Shizuoka tram

Route length:

2.0 km

Gauge :

1067 mm ( cape track )

Power system :

600 V =

Society:

Shizuoka Tetsudo

Legend

		↔ Tōkaidō main line
	0.0	Shizuoka-ekimae ( 静岡駅前 )
		← Shizuoka-Shimizu Line
	0.5	Shin-Shizuoka ( 新静岡 )
	0.9	Kenchō-mae ( 県庁前 )
	1.2	Nakamachi ( 中町 )
	1.3	Gofukuchō ( 呉服町 )
	1.5	Kinzamachi ( 金座町 )
	1.7	Cha-chō ( 茶町 )
	2.0	Anzai ( 安西 )

The Shizuoka tram was a tram line in the Japanese city of Shizuoka , the capital of the prefecture of the same name . It existed from 1922 to 1962 and was a continuation of the Shizuoka-Shimizu line . Officially, it was called "Shizuoka City Line " ( Japanese 静岡市内線 , Shizuoka shinai-sen ). Both railways were operated by Shizuoka Tetsudō (Shizutetsu).

description

The route was 2.0 km long and electrified with 600 V DC . It began on the forecourt of Shizuoka station and initially led to Shin-Shizuoka station , the western terminus of the Shizuoka-Shimizu line . It then crossed the city center and ended at the Anzai stop. At Shin-Shizuoka there was a rail connection with the Shizuoka-Shimizu line. This made it possible to run through trains to the then independent town of Shimizu .

history

On June 28, 1922 the Shizutetsu opened a 500 m long tram connection between the Shizuaka station and the Takajōmachi stop ( 鷹匠町 , from 1954 called Shin-Shizuoka). It was extended on August 5, 1925 by 700 m to Nakamachi and on December 29, 1926 by a further 800 m to Anzai. With that it had already reached its maximum length. From March 21, 1946 to June 10, 1949, operations on the Gofukuchō – Anzai section were temporarily suspended. Finally, on September 15, 1962, the Shizutetsu shut down the entire tram line.

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 .