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company in Toyama Toyama may refer to:
Places
* Toyama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on the main Honshu island
* Toyama (city), the capital city of Toyama Prefecture
* Toyama Station, the main station of Toyama, Toyama
* Toyama Sta ...
, Toyama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 993,848 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...
, Japan. The company is commonly known as . This private company operates railway, tram, and bus services in the eastern part of the prefecture. It also operates as the agency of All Nippon Airways
(ANA) is a Japanese airline headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. ANA operates services to both domestic and international destinations and is Japan's largest airline, ahead of its main rival flag carrier Japan Airlines. the airline has approximate ...
in Toyama area. The company has its root in founded in 1930. The current company was founded in 1943, when all the private and public operators of railway, tram, and bus lines in the prefecture were merged into one. In 1950, it founded Kaetsunō Railway
is a bus company operating in the central and western parts of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Contrary to its name, the company no longer operates railway lines. Its last Manyō Line was handed over to Manyōsen in 2002.
Outline
As it discontinued al ...
, planning to build the railway line that links Toyama and Ishikawa. Chitetsu handed over its networks in the western part of Toyama Prefecture, although the plan never came to fruition.
Lines
Railway lines
: Toyama Chiho Railway Main Line ( 本線): Dentetsu-Toyama — Unazuki-Onsen : Toyama Chiho Railway Tateyama Line ( 立山線): Terada — Tateyama : Fujikoshi-Kamidaki Line: These two lines are treated as a single line. :: Fujikoshi Line ( 不二越線): Inarimachi — Minami-Toyama :: Kamidaki Line ( 上滝線): Minami-Toyama — Iwakuraji All the trains from Tateyama Line and Fujikoshi-Kamidaki Line have through services to the Main Line, reaching Dentetsu-Toyama.
Tram lines
Lines
The tram lines are collectively called theToyama City Tram Line
The of Toyama Chihō Railway, commonly referred to as , is a narrow gauge tram system in Toyama, Toyama, Toyama, Japan. Its first operation was in 1912. It has 23 stations and runs 7.3 km.
While the system officially consists of five lin ...
, officially consisting of five lines.
*Main Line (本線): Minami-Toyama-Ekimae — Toyama-Ekimae
**This is a different line from ■ Main Line (railway)
The main line, or mainline in American English, of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines, yards, sidings, and spurs are connected. It generally refers to a route ...
.
*Branch Line (支線): Toyama-Ekimae — Marunouchi
*Yasunoya Line (安野屋線): Marunouchi — Yasunoya
*Kureha Line (呉羽線): Yasunoya — Daigaku-mae
*Toyama Toshin Line (富山都心線): Marunouchi — Nishichō
* Toyamakō Line (富山港線): Toyama-Ekimae — Iwasehama
Routes
The tram operates in two routes. The Main, Branch, Yasunoya and Kureha lines effectively make a single route, from Minami-Toyama-Ekimae to Daigaku-mae. Some tramcars run between Minami-Toyama-Ekimae and Toyama-Ekimae. The Branch Line, the Toyama Toshin Line and a part of the Main Line form a circle route in the city center. The latter route was introduced in December 2009 when the Toyama Toshin Line opened. There is a plan to link Toyama-Ekimae Station and Toyamaekikita Station ofToyama Light Rail Toyama may refer to:
Places
* Toyama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on the main Honshu island
* Toyama (city), the capital city of Toyama Prefecture
* Toyama Station, the main station of Toyama, Toyama
* Toyama Sta ...
, currently 250 m away. After two tram lines are linked, they will have a through service.
Bus lines
The company operates local bus lines in the whole eastern part of the prefecture, including Toyama City. It also operates many highway buses linking Toyama City and other parts of Japan, includingTokyo
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, Osaka
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...
, Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...
, and Kanazawa
is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
Etymology
The name "Kanazaw ...
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Accidents and incidents
In April 2023, a nineteen-year-old track maintenance worker was struck and killed by a train. On 6 June 2024, the Toyama Labor Standards Inspection Office referred the company and three of its employees to the prosecutor's office for alleged violations of the Industrial Safety and Health Act in connection with the accident.Related companies
*Kaetsunō Railway
is a bus company operating in the central and western parts of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Contrary to its name, the company no longer operates railway lines. Its last Manyō Line was handed over to Manyōsen in 2002.
Outline
As it discontinued al ...
*Tateyama Kurobe Kankō
The is a mountain sightseeing route between Tateyama, Toyama and Ōmachi, Nagano, Japan. Opened on June 1, 1971, it is long, with a difference in elevation of as much as .
The Alpine Route goes through Tateyama (Mt. Tate) in the Hida ...
See also
*List of railway companies in Japan
List of railway companies in Japan lists Japanese railway operators.
Those in ''italics'' are the third-sector operators; being half-public, half-private.
Japan Railways Group
The Japan Railways Group consists of the seven companies that were f ...
* List of light-rail transit systems
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Toyama Chiho Railway Railway companies of Japan Bus companies of Japan Tram transport in Japan Railway companies established in 1943