Yūmō line

Yūmō line
Freight train on the bridge over the Abashiri-gawa
Route length:	89.8 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Maximum slope :	25  ‰
Minimum radius :	200 m
Dual track :	No
Legend ↑ ↔ Nayoro main line 1916-1989 0.0 Naka-Yūbetsu 1916-1989 2.6 Gokazan ( 五 鹿山 ) 1958-1987 4.3 Fukushima ( 福島 ) 1955-1987 9.9 Barō ( 芭 露 ) 1935-1987 15.3 Shibushi ( 志 撫 子 ) 1955-1987 16.5 Kerochi ( 計 呂 地 ) 1935-1987 19.2 Hama-Tokotan ( 浜 床 丹 ) 1956-1987 21.0 Tokotan ( 床 丹 ) 1936-1987 25.0 Wakasato ( 若 里 ) 1955-1987 29.3 Saroma ( 佐呂 間 ) 1936-1987 31.8 Sakaibashi ( 堺 橋 ) 1956-1987 33.7 Kōseizawa ( 興 生 沢 ) 1955-1987 36.0 Chirai ( 知 来 ) 1953-1987 39.1 Momijibashi ( 紅葉 橋 ) 1955-1987 41.4 Nikura ( 仁 倉 ) 1953-1987 46.0 Hama-Saroma ( 浜 佐呂 間 ) 1952-1987 49.4 Kitami Tomioka ( 北 見 富 丘 ) 1952-1987 51.9 Higashi-Tomioka ( 東 富 丘 ) 1956-1987 54.0 Kitami-Kyōritsu ( 北 見 共 立 ) 1952-1987 Tosa ( 土 佐 ) 1956-1972 59.5 Tokoro ( 常 呂 ) 1936-1987 Tokoro-gawa 61.9 Tokorokō ( 常 呂 港 ) 1956-1972 66.7 Notoro ( 能 取 ) 1936-1987 69.2 Naka-Notoro ( 中 能 取 ) 1956-1972 73.1 Kitami-Heiwa ( 北 見 平和 ) 1949-1987 76.6 Ubaranai ( 卯 原 内 ) 1935-1987 80.2 Futami-chūō ( 二 見 中央 ) 1955-1987 82.1 Futamigaoka ( 二 見 ヶ 岡 ) 1935-1987 Abashiri-gawa 87.9 Ōmagari ( 大曲 ) 1955-1987 ← Sekihoku main line 1912– 89.8 Abashiri ( 網 走 ) 1932– Senmō main line 1924–

The Yūmō Line ( Japanese 湧 網 線 , Yūmō-sen ) was a railway line in the northeast of the Japanese island of Hokkaidō . It opened up the coastal hinterland between Yūbetsu and Abashiri and was in operation until 1987.

description

The 89.8 km long route was Cape gauge , single-track and not electrified. A total of 30 train stations and stops were developed. The Yūmō line turned in the Naka-Yūbetsu station from the Nayoro main line and initially led east to Lake Saroma . Then it ran along its southwest bank to Tokotan, where it turned inland. From Saroma it followed the Saromabetsu valley in a north-easterly direction to the south-east corner of Lake Saroma. At Tokoro she reached the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk , then immediately turned south again and circled Lake Notoro on its west and south shores. Past the north bank of Lake Abashiri , she finally reached Abashiri train station .

Between Abashiri and Tokoro, most of the former railway line has been converted into a cycle expressway. The memory of the Yūmō line is kept alive in two train stations:

• A steam locomotive of the JNR class C58 and two historic passenger coaches are permanently parked on a short section of track in Kerochi station, while various objects from local railway history are exhibited in the station building.
• Five vehicles are permanently parked in Saroma station: a steam locomotive of the JNR class D51 , a passenger coach , a freight car, a mail / baggage car and a diesel locomotive of the JNR class DE10 . Other objects can be seen in the reception building.

history

The construction of a railway line between the coastal cities of Yūbetsu and Abashiri , which was supposed to shorten the detour via Engaru and Kitami (today's Sekihoku main line ), was laid down in 1922 in the annex of the railway construction law passed by parliament. The concrete implementation of the project by the Ministry of Railways began a decade later. The construction of the railway was tackled from both ends. On October 10, the opening of the first section of the Yūmō East Line ( 湧 網 東線 , Yūmō-higashi-sen ) from Abashiri to Ubaranai took place. Ten days later, the opening of the first section of the Yūmō western line ( 湧 網 西 線 , Yūmō-nishi-sen ) from Naka-Yūbetsu to Kerochi followed. The east line was extended on October 10, 1936 from Ubaranai to Tokoro, the west line seven days later from Kerochi to Saroma.

