- Hidaka Main Line
The nihongo|Hidaka Main Line|日高本線|Hidaka Honsen is a
railway line inHokkaidō operated byHokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaidō), betweenTomakomai Station in Tomakomai andSamani Station in Samani, running through the coast ofHidaka Subprefecture .Basic Data
*Operator: Hokkaidō Railway Company
*Distance: Tomakomai - Samani; 146.5 km
*Stations: 29
*Gauge: 1067 mm
*Track: single
*Traction: internal combustion
*Block system:
**Tomakomai - Tomakomai Freight Station: automatic
**Tomakomai F.S. - Samani: special automatic (, electronic signal verification); a simplified automatic system
*Stations withpassing loop s: 4; Mukawa, Hidaka-mombetsu, Shizunai, and HonkiriHistory
nihongo|Tomakomai Light Railway|苫小牧軽便鉄道|Tomakomai Keiben Tetsudō opened the line between Tomakomai and Saruta (now Tomikawa) in 1913, and nihongo|Hidaka Takushoku Railway|日高拓殖鉄道|Hidaka Takushoku Tetsudō opened the line between Saruta and Atsuga, in 1924, both funded by
Oji Paper Company in Tomakomai. The two lines werelight railway s with 762 mm gauge. The lines were nationalized in 1927, merged into one as Hidaka Line. The rail gauge was widened in 1929 and 1931, and the line was extended to Samani in 1937. There was a plan to link Hidaka Main Line and nihongo|Hiroo Line |広尾線|Hiroo-sen, viaCape Erimo . However, the plan never came into reality. Instead, Hiroo line ceased its operation in 1987.ervices
All the regular trains make stop at all the stations.
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ee also
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List of railway lines in Japan External links
* [http://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/ JR Hokkaidō official website]
* [http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/ JR Hokkaidō official website]
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