line on March 22, 1975. Car No. 65 is reminiscent of the earlier tram, which was made of wood in 1927 and converted into a car with a steel body in 1954. It stands permanently on a short section of track of the earlier Shimizuko line .

literature

Yasuo Wakuda: 日本の市内電車 1895–1945 . Naruyama-dō shoten, Shinjuku 2009, ISBN 978-4-425-96151-1 , p. 185-189 .