The is a Japanese railway line connecting Kawanishi and

Nishikichō , officially , is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme to 3-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 673. This district is located on the northern part of Chiyoda. It borders Kanda-Ogawamachi and Kanda-Jinbōchō ...

stations, all within

Iwakuni, Yamaguchi is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. History Iwakuni was formerly the castle town of the Iwakuni han, which was formed by Lord Hiroie Kikkawa after he was banished there for supporting the defeated shōgun. The Kikkawa clan rule ...

. As the name suggests, the line parallels the

Nishiki River The is a 110 km long river, the longest in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The Nishiki is the main river in a larger system measuring 331.8 km in total. The government of Japan classifies it as a second-class river system. The Nishiki Riv ...

(''Nishiki-gawa''). This is the only railway line operates. The third-sector company (in Japanese sense) took former

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West) line in 1987. The line was proposed to be extended to Nichihara, on the

Yamaguchi Line The is a railway line in western Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line connects Shin-Yamaguchi Station in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi and Masuda Station in Masuda, Shimane. History The Ogori (now Shin-Yamaguchi) - Yamaguchi ...

, but was not completed (see History section below). The company also operates bus lines and a travel agency.

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*Distance: *

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: *Stations: 13 *Track: single *Electric supply: not electrified *

Railway signalling Railway signalling (), also called railroad signaling (), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them uniquely susceptible to collision. This susceptibility is exacerbated by the enormou ...

: **Kawanishi — Kita-Gōchi: Automatic **Kita-Gōchi — Nishikichō: Simplified automatic

Stations

*All trains operate through to

(JR-West)

Gantoku Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in western Japan, connecting Iwakuni Station in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, and Kushigahama Station in Shūnan, Yamaguchi. The line was originally built as a more direct route betw ...

beyond to .

History

The opened to Kawayama on 1 November 1960, operated by

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR), and was extended to Nishikichō in 1963. Construction of the proposed extension to Nichihara on the

commenced in 1967, and about 50% of the roadbed had been completed when construction was abandoned in 1980. The Nishikigawa Railway was established on 1 April 1987, renaming and taking over operations of the line from 25 July of the same year.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nishikigawa Railway Nishikigawa Seiryu Line Railway lines in Japan Rail transport in Yamaguchi Prefecture 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Japanese third-sector railway lines

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