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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...

ese railway line, between Ueda

Ueda Station (Nagano)

is a railway station in the city of Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. JR East, the Shinano Railway and the Ueda Electric Railway provide service.-Lines:*East Japan Railway Company **Nagano Shinkansen *Shinano Railway...

 and Bessho-Onsen stations, all within Ueda, Nagano

Nagano Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Nagano.- History :Nagano was formerly known as the province of Shinano...

. This is currently the only railway line operates. The first section of the line opened in 1921. Although the company is the root of its holding company, , the group now mainly operates resort amusement facilities 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. Ueda Kōtsū group belongs to Tōkyū Corporation. The railway line lacked funds to upgrade the facility to meet the new safety standard, and separated to present company.

Basic data

• Distance: 11.6 km
• Gauge
  Rail gauge
  Track 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
• Stations: 15
• Track: single
• Electric supply: 1,500 V
  Volt
  The volt is the SI derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference, and electromotive force. The volt is named in honor of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery.- Definition :A single volt is defined as the...
  
   DC
  Direct current
  Direct current is the unidirectional flow of electric charge. Direct current is produced by such sources as batteries, thermocouples, solar cells, and commutator-type electric machines of the dynamo type. Direct current may flow in a conductor such as a wire, but can also flow through...
  
  
• Railway signalling
  Railway signalling
  Railway 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

External links

Ueda Kōtsū official website Ueda Electric Railway official website