Katsuyama Eiheiji Line

nihongo|Katsuyama Eiheiji Line|勝山永平寺線|Katsuyama Eiheiji-sen is a railway line operated by Echizen Railway in Fukui Prefecture. The line streches from the city of Fukui to Katsuyama with a total of 27.8 km and 23 stations. It was operated by Keifuku Electric Railway until 2003.

chedule

Trains are run about every half half hour, except for the rush hour time at seven o'clock. Rapid trains are run in the morning once a day only for Fukui, stopping at the following stations:
Katsuyama Station, Hossaka Station, Echizen-Takehara Station, Sannō Station, Eiheijiguchi Station, and every station between Matsuoka and Fukui. [ [http://www.echizen-tetudo.co.jp/A3-dia.pdf Schedule] ]

History

Kyoto Dentō, a former body of Keifuku began operating the line in 1913 between Shin-Fukui Station and Ichiarakawa Station (now Echizen-Takehara Station) as Echizen Main Line. The entire line was opened in 1918 to Ōno-Jūban Station (later renamed to Keifuku-Ōno), and the line extended to Fukui in 1929. [http://www57.tok2.com/home/tram/echizen.html History of Katsuyama Eiheiji Line] ] In 1974, The sector from Katsuyama Station to Keifuku-Ōno was discontinued, and the route from Eiheijiguchi to Katsuyama was taken into consideration in 1998, which the local community opposed and was taken down. On December 17, 2000, A train entering from Eiheiji Line at Higashi-Furuichi (now Eiheijiguchi) Station could not stop due to brake problems and collided into another train on Echizen Main Line, killing the driver and injuring 24 passengers. Again on June 24, 2001, two trains going different directions collided head-to-head between Hota and Hossaka stations on the Echizen Main Line injuring 24, and forcing Keifuku to cease operation and eventually transfer its Fukui Prefecture lines to Echizen Railway in 2003. [ [http://www.mlit.go.jp/chubu/soumu/keifuku010624_1.htm Official report of the incident] ]

Rolling stock

Echizen Railway uses twenty-five cars total in its entire railway. The main type active is the MC6101, with twelve cars, followed by MC2101 with eight cars, MC6001 with two cars, and three other types with one each. [ [http://www.echizen-tetudo.co.jp/07-profile/07-profile.html Information of the company] ]

tations

*x: stop, |: pass
*Local trains (普通) stop at every station

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