The is the freight only railway company in Ōgaki, Gifu

Ogaki, Gifu

is a city located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was incorporated as a city on April 1, 1918. As of July 2011, the city has an estimated population of 160,999 and a total area of .Ōgaki was the final destination for the haiku poet Matsuo Bashō...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The company was founded in 1927. Its line mainly transports limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

. The company is not related to , a transportation company with similar name, also based in Ōgaki.

Operational

• Ichihashi Line (市橋線)

} — Otomezaka: 1.3 km / 0.8 mi.

Status unknown

• Ichihashi Line (市橋線)
  • Otomezaka — Ichihashi: 1.3 km / 0.8 mi.
• Hirui Line (昼飯線)
  • Mino-Akasaka — Hirui: 1.9 km / 1.2 mi.

These two lines are virtually closed from 1990s, as limestone is now mainly transported by road. However, their official status remains unknown.

External links

• Kinshōzan Line Club, unofficial fansite
• Seinō Railway, unofficial fansite