The , or , is a railway system in Kyoto Prefecture and

Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...

, Japan operated by Willer Trains Inc. headquartered in Miyazu, Kyoto.

Company

The operating company Willer Trains Inc. is a subsidiary of

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Inc. Willer Trains is the first railway company in the Willer group, which is primarily operating in the industry of

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services.

Lines

The Kyoto Tango Railway consists of the following three lines: *

Miyafuku Line The is a railway line of Kyoto Tango Railway in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Trains on the line are operated by Willer Trains Inc. as part of its Kyoto Tango Railway system. History Building of the line was approved in 1953, with construction comme ...

*Miyamai Line (Brand name of the

Miyazu Line The is a railway line of the Kyoto Tango Railway in Kyoto Prefecture and Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Trains on the line are operated by Willer Trains Inc. as part of its Kyoto Tango Railway system. The and the are the aliases assigned by Wille ...

between and ) *Miyatoyo Line (Brand name of the Miyazu Line between Miyazu and ) The operation as the Kyoto Tango Railway began on April 1, 2015 succeeding the train operation function of the

Kitakinki Tango Railway was a railway operator in Japan. The company's name, which consists of "Kitakinki" meaning northern Kinki region and "Tango" meaning Tango Province, is occasionally abbreviated as KTR. KTR was a so-called "third sector" company jointly funded by ...

, which still owns the tracks and rolling stocks of the railway. The railway provides access to Amanohashidate Station, where

Amanohashidate Amanohashidate (天橋立 ja, Heaven's bridge) is one of Japan's three scenic views. The sandbar is located in Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture. It forms part of the Tango-Amanohashidate-Ōeyama Quasi-National Park. Location A thin s ...

, one of Japan's three scenic views, is located.

Special trains

The company operates one restaurant train called "KURO-MATSU", as well as two sightseeing trains called "AKA-MATSU" and "AO-MATSU".

References

External links

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NHK Train Cruise - Legends along the Kyoto Tango Railway
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