Nanao Line
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Nanao Line
| Nanao Line | |||
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 JR West 415-800 series EMU used on the Nanao Line |
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| Overview | |||
| Type | Heavy rail | ||
| Locale | Ishikawa Prefecture | ||
| Termini | Tsubata Anamizu |
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| 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) | ||
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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 | ||
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| 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
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 | ||
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| 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
- ^ According to the October 2009 timetable.
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998) (in Japanese). Teishajō Hensen Daijiten - Kokutetsu JR Hen. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 162, vol. I. ISBN 4533029809.
External links
- Noto Railway official website (Japanese)
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