The is a Japanese railway line that connects Dentetsu-Toyama Station in Toyama, Toyama with Unazuki Onsen Station in Kurobe, Toyama. It is owned and run by Toyama Chihō Railway.
Station list No.NameJapaneseDistance (km)ExpressRapid ExpressLimited ExpressConnectionsLocationT01電鉄富山0.0●●●Hokuriku Shinkansen () Takayama Main Line (Toyama Station)Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line (Toyama Station) Toyama Chihō Railway: Toyama City Tram Line & Toyamakō Line light rail (Toyama Station)ToyamaToyamaT02稲荷町1.6▲●|Toyama Chihō Railway Fujikoshi LineT03新庄田中2.5▲↑| T04東新庄3.6▲↑| T05越中荏原4.7▲↑| T06越中三郷7.0▲↑| T07越中舟橋8.5▲↑| FunahashiT08寺田9.8●●●Toyama Chihō Railway Tateyama LineTateyamaT09越中泉10.5|↑| T10相ノ木11.3|↑| KamiichiT11新相ノ木12.1|↑| T12上市13.3●●● T13新宮川15.1▲▲| T14中加積17.1●●| NamerikawaT15西加積18.7|↑| T16西滑川19.8|↑| T17中滑川20.6●●● T18滑川21.8●●|Ainokaze Toyama Railway LineT19浜加積23.2|↑| T20早月加積24.4▲▲| T21越中中村25.6|↑| T22西魚津27.6●▲| UozuT23電鉄魚津28.9●●● T24新魚津30.2●●●Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line ()T25経田32.9●●| T26電鉄石田34.9●●| KurobeT27電鉄黒部37.2●●● T28東三日市37.8●●● T29荻生38.6●●| T30長屋39.6●●| T31新黒部40.7●●●Hokuriku Shinkansen ()T32舌山41.0●●| T33若栗41.7●●| T34栃屋42.8●●| T35浦山44.3●●● T36下立口45.6●●| T37下立46.3●●| T38愛本47.6●●● T39内山48.7●●| T40音沢49.5●●| T41宇奈月温泉53.3●●●Kurobe Gorge Railway ()
History The first section of what is now this line was opened by Tateyama Light Railway as a gauge line between Gohyakkoku (on the Toyama Chiho Railway Tateyama Line) and Namerikawa in 1913.
The Kurobe Railway opened the Dentetsu Kurobe to Unazuki Onsen section as a gauge line between 1922 and 1923.
In 1932, the Toyama Electric Railway acquired the Tateyama Light Railway, and built a line from Dentetsu-Toyama to Namerikawa, regauging some of the original line to 1,067 mm gauge, and electrifying it at 1,500 V DC.
The Namerikawa to Dentetsu Kurobe section was opened between 1935 and 1936, and the Kurobe Railway was merged with the Toyama Electric Railway in 1943 to create the current company, with the electrification to Unazuki Onsen commissioned the same year.
CTC signalling was commissioned on the line between 1966 and 1967, and the Dentetsu-Toyama to Inarimachi section was double-tracked in 1969. Freight services ceased in 1983.
See also Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.