Toyohashi Railroad Atsumi Line

Toyohashi Railroad Atsumi Line
A 1800 series EMU at Toshima Station in February 2007
Overview
Locale	Aichi Prefecture
Termini	Shin-Toyohashi Mikawa Tahara
Stations	16
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Toyohashi Railroad
Rolling stock	1800 series EMUs
History
Opened	22 January 1924
Technical
Line length	18.0 km (11.2 mi)
Number of tracks	single
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead
Operating speed	70 km/h (45 mph)

The Toyohashi Railroad Atsumi Line (豊橋鉄道渥美線, Toyohashi Tetsudō Atsumi-sen) is a railway line in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Toyohashi Railroad ("Toyotetsu"). The line runs from the centre of Toyohashi, traversing the centre of the Atsumi Peninsula, a largely rural district noted also for its hot spring resorts and marine sports as part of Mikawa Wan Quasi-National Park. The line is entirely within the cities of Toyohashi and Tahara.

Basic data[]

• Line length: 18.0 km (11.2 mi)
• Number of stations: 16
• Track: single
• Rail gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
• Electrification: 1,500 V DC overhead
• Max speed: 70 km/h (45 mph)
• Railway signalling: Automatic (ATS, compatible with Meitetsu)

Operation[]

The northern terminal station for the Atsumi Line is located at Shin-Toyohashi Station. All trains run to the southern terminus at Mikawa Tahara Station at approximately 15 minute intervals. There are no express trains on the line.

Station list[]

Rolling stock[]

1800 series set 1808 in 2014

As of April 2015, the line is operated using a fleet of ten three-car 1800 series electric multiple unit (EMU) trains.^[1] These trains were modified from former EMUs.^[2] All trains are configured for One-man operation.

Since 2013, the trains are each painted a different colour and carry the names of flowers, as follows.^[2]

History[]

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The privately owned Atsumi Electric Railway (渥美電鉄, Atsumi Dentetsu) began operations on January 22, 1924 between Takashi and Toshima, electrified at 600 V DC. The line was extended to Kambe in March and to Mikawa Tahara by June 10 of the same year. In the opposite direction, the line was extended to Shin-Toyohashi by May 1925. On April 10, 1926, the now-defunct section of track from Mikawa Tahara to Kurokawahara was completed. Construction of a proposed extension to Fukue commenced in 1940, but was later abandoned due to material shortages in World War II.

On September 1, 1940, the Atsumi Electric Railway was merged into Nagoya Railway. Most of the stations on the line were closed on June 5, 1944, as an austerity measure. On October 1, 1954, the Toyohashi Railway was spun out from the Nagoya Railway as an independently operating subsidiary. Most of the closed stations were reopened by this time, but the section from Mikawa Tahara to Kurokawahara was closed permanently. Express train operations began from October 1, 1965.

All freight operations were discontinued from February 1, 1984 and express train operations were discontinued from September 1, 1985. On July 2, 1997 the electrification system was upgraded to 1,500 V DC.

See also[]

• List of railway lines in Japan

References[]

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Toyohashi Railroad.

• Toyohashi Railroad official website (in Japanese)