Kishū Railway Line
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| Native name | 紀州鉄道線 Kishū Tetsudō-sen |
| Locale | Wakayama Prefecture, Japan |
| Termini | Gobō Station Nishi-Gobō Station |
| Stations | 5 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1931 |
| Owner | Kishū Railway |
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| No. of tracks | 1 |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
The Kishū Railway Line (紀州鉄道線 Kishū Tetsudō-sen?) is a Japanese railway line between Gobō Station and Nishi-Gobō Station, all within Gobō, Wakayama. This is the only railway line of the Kishū Railway Co., Ltd. (紀州鉄道 Kishū Tetsudō?), as the company's main business is managing real estate and hotels. The current Tokyo-based hotel company, previously not a railway operator, took over the line in 1973 in order to gain the prestige of being a railway company. Despite its name meaning the railway of the entire Kii Province (Kishū, the current Wakayama), the railway is the second shortest passenger line in Japan, the shortest being the Shibayama Railway. Kitetsu (紀鉄?) is the abbreviation of the company's name, while the railway line is often called Rinkō (りんこう?) among locals, taken from the name of the former operator.
Additional basic data
- Traction: internal combustion (diesel)
- Railway signalling: staff token
History
The Gobō Rinkō Railway (御坊臨港鉄道 Gobō Rinkō Tetsudō?, "Gobō Portside Railway") opened the 1.8km Gobō - Kii-Gobō section in 1931, extended 0.9km to Nishi-Gobō the following year and to Hidakagawako in 1934.
Patronage was low until a munitions factory was established at Hidakagawako in 1943, but it was destroyed by air-raids in 1945, which also damaged a DMU.
The Kishu Railway Co. acquired the line in 1973, freight services ceased in 1984 and the 0.7km Nishi-Gobō - Hidakagawako section closed in 1989.
Stations
Gobō 御坊 - Gakumon 学門 - Kii-Gobō 紀伊御坊 - Shiyakusho-mae 市役所前 - Nishi-Gobō 西御坊
See also
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
External links
- (Japanese) Kishū Railway Railway Division, from Kishū Railway official website.
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