Nanao Line

Nanao Line
Nanao Line

JR West 415-800 series EMU used on the Nanao Line
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Locale Ishikawa Prefecture
Termini Tsubata
Anamizu
Stations 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)

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)
  • Stations: 20
  • Tracks: Entire line single-tracked
  • Electrification: Tsubata — Wakura-Onsen (1500 V DC)
  • Railway signalling:

Stations

Station Japanese Distance (km) Rapid Transfers Location
Between
Stations
Total
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

Noto Railway NT200 series DMU at Anamizu Station

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

Stations

Station Japanese Distance (km) Rapid Transfers Location
Between
Stations
Total
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

  1. ^ According to the October 2009 timetable.
  2. ^ Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998) (in Japanese). Teishajō Hensen Daijiten - Kokutetsu JR Hen. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 162, vol. I. ISBN 4533029809. 

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