The was a Japanese

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

line of

Noto Railway is a Japanese railway company on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture. It runs the Nanao Line with eight stops between Nanao and Anamizu, a distance of . There are 34 trains plus sightseeing trains on the line. It previously operated the N ...

Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to ...

, between

Anamizu Station is a railway station on the Nanao Line in the town of Anamizu, Hōsu District, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Noto Railway. Lines Anamizu Station is a terminus of the Noto Railway Nanao Line, and is ...

in Anamizu, Hōsu District and

Takojima Station was a railway station located in Suzu, Ishikawa, Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Line * Noto Railway ** Noto Railway Noto Line, Noto Line History This station was opened on September 21, 1964, by Japanese National Railways as the terminus of ...

in Suzu. This railway line closed on April 1, 2005.

Line data

* Length: 61 km *

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: * Number of stations: 30 * Double Track: None (single track) * Electrified Section: None (non electrified)

History

The first 22.9-km section of the Noto Line of

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) between

and Ukawa Station opened on June 15, 1959. It was extended 9.9 km to Ushitsu Station on April 17, 1960, 13.8 km to Matsunami Station on October 1, 1963 and 14.5 km to

on September 21, 1964 completing the line of 61.1 km in total, and featuring 49 tunnels in that distance. Following the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the line was operated by

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 ...

until the company transferred the operation of the line to Noto Railway on March 25, 1988. The line was closed on April 1, 2005.

Stations

References

{{Specified local lines, state=collapsed Railway lines in Japan Rail transport in Ishikawa Prefecture Railway lines opened in 1959 Defunct railroads Railway lines closed in 2005 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Japanese third-sector railway lines