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Kasugai, Aichi
is a city located in Aichi, Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1943. As of March 1, 2010, the city had an estimated population of 303,181 and a density of . The total area is ....
and Biwajima Station in Kiyosu
Kiyosu, Aichi
was a town located in Nishikasugai District, Aichi, Japan., the town had an estimated population of 19,409 and a density of 3,696.95 persons per km²...
in Aichi Prefecture
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...
. Trains are operated by Tōkai Transport Service, or TKJ in short, while its rail facilities belong to Central Japan Railway Company
Central Japan Railway Company
The is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as . Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station...
(JR Central). TKJ, a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Central, only operates this line.
Basic data
- Operators, distances:
- Tōkai Transport Service (Category 2)
- Central Japan Railway CompanyCentral Japan Railway CompanyThe is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as . Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station...
(Category 1)- JR Central is licensed to but does not actually operate trains on the line.
- Distance: 11.2 km (ca. 7.0 mi.)
- GaugeRail gaugeTrack gauge or rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Sixty percent of the world's railways use a standard gauge of . Wider gauges are called broad gauge; smaller gauges, narrow gauge. Break-of-gauge refers...
: 1,067 mm (3 ft. 6 in.) - Stations: 6
- Track: double, excluding sections inside Kachigawa and Biwajima stations.
- Electric supply: None
- Railway signallingRailway signallingRailway signalling is a system used to control railway traffic safely, essentially to prevent trains from colliding. Being guided by fixed rails, trains are uniquely susceptible to collision; furthermore, trains cannot stop quickly, and frequently operate at speeds that do not enable them to stop...
: Automatic
History
In 1976, a construction of the planned freight railFreight train
A freight train or goods train is a group of freight cars or goods wagons hauled by one or more locomotives on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain...
line of Japanese National Railways
Japanese National Railways
, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...
(JNR), called , began. However, the construction halted later due to the huge deficit of JNR. The line was consisted of two separated sections, one between Setoshi and Kōzōji, another between Kachigawa and Biwajima. The construction of the both sections resumed later, but as passenger rails by different operators. The former section, the current Aichi Loop Line
Aichi Loop Line
is a Japanese railway line between Okazaki Station, Okazaki and Kōzōji Station, Kasugai, operated by . The company or the line is abbreviated as . This is the only line the company operates...
, was succeeded by Aichi Loop Railway, while the latter, the current Jōhoku Line, was succeeded by JR Central and TKJ. The first section of Jōhoku Line, between Kachigawa and Owari-Hoshinomiya, opened in 1991. The section between Owari-Hoshinomiya and Biwajima opened in 1993.
Services
There is no rapid service. All trains make stop at all stations. The train runs extremely infrequently as a commuter rail line in large Japanese city, once per an hour in daytime, 2 or 3 times per an hour in morning and evening.Stations
All stations are in Aichi PrefectureAichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...
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| Kachigawa | 勝川 | 0.0 |
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Kasugai Kasugai, Aichi is a city located in Aichi, Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1943. As of March 1, 2010, the city had an estimated population of 303,181 and a density of . The total area is .... |
| Ajiyoshi Ajiyoshi Station (Johoku Line) is a train station in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.This station is close to Ajiyoshi Station of the same name but which is on a different line, the Komaki Line, operated by a different company, Nagoya Railroad It was opened on .-Platforms:... |
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| Hira | 比良 | 4.5 | Nishi Nishi-ku, Nagoya is one of the 16 wards in the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.-History:The ward was established in .Nishi-Ward is the birthplace of pachinko.-Companies:... , Nagoya Nagoya, Aichi is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshu, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Moji... |
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| Otai | 小田井 | 6.7 |
Meitetsu Inuyama Line The is a Japanese railway line operated by Nagoya Railroad that runs from the Biwajima Junction in Kiyosu, Aichi to Shin-Unuma Station in Kakamigahara, Gifu.- Stations :● ● ● ● ● ● ●... (Kami-Otai Kami-Otai Station is a train station in Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.The station is built over Route 302 and under the Higashi-Meihan Expressway, and it is a ten-minute walk from Otai Station on the Jōhoku Line.... ) Nagoya Municipal Subway is the subway system that serves the Nagoya, Aichi, Japan area. Like other large Japanese cities, Greater Nagoya's subways are heavily complemented by suburban rail, forming an extensive network of 47 lines rivaling cities such as New York and London... Tsurumai Line Tsurumai Line The is a subway line which forms part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. It runs from Kami Otai in Nishi-ku, Nagoya to Akaike in Nisshin. The Tsurumai Line's color on maps is light blue. Its stations carry the letter T followed by a number. Officially, the line is called... (Kami-Otai, T01) |
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| Owari-Hoshinomiya | 尾張星の宮 | 9.3 | Kiyosu Kiyosu, Aichi was a town located in Nishikasugai District, Aichi, Japan., the town had an estimated population of 19,409 and a density of 3,696.95 persons per km²... |
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| Biwajima | 枇杷島 | 11.2 |
Tokaido Main Line The is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities... |
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