Taita Line
Taita Line | |
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Overview | |
Native name | 太多線 |
Status | In operation |
Owner | JR Central |
Locale | Gifu Prefecture |
Termini | |
Stations | 8 |
Service | |
Type | Regional rail |
Operator(s) | JR Central |
Rolling stock | KiHa 75 series DMU, KiHa 25 series DMU |
History | |
Opened | 1926 |
Technical | |
Line length | 17.8 km (11.1 mi) |
Number of tracks | Entirely single-track |
Character | Mostly urban with a few rural areas |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | None |
Operating speed | 85 km/h (53 mph) |
Signalling | Single track automatic closed block |
Train protection system | ATS-PT |
The Taita Line (太多線, Taita-sen) is a 17.8-kilometer (11.1 mi) railway line in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Tajimi Station in the city of Tajimi via Kani to Mino-Ōta Station in Minokamo. The name of the line includes a kanji from each of the terminal stations.
Operations
[edit]During the day, service operates at approximately 30 minute intervals. In addition to trains running between Tajimi and Mino-Ōta Stations, there are also trains that enter the Takayama Main Line and run through to Gifu Station. During weekday morning and evening rush hours and on Saturday mornings, a train serves commuters by going to Nagoya Station.
Stations
[edit]No. | Name | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |
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CI07 | ‹See TfM›Tajimi | 多治見 | 0.0 | Chūō Main Line | Tajimi | Gifu |
CI06 | ‹See TfM›Koizumi | 小泉 | 3.2 | |||
CI05 | ‹See TfM›Nemoto | 根本 | 4.8 | |||
CI04 | ‹See TfM›Hime | 姫 | 7.9 | |||
CI03 | ‹See TfM›Shimogiri | 下切 | 9.4 | Kani | ||
CI02 | ‹See TfM›Kani | 可児 | 12.8 | Meitetsu Hiromi Line (‹See TfM›Shin Kani) | ||
CI01 | ‹See TfM›Mino Kawai | 美濃川合 | 15.4 | Minokamo | ||
CI00 | ‹See TfM›Mino-Ōta | 美濃太田 | 17.8 | Takayama Main Line Nagaragawa Railway Etsumi-Nan Line |
History
[edit]The line traces its origin to the Tōnō (Eastern Mino) line, an 11.9 km (7.4 mi), 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge railway that opened in 1918. The section from Shin-Tajimi to Hiromi Station was nationalized in 1926, named the Taita Line, and regauged to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), and extended to Mino-Ōta in 1928.
Passenger trains were replaced by DMUs in 1934, and steam locomotives ceased operating on the line in 1969. From 1 April 1987, with the privatization and division of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) into regional companies, the Taita Line became part of JR Central.
CTC signalling was commissioned in 1993.