Sagano Line

Sagano Line

is the popular name for a portion of the Sanin Main Line in the suburbs of Kyoto, Japan. The electrified and partially double-tracked railway is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line starts at Kyoto Station and ends at Sonobe Station.

The Sagano Line has been incorporated into JR's Urban Network. This name has been in use since 1988.

agano Scenic Railway

The Nihongo|Sagano Scenic Railway|嵯峨野観光鉄道|Sagano Kankō Tetsudō is a sightseeing railway that uses an abandoned section of the Sagano Line. In 1989, the Sagano Line was rerouted between the present day Saga Arashiyama Station to Umahori to accommodate dual tracks and electrification, but the old route, which ran along the Hozu River, had been popular with tourists. and the Sagano Scenic Railway, an affiliate of West Japan Railway Company and developed jointly with the city of Kameoka was founded, and the Sagano Scenic Line began operation in 1991.

The tracks and stations were all formerly used by the Sagano Line and still owned by JR West, while the train is composed of a retired JR West diesel locomotive and "torokko" open-sided cars (derived from the English "truck") converted from former freight gondola cars.

The Sagano Scenic Line stations are as follows (Sagano Line station in parentheses)::Torokko Saga (Saga Arashiyama) - Torokko Arashiyama - Torokko Hozukyo (Hozukyō) - Torokko Kameoka (Umahori)

tations

*All stations on the Sagano Line are located in Kyoto Prefecture
*Rapid Service trains stop at Kyoto, Nijo, Saga-Arashiyama, Emmachi, and every station from Kameoka to Sonobe.

External links

* [http://www.sagano-kanko.co.jp/eng/index.htm Sagano Scenic Railway web site]


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