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Nanao Line
JR West 415-800 series EMU used on the Nanao LineOverview Type Heavy rail Locale Ishikawa Prefecture Termini Tsubata
AnamizuStations 20 (JR West), 8 (Noto Railway) Operation Opened 1898 Owner West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Operator(s) JR West, Noto Railway Technical Line length 59.5 km (36.97 mi) (JR West), 33.1 km (20.57 mi) (Noto Railway) Track length 87.5 km (54.37 mi) (JR West) Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Cape gauge Electrification 1500 V DC (Tsubata — Wakura-Onsen) Operating speed 100 km/h (62 mph) Route map
Nanao Line LegendHokuriku Line to Maibara 0.0 Tsubata Hokuriku Line to Naoetsu 1.8 Naka-Tsubata 2.9 Hon-Tsubata 5.1 Nose 8.8 Unoke 11.8 Yokoyama 14.4 Takamatsu 17.8 Menden 20.9 Hōdatsu 24.2 Shikinami 26.7 Minami-Hakui 29.7 Hakui 33.8 Chiji 37.5 Kanemaru 41.1 Notobe 43.9 Yoshikawa 46.1 Noto-Ninomiya 48.9 Tokuda JR-W: Nanao Line
0.0 Nanao Shared right-of-way 5.1 Wakura-Onsen Noto Railway: Nanao Line
8.6 Tatsuruhama 12.7 Kasashiho 16.3 Noto-Nakajima 22.5 Nishigishi 26.8 Noto-Kashima 33.1 Anamizu Noto Line
44.1 Noto-Mii 49.1 Noto-Ichinose 53.5 Wajima The Nanao Line (七尾線 Nanao-sen ) is a railway line of West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Noto Railway in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It runs between Tsubata Station in Tsubata and Anamizu Station in Anamizu.
JR West operates the section between Tsubata and Wakura-Onsen, while Noto Railway operates the section between Nanao and Anamizu. The section between Wakura-Onsen and Nanao is served by both companies. A further section of the line between Anamizu and Wajima closed in 2001.
Prior to the transfer of the Wakura-Onsen — Wajima section from JR West to Noto Railway in 1991, Noto Railway took control of another former Japanese National Railways line in 1988, the Noto Line. It was closed in 2005.
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JR West
JR West owns the entire Nanao Line between Tsubata and Anamizu, but it only operates the southern section while Noto Railway operates the rest of the line.
Nearly all local and rapid trains run between Nanao and Kanazawa or Komatsu. Between Nanao and Anamizu, only Noto Railway operates local trains.
The JR section is electrified and operates both local and limited express trains. Among others, there are nine Thunderbird limited express trains (4½ round trips) per day between Osaka and Wakura-Onsen, as well as a single round-trip Shirasagi limited express train between Nagoya and Wakura-Onsen.[1]
Basic data
- Operators, distances:
- West Japan Railway Company (Tracks)
- Tsubata — Anamizu: 87.5 km (54.37 mi)
- West Japan Railway Company (Services)
- Tsubata — Wakura-Onsen: 59.5 km (36.97 mi)
- Noto Railway (Services)
- Nanao — Wakura-Onsen: 5.1 km (3.17 mi)
- West Japan Railway Company (Tracks)
- Stations: 20
- Tracks: Entire line single-tracked
- Electrification: Tsubata — Wakura-Onsen (1500 V DC)
- Railway signalling:
- Tsubata — Wakura-Onsen: Simplified automatic
Stations
Station Japanese Distance (km) Rapid Transfers Location Between
StationsTotal Tsubata 津幡駅 0.0 0.0 ● JR West: Hokuriku Main Line Tsubata, Kahoku District Ishikawa Naka-Tsubata 中津幡駅 1.8 1.8 | Hon-Tsubata 本津幡駅 1.1 2.9 | Nose 能瀬駅 2.2 5.1 | Unoke 宇野気駅 3.7 8.8 ● Kahoku Yokoyama 横山駅 3.0 11.8 | Takamatsu 高松駅 2.6 14.4 ● Menden 免田駅 3.4 17.8 | Hōdatsushimizu, Hakui District Hōdatsu 宝達駅 3.1 20.9 ● Shikinami 敷浪駅 3.3 24.2 | Minami-Hakui 南羽咋駅 2.5 26.7 | Hakui Hakui 羽咋駅 3.0 29.7 ● Chiji 千路駅 4.1 33.8 ▲ Kanemaru 金丸駅 3.7 37.5 ▲ Nakanoto, Kashima District Notobe 能登部駅 3.6 41.1 ● Yoshikawa 良川駅 2.8 43.9 ● Noto-Ninomiya 能登二宮駅 2.2 46.1 ▲ Tokuda 徳田駅 2.8 48.9 ▲ Nanao Nanao 七尾駅 5.5 54.4 ● Noto Railway: Nanao Line Wakura-Onsen 和倉温泉駅 5.1 59.5 Noto Railway: Nanao Line Rapid trains stop at stations marked with a "●". Of trains bound for Kanazawa, some stop at stations marked with a "▲" while all stop at stations marked "■". All rapid trains pass stations marked "|".
Noto Railway
The Noto Railway section is not electrified (except for the section shared with JR West) and operates local trains only. Between Nanao and Anamizu, only Noto Railway operates local trains; there is no through service to the JR West-operated part of the line south of Nanao.
Basic data
- Operators, distances:
- West Japan Railway Company (Tracks)
- Tsubata — Anamizu: 87.5 km (54.37 mi)
- Noto Railway (Services)
- Nanao — Anamizu: 33.1 km (20.57 mi)
- West Japan Railway Company (Tracks)
- Stations: 8
- Tracks: Entire line single-tracked
- Electrification: Nanao — Wakura-Onsen (1500 V DC)
- Railway signalling:
- Nanao — Anamizu: Simplified automatic
Stations
Station Japanese Distance (km) Rapid Transfers Location Between
StationsTotal Nanao 七尾駅 - 0.0 JR West: Nanao Line Nanao Ishikawa Wakura-Onsen 和倉温泉駅 5.1 5.1 JR West: Nanao Line Tatsuruhama 田鶴浜駅 3.5 8.6 Kasashiho 笠師保駅 4.1 12.7 Noto-Nakajima 能登中島駅 3.6 16.3 Nishigishi 西岸駅 6.2 22.5 Noto-Kashima 能登鹿島駅 4.3 26.8 Anamizu, Hōsu District Anamizu 穴水駅 6.3 33.1 History
The section between Tsubata Station (now Hon-Tsubata Station) and Yatashin Station (later renamed Nanaominato Station and closed in 1984) via Nanao Station was constructed and opened by Nanao Railway (七尾鉄道 Nanao-tetsudō ) on April 24, 1898. The terminal in Tsubata was moved to the present Tsubata Station on August 2, 1900, and connected to the government-owned Hokuriku Main Line. Nanao Railway was nationalized on September 1, 1907.[2]
The line was extended and had been operated by the Japanese Government Railways. In 1925 the Nanao — Wakura (now Wakura-Onsen) section opened, and in 1935 the line was completed with the opening of the Anamizu — Wajima section. In 1991, the Nanao Line was electrified to Wakura-Onsen, enabling through operation of trains from the Hokuriku Main Line. Operation of the Nanao — Wajima section was handed over to the Noto Railway. In 2001, the section between Anamizu and Wajima was closed.
See also
References
External links
- Noto Railway official website (Japanese)
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