The is Japanese railway line between and , all within the industrial area of

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. The line does not have any official name. This is the only railway line operates. The operator company was established on April 1, 2013 as a subsidiary of the former operator , a subsidiary of

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Stations

History

The Gakunan Railway began operations as an

industrial railway An industrial railway is a type of railway (usually private) that is not available for public transportation and is used exclusively to serve a particular industrial, logistics, or military site. In regions of the world influenced by British ra ...

named the on August 5, 1936 as part of a project to create an industrial center in Fuji city. The

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of the line was established at Yoshiwara Station on the Tokaido Main Line, and initial plans called for the line to be extended as far as

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. These plans were delayed by

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and were eventually cancelled with the end of the war and breakup of the

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. The line gained its present name on December 15, 1948, after which regularly scheduled passenger service began. The electric supply for the line was upgraded from 600 Volts to the present 1,500 volts in 1969. In 1984, scheduled freight services past were discontinued. All freight services were discontinued on March 16, 2012.

Rolling stock

* 5000 series(Formerly Tokyu 5000 Series) *7000 series *8000 series *9000 series File:Gakunan-5000.jpg, 5000 series File:Gakunan Railway Line.JPG, 7000 series File:Gakunan 8000.jpg, 8000 series File:Gakunan 9000 20190115.jpg, 9000 series

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External links

* {{HakoneFujiIzuTransit Railway lines in Japan Rail transport in Shizuoka Prefecture 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1936