Tenryu-Hamanako Line

Tenryu-Hamanako Line
Class 9200 railcar crosses the Futamata-gawa
Route length:	67.7 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Top speed:	80 km / h
Dual track :	No
Society:	Tenryū Hamanako Tetsudō
Legend 0.0 Kakegawa ( 掛 川 ) 1889– → Tōkaidō Shinkansen 1889– → Main Tōkaidō line 1964– 1.3 Kakegawa-shiyakusho-mae ( 掛 川 市 役 所 前 ) 1996– Saka-gawa 1.8 Nishi-Kakegawa ( 西 掛 川 ) 1954– Taruki-gawa 4.0 Sakuragi ( 桜 木 ) 1935– 5.5 Ikoinohiroba ( い こ い の 広 場 ) 1988– 6.0 Hosoya ( 細 谷 ) 1956– 7.9 Haranoya ( 原 谷 ) 1935– Haranoya-gawa 9.4 Harada ( 原田 ) 1988– Shin Tōmei Highway 12.0 Towata ( 戸 綿 ) 1960– Ota-gawa 12.8 Enshu-Mori ( 遠 州 森 ) 1935– 13.6 Morimachibyōin-mae ( 森 町 病院 前 ) 2015– Shin Tōmei Highway 14.7 Ends ( 円 田 ) 1988– 16.4 Tōtōmi-ichinomiya ( 遠 江 一 宮 ) 1935– Shikiji-gawa Shin Tōmei Highway 19.9 Shikiji ( 敷 地 ) 1940– Kōmyō Railway 1928-1936 23.0 Toyooka ( 豊 岡 ) 1940– 24.4 Kaminobe ( 上 野 部 ) 1955– (2 tunnels) 24.4 Tenryū-Futamata ( 天 竜 二 俣 ) 1940– → Sakuma line (unfinished) Futamata-gawa 26.8 Futamata-Hommachi ( 二 俣 本 町 ) 1956– Tenryu-gawa Enshu-Futamata ( 遠 州 二 俣 ) 28.5 Nishi-Kajima ( 西 鹿島 ) 1909– → Enshū Railway Line 1909– Shin Tōmei Highway 30.3 Gansuiji ( 岩 水 寺 ) 1940– 32.3 Miyaguchi ( 宮 口 ) 1940– (2 tunnels) 36.2 Fruit Park ( フ ル ー ツ パ ー ク ) 1996– Miyakoda-gawa 37.7 Miyakoda ( 都 田 ) 1940– 39.1 Tokohadaigaku-mae ( 常 葉 大学 前 ) 1988– ↔ Okuyama line 1914-1964 41.9 Kanasashi ( 金 指 ) 1914– 43.5 Okaji ( 岡 地 ) 1987– Inoya-kawa 44.4 Kiga ( 気 賀 ) 1938– 47.7 Nishi-Kiga ( 西 気 賀 ) 1938– 49.4 Sunza ( 寸 座 ) 1955– 50.7 Hamanako-Sakume ( 浜 名 湖 佐 久 米 ) 1938– Tōmei Highway 51.9 Higashi-Tsuzuki ( 東 都 筑 ) 1953– 53.3 Tsuzuki ( 都 筑 ) 1938– 55.6 Mikabi ( 三 ヶ 日 ) 1936– Hibisawa-gawa 56.8 Okuhamanako ( 奥 浜 名 湖 ) 1988– 58.1 Ona ( 尾 奈 ) 1936– Riki tunnel Ima-gawa 62.9 Chibata ( 知 波 田 ) 1936– 65.0 Ōmori ( 大 森 ) 2009– 66.7 Asumomae ( ア ス モ 前 ) 1987– ↓ → Main Tōkaidō line 1888– 67.7 Shinjohara ( 新 所 原 ) 1936–

The Tenryū-Hamanako Line ( Japanese 天 竜 浜 名 湖 線 , Tenryū-Hamanako-sen ), also called Tenhama Line ( 天 浜 線 , Tenhama-sen ), is a railway line on the Japanese island of Honshū operated by the Tenryū Railway Company Hamanako Tetsudō is operated. In Shizuoka Prefecture , it connects Kakegawa with Kosai and opens up the northern districts of Hamamatsu . It is named after the Tenryū River and Lake Hamana (Hamana-ko) . Before privatization in 1987, the line was owned by the Japanese State Railways and was called the Futamata Line ( 二 俣 線 , Futamata-sen ).

description

The line laid in Cape Gauge (1067 mm) is 67.7 km long, single-track and not electrified. It serves 39 train stations and stops, with train crossings at twelve intermediate stations. Seven stations are staffed, 32 are unoccupied.

The eastern starting point is Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō main line , where you can also change to the Tōkaidō Shinkansen . The route runs in a north-westerly direction on the edge of the plain, along the foothills of the Akaishi Mountains , and reaches the valley of Tenryū . The Sakuma Line was once supposed to branch off at Tenryū-Futamata Station and connect to Chūbu-Tenryū on the Iida Line , but it was never completed. The Tenryū-Hamanako Line turns south, crosses the Tenryū and arrives at Nishi-Kajima , where there is a connection to the Enshū railway line into Hamamatsu city center. We continue westward through the Miyakoda Valley to Lake Hamana , which is circled on its north and west side. In Shinjohara station in the area of ​​the city of Kosai, the line meets the Tōkaidō main line again.

