Jōhana Line

The Jōhana Line (城端線, Jōhana-sen) is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It connects Takaoka with Johana.

Route data

Operating Company: West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
Distance: 29.9 km (18.6 mi)
Track gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Stations: 14
Double-track: None
Electrification: Not electrified
Railway signalling: Special automatic occlusive (track circuit detection type)

Stations

Name	Japanese	Between(km)	Distance(km)^[1]	Transfers	Location
Takaoka	高岡	-	0.0	Himi Line, Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, Manyosen	Takaoka	Toyama
Shin-Takaoka	新高岡	1.8	1.8	Hokuriku Shinkansen
Futatsuka	二塚	1.5	3.3
Hayashi	林	1.3	4.6
Toide	戸出	2.7	7.3
Aburaden	油田	3.4	10.7		Tonami
Tonami	砺波	2.6	13.3
Higashi-Nojiri	東野尻	5.2	15.5
Takagi	高儀	1.5	17.0		Nanto
Fukuno	福野	2.4	19.4
Higashi-Ishiguro	東石黒	2.6	22.0
Fukumitsu	福光	2.7	24.7
Etchū-Yamada	越中山田	2.8	27.5
Jōhana	城端	2.4	29.9

History

The line was opened in 1897 by the Chūetsu Railway (中越鉄道) as the Chūetsu Line (中越線) between Fushiki (on the present-day Himi Line) and Jōhana via Takaoka.^[2] The line was nationalised on 1 September 1920.^[2] The Chūetsu Line was renamed the Jōhana Line from 1 August 1942 following the incorporation of the Fushiki to Takaoka section into the Himi Line.^[2]

CTC signalling was commissioned over the entire line in 1983.

From 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, the Jōhana Line came under the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).^[2]

On 14 March 2015, Shin-Takaoka station opened on the line to coincide with the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kanazawa Station.^[3]

Former connecting lines

Fukuno Station: The Tonami Railway opened a 7 km line to Tsuzawa in 1915, including a connection to the Hokuriku Main Line at Isurugi. The company merged with the Kaetsu Railway in 1919, which extended the line 13 km to Shogawa-Cho in 1922. The entire line was closed on 16 September 1972.^[4]

References

↑JTB Timetable March 2015 issue p. 495
1 2 3 4Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編[Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. I. Japan: JTB. p. 92. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
↑"ダイヤ改正城端線始発砺波から"[A change in timetable, starting from Tonami Station on the Jōhana Line]. Yomiuri Shimbun. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
↑加越能鉄道加越線 Retrieved 18 July 2018 (in Japanese)

External links

Johanna and Himi Line information(in Japanese)

[1] JTB Timetable March 2015 issue p. 495

[teishajo1998-2] 1 2 3 4Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編[Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. I. Japan: JTB. p. 92. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[3] "ダイヤ改正城端線始発砺波から"[A change in timetable, starting from Tonami Station on the Jōhana Line]. Yomiuri Shimbun. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

[4] 加越能鉄道加越線 Retrieved 18 July 2018 (in Japanese)

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