Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line

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Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line
(十和田観光電鉄線)
File:Towada Kanko Electric Railway Line.JPG
Near Towadashi Station
Overview
Type Heavy rail Passenger
Termini Misawa
Towadashi
Stations 11
Operation
Opened 1922
Closed 2012
Owner Towada Kankō Electric Railway
Rolling stock Moha 7200, Moha 7700, Kuha 7900, Moha 3400, Moha 3600
Technical
Line length 14.7 km (9.1 mi)
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification 1500 VDC

The Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line (十和田観光電鉄線 Towada Kankō Electric Railway-sen ?) was a railway route operated by Towada Kankō Electric Railway (Totetsu). It ran between Misawa Station and Towadashi Station in eastern Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

History

On September 5, 1922, the Towada Railway (十和田鉄道?) began operating a 762mm gauge line between Furumaki Station (present day Misawa Station) and Sanbongi Station (present day Towadashi Station, with intermediate stops at Shichihyaku and Takashizu. Additional stations were added in the 1930s. In 1951, the line was fully electrified and the track gauge was expanded to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). The line was renamed as Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line on December 30, 1951. A single direction Automatic Block Signal control system was implemented from December 16, 1971. The Towadashi terminus was rebuilt in 1985 to include a shopping complex. All freight operations on the line were suspended from 1986. A new automatic train stop (ATS) system was implemented from October 1, 2002.

The operation of the line was discontinued on April 1, 2012.[1]

Station list

Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
Between
Stations		 Total
Misawa 三沢 - 0.0 Aoimori Railway Line Misawa Aomori
Ōmagari 大曲 2.7 2.7   Rokunohe
Yanagisawa 柳沢 2.4 5.1  
Shichihyaku 七百 1.3 6.4  
Furusato 古里 2.0 8.4  
Sannōkō-mae 三農校前 1.5 9.9  
Takashizu 高清水 0.7 10.6   Towada
Kitasato-Daigaku-mae 北里大学前 2.1 12.7  
Kōgyōkōkō-mae 工業高校前 0.6 13.3  
Higashino-Danchi ひがし野団地 0.4 13.7  
Towadashi 十和田市 1.0 14.7  

Line Data

Equipment

As of April 1, 2003, the company had the following equipment:

  • Moha 7200 stock: #7204, 7205
  • Moha 7700 stock and Kuha 7900 stock (formerly Tokyu 7700): #7701 + 7901–7903
  • Moha 3400 stock: #3401
  • Moha 3600 stock: #3603
  • ED300: #301
  • ED400: #402
  • Tora 300: #301, 302

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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