The is a

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 p ...

line of the

Kyoto Tango Railway The , or , is a railway system in Kyoto Prefecture and Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan operated by Willer Trains Inc. headquartered in Miyazu, Kyoto. Company The operating company Willer Trains Inc. is a subsidiary of Willer Alliance Inc. Willer Trains ...

in Kyoto Prefecture and

Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...

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. Trains on the line are operated by Willer Trains Inc. as part of its

system. The and the are the aliases assigned by Willer Trains to the sections of the line.

History

The Nishi-Maizuru - Miyazu section was opened in 1924 by the

Japanese Government Railway The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Ra ...

, and extended west progressively, reaching Amino in 1926. The Toyooka - Kumihama section opened in 1929, the Amino - Tango-Kanno section in 1931, and the line was completed in 1932 with the opening of the Kumihama - Tango-Kanno section Freight services ceased in 1985, and in 1990 the Kitakinki Tango Railway commenced operating the line. It electrified the Amanohashidate - Miyazu section in 1996, enabling EMU services from the

Miyafuku Line The is a railway line of Kyoto Tango Railway in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Trains on the line are operated by Willer Trains Inc. as part of its Kyoto Tango Railway system. History Building of the line was approved in 1953, with construction comme ...

to service Amanohashidate Station. On April 1, 2015, the train operation business of Kitakinki Tango Railway was transferred to Willer Trains, Inc., which named the railway system the Kyoto Tango Railway. At this time, the nicknames Miyamai Line and Miyatoyo Line were assigned to the line.

Former connecting lines

* Nodagawa station - The Kaya Railway Co. opened a 6 km line to its namesake town in 1926. In 1942 the line was extended 3 km to the Oeyama nickel mine, and a 4 km extension from Nodagawa to Iwataki built to service an ore treatment plant. Both extensions closed in 1946, and the original line closed in 1985.

Route data

*Operating Company: **Willer Trains ( Category-2, Services) **

Kitakinki Tango Railway was a railway operator in Japan. The company's name, which consists of "Kitakinki" meaning northern Kinki region and "Tango" meaning Tango Province, is occasionally abbreviated as KTR. KTR was a so-called "third sector" company jointly funded by ...

( Category-3, Tracks) *Distance: **Toyooka — Nishi-Maizuru: 83.6 km *

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: *Stations: 19 *Double-tracking: None *Electrification: Amanohashidate - Miyazu (1500 VDC) *

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 enormo ...

: **special automatic occlusive (electronic sign A review type)

Station list

Legend: S - trains stop; , - trains pass

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia {{Specified local lines, state=collapsed Railway lines in Japan Rail transport in Kyoto Prefecture Rail transport in Hyōgo Prefecture Japanese third-sector railway lines

History

Former connecting lines

Route data

Station list

See also

References