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Wadamisaki Line

Wadamisaki Line
JR West Hyogo Station Wadamisaki Line Platform.jpg
A Wadamisaki Line 103 series train at Hyōgo Station
Overview
OwnerJR West
LocaleHyōgo
TerminiHyōgo
Wadamisaki
Stations2
Service
Typecommuter rail
SystemUrban Network
Rolling stock103 series
207 series(under substitution)
History
Opened8 July 1890
Technical
Line length2.7 km (1.7 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed85 km/h (53 mph)
Route map
Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line
Dentetsu Hyōgo 1910–1968
Sanyō Main Line (JR Kobe Line)
0.0 Hyōgo Station
BSicon exTRAM.svg Sakaemachi Line 1910–1968
Hanshin Expressway Kobe Route 3
1.0 Shinkawa Signal
1911–1930
Hyōgo Kaigan Line
1.3 Shinkawa Freight Yard
-1911
Wada Swing Bridge
Hyōgo Canal
1.6 Kanebomae
-1962
2.7 Wadamisaki
1945?–
Kobe Municipal Tram: Wada Line
- Wadamisaki
–1945?

The Wadamisaki Line (和田岬線, Wadamisaki-sen) is an unofficial name for the spur line of the Sanyō Main Line, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and connecting Hyogo on the main line and Wadamisaki.

Operation

The 2.7-kilometre (1.7 mi) line has only two stops, and only operates during morning and evening, and mainly serves commuters to the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Electric factories in the Wadamisaki industrial area of Kobe.

Although the line is officially part of the Sanyo Main Line, there is no regular through service between the branch and the main line, and Wadamisaki Branch trains depart from a separate platform at Hyogo. Because the line has no intermediate station and Wadamisaki Station is unmanned, all fare collection is conducted at Hyogo. The line makes just two daily roundtrips on weekends, with additional trips for events at Noevir Stadium, the home stadium of J-League club Vissel Kobe.

Stations

Station Distance Connections Location
Hyōgo 兵庫 0.0 km JRW kinki-A.svg Sanyo Main Line (JR Kobe Line) (JR-A64) Hyogo-ku, Kobe
Wadamisaki 和田岬 2.7 km Subway KobeKaigan.svg Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line (K06)

Rolling stock

DE10 locomotive-hauled train at Hyogo in 1993

Current

  • 6-car 103 series EMUs (sometimes substituted by 207 series) (since 2001)

Former

  • 60 series passenger coaches (sometimes substituted by SuHa 43 series passenger coaches), hauled by DE10 locomotive (until 1990)
  • KiHa 35 series (from 1990 until 2001)

History

The line was opened on 8 July 1890, and electrified in 2001.

There is also a spur to the now-defunct Hyōgo Kaigan Line (operated 1910–1984) about 1 km away from Hyōgo Station and a link to the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipbuilding facility at Kobe Shipyard just after Wadamisaki Station.

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