The Kawakami Line (川上線, Kawakami-sen) was a railway line in Karafuto Prefecture during the days of the Empire of Japan. It ran 21.9 kilometres (13.6 mi) from Konuma Station on the East Coast Line to Kawakami Coal Mine Station.[1]

Kawakami Tanzan (Coal Mine) Station

Route edit

As published by the Ministry of Railways, as of 1 October 1937 the stations of the Kawakami Line were as follows:[1]

川上線 - Kawakami Line
Distance Station name
Total (km) S2S (km) Transcribed, English Kanji USSR Station opened Connections Municipality
0.0 0.0 Konuma 小沼 Новоалександровка 1911-07-20 East Coast Line Toyokita Village
5.6 5.6 Kawakami 川上 Ключи 1914-04-10 Toyokita Village
5.3 10.9 Kawakami Onsen 川上温泉 1922-10-01 Toyokita Village
2.2 13.1 Oku-Kawakami 奥川上 Тепловодская 1914-04-10 Toyokita Village
5.6 18.7 Nakayama 中山 17 км 1922-10-01 Kawakami Village
3.2 21.9 Kawakami Tanzan 川上炭山 Синегорск 1922-10-01 Kawakami Village

Russian era edit

 
Railway path at 1 km (2016)

This line continue operating by MPS/RZD, end stations were renamed to Novoaleksandrovka and Sinegorsk. Passenger service closed in 1997. Coal mines closed in 2004. Last train was circa 2006. Line was dismantled in 2016-2018.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b 鉄道停車場一覧 [List of Railway Stations]. Ministry of Railways. 1 October 1937. p. 541. Retrieved 27 September 2019 – via National Diet Library Digital Collection.