Takayama Main Line

nihongo|Takayama Main Line|高山本線|Takayama Honsen is a Japanese railway line between Gifu Station in Gifu and Toyama Station in Toyama, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line directly links Chūkyō Metropolitan Area (metropolitan Nagoya) and Hokuriku region in a shorter distance, but slower than to use Tōkaidō Shinkansen and Hokuriku Main Line. Now the line primary functions as an access to scenic areas of Hida (ancient Hida Province) in rugged mountains in northern Gifu Prefecture, such as Gero "onsen" (hot spring), Takayama, Shirakawa-gō, or the "Japan Rhine" (Kiso River). The first section of the line, between Gifu and Kagamigahara, opened in 1920. The whole line was completed in 1934.

Between 2004 and September 8, 2007 the segment between Tsunogawa Station and Inotani Station was closed due to a flood damage from Typhoon Tokage. [ [http://jr-central.co.jp/co.nsf/news/nws2007521-173545 高山線全線の運転再開について (About resuming the operation of the whole Takayama Line)] , the news released by JR Central.]

Basic data

*Operators, distances:
**Total distance: 225.8 km
**Central Japan Railway Company (Category 1)
***Gifu - Inotani: 189.2 km
**West Japan Railway Company (Category 1)
***Inotani - Toyama: 36.6 km
**Japan Freight Railway Company (Category 2)
***Inotani - Toyama: 36.6 km
*Gauge: 1,067 mm
*Stations: 45
*Track: single
*Electric supply: not electrified
*Railway signalling:
**Gifu - Inotani: Automatic
**Inotani - Toyama: Special Automatic, a simplified automatic system
*CTC center:
**Gifu - Inotani: Tōkai Operation Control Center
**Inotani - Toyama: Kanazawa Operation Control Center

ervices

The limited express train nihongo|Hida|ひだ runs between Nagoya and Takayama, Hida-Furukawa, or Toyama 10 return services a day, and between Ōsaka and Takayama 1 return service a day.

The line is generally divided to three parts for local services, the one being the segment between Gifu and Takayama, another between Takayama and Inotani, and between Inotani and Toyama. There are roughly 2 trains per one hour between Gifu and Mino-Ōta, while there is no local train for four hours between Gero and Takayama.

tations

ignal Boxes

Hisuikyō Signal Box

Hisuikyō Signal Box is a 2 track siding loop in Hichisō, Gifu. ( coor : coord|35.54514|137.144238|format=dms|display=inline|type:landmark_region:JP )

Washibara Signal Box

Washibara Signal Box is a 2 track siding loop in Shirakawa, Gifu. ( coor : coord|35.601801|137.173399|format=dms|display=inline|type:landmark_region:JP )

Fukurai Signal Box

Fukurai Signal Box is a 2 track siding loop in Gero, Gifu. ( coor : coord|35.680959|137.16673|format=dms|display=inline|type:landmark_region:JP )

hōgano Signal Box

Shōgano Signal Box is a 2 track siding loop in Gero, Gifu. ( coor : coord|35.795115|137.253662|format=dms|display=inline|type:landmark_region:JP )

ee also

*List of railway lines in Japan

References