Trains

An approximate hourly service is offered, which is compressed to a half-hourly service during rush hour. In the morning and in the evening, the trains run the entire route, while there is an operational division in Tenryū-Futamata during the day and changes must be made there. 16 diesel multiple units are used in one-man operation, usually the 2100 and 9200 series.

photos

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  Under the Tōmei highway at Hamanako-Sakume

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  Class 2100 railcars in Shinjohara

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  Tsuzuki stop

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  Sunza stop

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  Toyooka train station

history

Strategic considerations by the Imperial Japanese Army were the main reason for building this railway line. In the event of a break in the Tōkaidō main line due to enemy action at Hamamatsu, it should be possible to divert national rail traffic north of Lake Hamana . The route was not yet included in the binding annex to the Railway Construction Act passed in 1922, but the government added it later in 1933.

The Ministry of Railways then built the line from both endpoints. On April 17, 1935, it opened the Futamata East Line ( 二 俣 東線 , Futamata-higashi-sen ) from Kakegawa to Enshū-Mori. The first section of the Futamata West Line ( 二 俣 線 西 , Futamata-nishi-sen ) connected Shinjohara with Mikabi from December 1, 1936 , followed by the opening of the Mikabi– Kanasashi section on April 1, 1938 . When the gap between Enshū-Mori and Kanasashi was closed on June 1, 1940, the construction of the line was completed and the two previous lines merged to form the Futamata Line ( 二 俣 線 , Futamata-sen ). During the Pacific War it performed its task as an alternative route several times.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Japanese State Railways added several new stops to the line. On the section between Nishi-Kajima and Tenryū-Futamata from 1958 to 1966 occasional trains of the private railway company Enshū Tetsudō also drove . In 1971 the last trains pulled by steam locomotives ran. The redevelopment plan published in June 1984 for the heavily indebted state railway provided for the shutdown of the Futamata line in the medium term. As a first cost-saving measure, freight traffic was stopped on March 14, 1985. The final closure could be averted and the line went on March 15, 1987 in the possession of Tenryū Hamanako Tetsudō , a " third sector railway company ". The same day it was renamed Tenryū Hamanako Line.

List of train stations

Surname	km	Connecting lines	location	place
Kakegawa ( 掛 川 )	00.0	Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tōkaidō main line	Coord.	Kakegawa
Kakegawa-shiyakusho-mae ( 掛 川 市 役 所 前 )	01.3		Coord.
Nishi-Kakegawa ( 西 掛 川 )	01.8		Coord.
Sakuragi ( 桜 木 )	04.0		Coord.
Ikoinohiroba ( い こ い の 広 場 )	05.5		Coord.
Hosoya ( 細 谷 )	06.0		Coord.
Haranoya ( 原 谷 )	07.9		Coord.
Harada ( 原田 )	09.4		Coord.
Towata ( 戸 綿 )	12.0		Coord.	Mori
Enshu-Mori ( 遠 州 森 )	12.8		Coord.
Morimachibyōin-mae ( 森 町 病院 前 )	13.6		Coord.
Ends ( 円 田 )	14.7		Coord.
Tōtōmi-ichinomiya ( 遠 江 一 宮 )	16.4		Coord.
Shikiji ( 敷 地 )	19.9		Coord.	Iwata
Toyooka ( 豊 岡 )	23.0		Coord.
Kaminobe ( 上 野 部 )	24.4		Coord.
Tenryū-Futamata ( 天 竜 二 俣 )	26.2		Coord.	Tenryū-ku , Hamamatsu
Futamata-Hommachi ( 二 俣 本 町 )	26.8		Coord.
Nishi-Kajima ( 西 鹿島 )	28.5	Enshu Railway Line	Coord.
Gansuiji ( 岩 水 寺 )	30.3		Coord.	Hamakita-ku , Hamamatsu
Miyaguchi ( 宮 口 )	32.3		Coord.
Fruit Park ( フ ル ー ツ パ ー ク )	36.2		Coord.	Kita-ku , Hamamatsu
Miyakoda ( 都 田 )	37.7		Coord.
Tokohadaigaku-mae ( 常 葉 大学 前 )	39.1		Coord.
Kanasashi ( 金 指 )	41.9		Coord.
Okaji ( 岡 地 )	43.5		Coord.
Kiga ( 気 賀 )	44.8		Coord.
Nishi-Kiga ( 西 気 賀 )	47.7		Coord.
Sunza ( 寸 座 )	49.4		Coord.
Hamanako-Sakume ( 浜 名 湖 佐 久 米 )	50.7		Coord.
Higashi-Tsuzuki ( 東 都 筑 )	51.9		Coord.
Tsuzuki ( 都 筑 )	53.3		Coord.
Mikkabi ( 三 ヶ 日 )	55.6		Coord.
Okuhamanako ( 奥 浜 名 湖 )	56.8		Coord.
Ona ( 尾 奈 )	58.1		Coord.
Chibata ( 知 波 田 )	62.9		Coord.	Kosai
Ōmori ( 大 森 )	65.0		Coord.
Asumo-mae ( ア ス モ 前 )	66.7		Coord.
Shinjohara ( 新 所 原 )	67.7	Main Tōkaidō line	Coord.

Web links

Commons : Tenryū Hamanako Line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tenryū Hamanako Tetsudō website (Japanese, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 会 社 概要. Tenryū Hamanako Tetsudō, 2018, accessed February 11, 2019 (Japanese, company profile). 
2. ↑ Timetable 2018/19. (PDF, 1.3 MB) Tenryū Hamanako Tetsudō , 2018, accessed on February 11, 2019 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ 東海 道 線 の 一部 が 国防 上 、 移 転 敷設. In: Chūgai Shōgyō Shinpō. Kobe University Library , September 8, 1933, accessed February 11, 2019 (Japanese). 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Tetsudō Journal, Volume 21, No. 7. Tetsudōjānarusha, Tokyo June 1987. pp. 92-99.

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