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coast of central Japan. It is operated by

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(JR West). The long

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railway connects

Tsuruga Station is a railway station in the city of Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is served by the Hokuriku Main Line and the Obama Line. A freight-only branch Line known as the Tsuruga Port Line operated by JR Frei ...

on the

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Tsuruga is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 66,123 in 28,604 households and the population density of 260 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Tsuruga is located in central ...

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and

Higashi-Maizuru Station is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan, and operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Higashi-Maizuru Station is served by the Maizuru Line and is 24.6 kilometers from the term ...

on the

Maizuru Line The is a railway line in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Ayabe and Higashi-Maizuru, the line beyond there being called the Obama Line connecting to Tsuruga. Stations *Local trains sto ...

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, Kyoto Prefecture. The

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and the

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of Mihama, Wakasa, Ōi and Takahama are located in the central section of the line.

History

The Tsuruga - Tomura section opened in 1917, and the line was then extended westward to Obama in 1918, Wakasa-Takahama in 1921 and connected to the

at Higashi-Maizuru the following year. Freight services between Tsuruga and Mitsumatsu ceased in 1997. The line was

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on March 15, 2003.

Stations

Rolling stock

The line uses single-car 125 series EMU cars, sometimes substituted by 521 series EMU cars.

Former

* KiHa 20 *

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* KiHa 53 * KiHa 26・55 * KiHa 28・58 * 113 series (until October 2006)

References

* "JR Timetable" December 2008

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