- Kabe Line
The nihongo|Kabe Line|可部線|Kabesen is a
rail line operated by JR West within the city ofHiroshima ,Hiroshima Prefecture ,Japan . It begins atHiroshima Station and terminates at Kabe Station in Asakita-ku. It's one of the commuter lines to Hiroshima. The line was connected toSandankyō Station from Kabe Station.Beginning in summer 2007, the
ICOCA card can be used in all stations stations in theHiroshima City Network , including all stations on the Kabe Line.Line data
*Operator: West Japan Railway Company (Class-1 railroad)
*Official line length: 14.0km
*Gauge: 1067mm
*Stations: 12 (including Hiroshima Station and Kabe Station)
*Double track: none (entirely single track)
*Electrified sections: all (DC 1500V)
*Closure system: Special automatic closure type (track circuit detection)
*Speed limit: 65km/h
*Operational command: Hiroshima Integrated Command CenterHistory
*Opened between
Yokogawa Station toGion Station byDainippon Kido onDecember 19 ,1909 .
*Opened from Gion Station toFuruichibashi Station onNovember 19 ,1910 .
*Opened from Furuichibashi Station toOtagawabashi Station onDecember 25 ,1910 .
*Opened from Otagwa-bashi Station to Kabe Station onJune 12 ,1911 .
*Handed over toKabe Kido onMarch 11 ,1919 .
*Merged toHiroshima Denki Kido onMay 1 ,1926 .
*Electrified the line between Yokogawa Station to Furuichibashi Station, stopped train services between Furuichibashi Station to Kabe Station and deputized by bus services, closed Matsubara Station, openedTaishi Station onNovember 9 ,1928 .
*Electrified the line and resized the gauge between between Furuichibashi Station toShichikenjaya Station onAugust 10 ,1929 .
*Electrified the line and resized the gauge between between Otagawabashi Station to Kabe Station onDecember 2 ,1929 .
*OpenedOshibakoenguchi Station in October 1930.
*Renamed Taishi Station toNagasoku Station in 1931.
*Handed over toHirohama Rail Way onJuly 1 ,1931 .
*Standardized by new rail way law and renamed Kabe Station toHirohama-Kabe Station onDecember 1 ,1935 .
*Nationalized between Yokogawa Station to Kabe Station as Kabe Line and renamed Oshibakoenguchi Station toMitaki Station , Nagasoku Station toAki-Nagatsuka Station , Otagawabashi Station toKamiyagi Station ,Nakajima Station toAki-Nakashima Station and Hirohama-kabe Station to Kabe Station onSeptember 1 ,1936 .
*Opened from Kabe Station toAki-Imuro Station onOctober 13 ,1936 .
*Closed Aki-Nakashima Station onOctober 1 ,1943 .
*Rose the voltage from 600v to 750v onOctober 1 ,1948 .
*Opened from Aki-Imuro Station toKake Station and the total length of the national rail way had reached 20,000km onMarch 30 ,1954 .
*Reopened Aki-Nakashima Station asNakashima Station onJune 1 ,1956 .
*Opened Kōdo Station andImaida Station , renamedHigashikegi Station toKegi Station ,Tanoshiri Station toTsutsuga Station onDecember 20 ,1956 .
*Rose the voltage from 750v to 1500v onApril 23 ,1962 .
*Rebuilt between Yokogawa Station to Aki-Nagatsuka Station and moved Miatki Station onOctober 1 ,1962 .
*OpenedKagusa Station onFebruary 1 ,1966 .
*Listed up as the one of the deficit-ridden rail way sections to be discontinued onSeptember 4 ,1968 .
*Renamed Tsutsuga Station to Tanoshiri Station onJuly 1 ,1969 .
*Opened from Kake Station toSandankyō Station and bigan the cargo train services between Kake Station toTogouchi Station onJuly 27 ,1969 .
*Stopped cargo train services between Kabe Station to Togouchi Station onOctober 1 ,1978 .
*Stopped cargo train services between Yokogawa Station to Kabe Station onJanuary 1 ,1984 .
*Privatizded as JR West onApril 1 ,1987 .
*Started all train services from Kabe Station to run straight through toHiroshima Station onMarch 16 ,1991 .
*Opened Kabe Rail Way Section and started one man operation between Kabe Station to Sandankyō Station onApril 1 ,1991 .
*OpenedOmachi Station and connected toAstram Line onAugust 20 ,1994 .
*Discontinued/Suspended between Kabe Station to Sandankyō Station onDecember 1 ,2003 .
*Closed Kabe Rail Way Section and started the operation by JR West onJuly 1 ,2006 .Discontinued/Suspended section data
*Operator: West Japan Railway Company (Class-1 railroad)
*Official line length: 46.2km
*Gauge: 1067mm
*Stations: 21 (exincluding Kabe Station)
*Double track: none (entirely single track)
*Electrified sections: non
*Closure system:
**section between Kabe Station to Kake Station: Special automatic closure type
**section between Kake Station to Sandankyō Station: Staff closure type
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