The is a transportation company in Toyama

Toyama, Toyama

is the capital city of Toyama Prefecture, Japan, located on the coast of the Sea of Japan in the Chūbu region on central Honshū, about 200 km north of the city of Nagoya and 300 km northwest of Tokyo....

, Toyama

Toyama Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Toyama.Toyama is the leading industrial prefecture on the Japan Sea coast, and has the industrial advantage of cheap electricity due to abundant water resources....

, 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 is commonly known as . The private company operates railway, tram

Tram

A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...

, and bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 lines in the eastern part of the prefecture. It also operates as the agency of All Nippon Airways

All Nippon Airways

, also known as or ANA, is one of the largest airlines in Japan. It is headquartered at the Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It operates services to 49 destinations in Japan and 35 international routes and employed over 14,000 employees as of May 2009...

 in Toyama area. The company has its root in founded in 1930. The current company was founded in 1943, when all the private and public operators of railway, tram, and bus lines in the prefecture were merged into one. In 1950, it founded Kaetsunō Railway

Kaetsuno Railway

is a bus company operating in the central and western parts of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Contrary to its name, the company does not operate railway lines any more, as its last surviving Manyō Line was handed over to Manyōsen in 2002....

, planning to build the railway line that links Toyama and Ishikawa

Ishikawa Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is Kanazawa.- History :Ishikawa was formed from the merger of Kaga Province and the smaller Noto Province.- Geography :Ishikawa is on the Sea of Japan coast...

. Chitetsu handed over its networks in the western part of Toyama Prefecture, although the plan never came into reality.

Railway lines

■ Main Line

Toyama Chiho Railway Main Line

The is a Japanese railway line that connects Dentetsu-Toyama Station in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture with Unazukionsen Station in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture. It is owned and run by Toyama Chihō Railway.-Station list:...

 (本線): Dentetsu-Toyama — Unazuki-Onsen

■ Tateyama Line

Toyama Chiho Railway Tateyama Line

The is a Japanese railway line which connects Terada Station with Tateyama Station all within Tateyama, Nakaniikawa District Toyama Prefecture. It is owned and run by Toyama Chihō Railway.-Station list:...

 (立山線): Terada — Tateyama

■ Fujikoshi-Kamidaki Line: These two lines are treated as a single line.

Fujikoshi Line

Toyama Chiho Railway Fujikoshi Line

The is a Japanese railway line which connects Inarimachi Station with Minami-Toyama Station all within Toyama, Toyama Prefecture. It is owned and run by Toyama Chihō Railway.-Station list:...

 (不二越線): Inarimachi — Minami-Toyama

Kamidaki Line

Toyama Chiho Railway Kamidaki Line

The is a Japanese railway line which connects Minami-Toyama Station in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture with Iwakuraji Station in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture. It is owned and run by Toyama Chihō Railway.-Station list:...

 (上滝線): Minami-Toyama — Iwakuraji

All the trains from Tateyama Line and Fujikoshi-Kamidaki Line have through services to Main Line, reaching Dentetsu-Toyama.

Tram lines

• Lines: Tram lines are collectively called ■ , that officially consists of five lines.
  • Main Line (本線): Minami-Toyama-Ekimae — Toyama-Ekimae
    • This is a different line from ■ Main Line (railway).
  • Branch Line (支線): Toyama-Ekimae — Marunouchi
  • Yasunoya Line (安野屋線): Marunouchi — Yasunoya
  • Kureha Line (呉羽線): Yasunoya — Daigaku-mae
  • Toyama Toshin Line (富山都心線): Marunouchi — Nishichō
• Routes: The tram opreates in two routes. The Main, Branch, Yasunoya and Kureha lines effectively make a single route, from Minami-Toyama-Ekimae to Daigaku-mae. Some tramcars run between Minami-Toyama-Ekimae and Toyama-Ekimae. The Branch Line, the Toyama Toshin Line and a part of the Main Line form a circle route in the city center. The latter route was introduced in December 2009 when the Toyama Toshin Line opened.

There is a plan to link Toyama-Ekimae Station and Toyamaekikita Station of Toyama Light Rail, currently 250 m away. After two tram lines are linked, they will have a through service.

Bus lines

The company operates local bus lines in the whole eastern part of the prefecture, including Toyama City. It also operates many highway buses linking Toyama City and other parts of Japan, including Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Ōsaka, 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...

, Kanazawa

Kanazawa, Ishikawa

is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.-Geography, climate, and population:Kanazawa sits on the Sea of Japan, bordered by the Japan Alps, Hakusan National Park and Noto Peninsula National Park. The city sits between the Sai and Asano rivers. Its total area is 467.77 km².Kanazawa's...

and others.

External links

Official website