Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line

Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line
(十和田観光電鉄線)
Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line ; (十和田観光電鉄線)
	Near Towadashi Station
Overview
Owner	Towada Kankō Electric Railway
Termini	Misawa; Towadashi
Stations	11
Service
Type	Heavy rail Passenger
Rolling stock	Moha 7200, Moha 7700, Kuha 7900, Moha 3400, Moha 3600
History
Opened	1922
Closed	2012
Technical
Line length	14.7 km (9.1 mi)
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	1500 VDC

The Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line (十和田観光電鉄線, Towada Kankō Dentetsu-sen) was a railway route operated by Towada Kankō Electric Railway (Totetsu). It ran between Misawa Station and Towadashi Station in eastern Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

History[]

On September 5, 1922, the Towada Railway (十和田鉄道) began operating a 762mm gauge line between Furumaki Station (present day Misawa Station) and Sanbongi Station (present day Towadashi Station, with intermediate stops at Shichihyaku and Takashizu. Additional stations were added in the 1930s. In 1951, the line was fully electrified and the track gauge was expanded to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). The line was renamed as Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line on December 30, 1951. A single direction Automatic Block Signal control system was implemented from December 16, 1971. The Towadashi terminus was rebuilt in 1985 to include a shopping complex. All freight operations on the line were suspended from 1986. A new automatic train stop (ATS) system was implemented from October 1, 2002.

The operation of the line was discontinued on April 1, 2012.^[1]

Station list[]

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
Station	Japanese	Between Stations	Total	Transfers	Location
Misawa	三沢	-	0.0	Aoimori Railway Line	Misawa	Aomori
Ōmagari	大曲	2.7	2.7		Rokunohe
Yanagisawa	柳沢	2.4	5.1
Shichihyaku	七百	1.3	6.4
Furusato	古里	2.0	8.4
Sannōkō-mae	三農校前	1.5	9.9
Takashizu	高清水	0.7	10.6		Towada
Kitasato-Daigaku-mae	北里大学前	2.1	12.7
Kōgyōkōkō-mae	工業高校前	0.6	13.3
Higashino-Danchi	ひがし野団地	0.4	13.7
Towadashi	十和田市	1.0	14.7

Line data[]

Length: 14.7 km (9.1 mi)
Track gauge: 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Number of stations: 11 (including termini)
Electrification: 1500 V DC
Tracks: single track
Block Signal: Automatic Block Signal

Equipment[]

As of April 1, 2003, the company had the following equipment:

Moha 7200 stock: #7204, 7205
Moha 7700 stock and Kuha 7900 stock (formerly Tokyu 7700): #7701 + 7901–7903
Moha 3400 stock: #3401
Moha 3600 stock: #3603
ED300: #301
ED400: #402
Tora 300: #301, 302

References[]

^ "十和田観光電鉄線：惜別歴史刻み廃止運行８９年、三沢駅で式典／青森" [Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line: Ending of services after 89 years, ceremony at Misawa Station / Aomori]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). April 1, 2012. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.

External links[]

(in Japanese) official home page

[1] "十和田観光電鉄線：惜別歴史刻み廃止運行８９年、三沢駅で式典／青森" [Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line: Ending of services after 89 years, ceremony at Misawa Station / Aomori]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). April 1, 2012. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.

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