Tenryū Hamanako Line

Tenryū Hamanako Line
Tenryū Hamanako Line
	TH2100 series train
Overview
Locale	Shizuoka Prefecture
Termini	Kakegawa; Shinjohara;
Stations	37
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Tenryū Hamanako Railway
History
Opened	1936
Technical
Line length	67.7 kilometres (42.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map
	Legend

The Tenryū Hamanako Line (天竜浜名湖線, Tenryū Hamanako-sen), or Tenhama Line (天浜線, Tenhama-sen) for short, is a Japanese railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, paralleling the north coast of Lake Hamana between Kakegawa Station in Kakegawa and Shinjohara Station in Kosai. This is the only railway line of Tenryū Hamanako Railroad (天竜浜名湖鉄道, Tenryū Hamanako Tetsudō).

History edit

The Japanese National Railways Futamata Line (二俣線, Futamata sen) was built as an alternative route for the Tokaido Main Line and in particular as a backup for the bridge over Lake Hamana, which was considered potentially vulnerable to weather disruption. The Japanese military also supported the project as the new line would be less vulnerable to coastal attack than the existing section of the Tokaido Main Line. Operations began on April 17, 1935, between Kakegawa and Enshū-Mori. Construction work progressed in the opposite direction with the Futamata-Nishi Line (二俣線西, Futamata-Nishi sen) connecting Shinjohara with Mikkabi on December 1, 1936. This line was extended to Kaminobe by April 1, 1938, and the two lines were connected on June 1, 1940.

The line was used as a detour for the Tokaido Main Line following damage to it caused by the Tōnankai earthquake in December 1944 and military actions in July 1945.

Steam locomotives ceased service on the line in 1971, and all scheduled freight services were discontinued from 1984.

Operations of the former Futamata Line were taken over by the third sector company Tenryū Hamanako Railroad in 1987,^[1] the same year Japanese National Railways was privatized.

Thirty-six features of the line (including bridges and station buildings) are registered tangible cultural properties of Japan.^[2]

Former connecting lines edit

Tenryu-Futamata station – Construction started on a 35 km line to Chubu-Tenryu on the Iida Line in 1967. Proposed to involve 20 bridges and 14 tunnels, about 13 km of roadbed, and about 50% of the overall work had been completed when construction was abandoned in 1980.
Kanasashi station – The 26 km 762mm gauge line from Entetsu Hamamatsu station on the Enshu Railway Line to Okuyama opened between 1914 and 1923. The 8 km Entetsu Hamamatsu - Hikuma section was electrified at 600 VDC in 1950, the line closing in 1963/4.

Description edit

Track: Single
Power: Internal Combustion (Diesel)
Railway signalling: Simplified automatic

Stations edit

Name		Distance (km)	Connecting lines	Location
Kakegawa	掛川	0.0	JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Tōkaidō Main Line	Kakegawa	Shizuoka
Kakegawa-shiyakusho-mae	掛川市役所前	1.3
Nishi-Kakegawa	西掛川	1.8
Sakuragi	桜木	4.0
Ikoinohiroba	いこいの広場	5.5
Hosoya	細谷	6.0
Haranoya	原谷	7.9
Harada	原田	9.4
Towata	戸綿	12.0		Mori Shūchi District
Enshū-Mori	遠州森	12.8
Morimachibyōin-mae	森町病院前	13.6
Enden	円田	14.7
Tōtōmi-Ichinomiya	遠江一宮	16.4
Shikiji	敷地	19.9		Iwata
Toyooka	豊岡	23.0
Kaminobe	上野部	24.4
Tenryū-Futamata	天竜二俣	26.2		Tenryū-ku Hamamatsu
Futamata-Hommachi	二俣本町	26.8
Nishi-Kajima	西鹿島	28.5	Enshū Railway Line
Gansuiji	岩水寺	30.3		Hamakita-ku Hamamatsu
Miyaguchi	宮口	32.3		Hamakita-ku Hamamatsu
Fruit Park	フルーツパーク	36.2		Kita-ku Hamamatsu
Miyakoda	都田	37.7
Tokohadaigakumae	常葉大学前	39.1
Kanasashi	金指	41.9
Okaji	岡地	43.5
Kiga	気賀	44.8
Nishi-Kiga	西気賀	47.7
Sunza	寸座	49.4
Hamanako-Sakume	浜名湖佐久米	50.7
Higashi-Tsuzuki	東都筑	51.9
Tsuzuki	都筑	53.3
Mikkabi	三ヶ日	55.6
Okuhamanako	奥浜名湖	56.8
Ona	尾奈	58.1
Chibata	知波田	62.9		Kosai
Ōmori	大森	65.0
Asumomae	アスモ前	66.7
Shinjohara	新所原	67.7	JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line

References edit

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

^ Bushell, Chris, ed. (2006). Railway Directory 2006 (111th ed.). Reed Business Information. p. 126. ISBN 0-617-01031-5.
^ "The Train for Slow Life and Slow Food". Public Relations Office, The Government of Japan. July 2019. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2021.

External links edit

[RD2006-1] Bushell, Chris, ed. (2006). Railway Directory 2006 (111th ed.). Reed Business Information. p. 126. ISBN 0-617-01031-5.

[2] "The Train for Slow Life and Slow Food". Public Relations Office, The Government of Japan. July 2019. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2021.

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