Because of the outbreak of the Pacific War in July 1937, construction work had to be suspended for more than a decade. The Japanese State Railways , which was responsible from 1949, put the section between Tokoro and Hama-Saroma into operation on December 6, 1952. With the opening of the last missing section between Saroma and Hama-Saroma on October 22, 1953, the eastern and western routes were combined to form the Yūmō line. In the 1950s, the state railway added over a dozen stops on demand in order to enlarge the catchment area. Nevertheless, the volume of traffic never developed to the desired extent due to the rural exodus and mass motorization . In 1984 the Ministry of Transport announced the imminent closure. This was completed on March 20, 1987, a few days before the state railway privatization.

List of train stations

Parked steam locomotive ( JNR class C58 ) in the former Kenochi station

Former Saroma train station

Surname	km	Connecting lines	location	place
Naka-Yūbetsu ( 中 湧 別 )	00.0	Nayoro Main Line (closed)	Coord.	Yūbetsu
Gokazan ( 五 鹿山 )	02.6		Coord.
Fukushima ( 福島 )	04.3		Coord.
Barō ( 芭 露 )	09.9		Coord.
Shibushi ( 志 撫 子 )	15.3		Coord.
Kerochi ( 計 呂 地 )	16.5		Coord.
Hama-Tokotan ( 浜 床 丹 )	19.2		Coord.	Saroma
Tokotan ( 床 丹 )	21.0		Coord.
Wakasato ( 若 里 )	25.0		Coord.
Saroma ( 佐呂 間 )	29.3		Coord.
Sakaibashi ( 堺 橋 )	31.8		Coord.
Kōseizawa ( 興 生 沢 )	33.7		Coord.
Chirai ( 知 来 )	36.0		Coord.
Momijibashi ( 紅葉 橋 )	39.1		Coord.
Nikura ( 仁 倉 )	41.4		Coord.
Hama-Saroma ( 浜 佐呂 間 )	46.0		Coord.
Kitami Tomioka ( 北 見 富 丘 )	49.4		Coord.	Kitami
Higashi-Tomioka ( 東 富 丘 )	51.9		Coord.
Kitami-Kyōritsu ( 北 見 共 立 )	54.0		Coord.
Tosa ( 土 佐 )			Coord.
Tokoro ( 常 呂 )	59.5		Coord.
Tokorokō ( 常 呂 港 )	61.9		Coord.
Notoro ( 能 取 )	66.7		Coord.	Abashiri
Naka-Notoro ( 中 能 取 )	69.5		Coord.
Kitami-Heiwa ( 北 見 平和 )	73.1		Coord.
Ubaranai ( 卯 原 内 )	76.6		Coord.
Futami-chūō ( 二 見 中央 )	80.2		Coord.
Futamigaoka ( 二 見 ヶ 岡 )	82.1		Coord.
Ōmagari ( 大曲 )	87.9		Coord.
Abashiri ( 網 走 )	89.8	Sekihoku main line Senmō main line	Coord.

Web links

Commons : Yūmō line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 自 転 車道 線 （オ ホ ー ツ ク 自 転 車道）. (PDF; 808 kB) (No longer available online.) MLIT , 2017, archived from the original on March 6, 2013 ; Retrieved July 20, 2017 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Atsushi Shirakawa: 全国 保存 鉄 道 III 東 日本 編 . JTB Publishing, Tokyo 1998, ISBN 4-533-03096-3 , pp. 56 .
3. ↑ ^{a b} Shunzō Miyawaki: 鉄 道 廃 線 跡 を 歩 く (hiking along disused railway lines) . tape 4 . JTB Publishing, Tokyo 1997, ISBN 4-533-02857-8 , pp. 200 .

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