The is a Japanese railway line entirely within
Hashima,
Gifu Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, F ...
. It is owned by
Nagoya Railroad
, referred to as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.
Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the ''Panorama Car'' and the '' Panorama Car Super'', both of which off ...
(Meitetsu), and operated as an extension of the
Takehana line, providing a connection to the
Tokaido Shinkansen
The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 1964, ...
at
Gifu-Hashima Station
is a railway station on the Tokaido Shinkansen located in the city of Hashima, Gifu, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It is the sole Shinkansen station in Gifu Prefecture.
Lines
Gifu-Hashima Station is served only ...
.
History
Proposed in 1962, land acquisition difficulties prevented construction starting until 1978, and the line opened in 1982.
Stations
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References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
{{Nagoya transit
Rail transport in Gifu Prefecture
Hashima Line
Railway lines opened in 1982
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
1982 establishments in Japan