The Hōshin Line (kyūjitai: ; shinjitai: ; Hōshin-sen) was a railway line in Karafuto Prefecture during the days of the Empire of Japan. It ran from Toyohara Station in what was then the city of Toyohara, to Tei Station in what was then the town of Maoka.
In 1994 middle mountain part of line was closed by MPS of Russia. In 2023 short start and end sections of line operates with commuter trains
Route As published by the Ministry of Railways, as of 1 October 1937 the stations of the Hōshin Line were as follows: + 豐眞線 - Hōshin Line Distance Station name Total (km) S2S (km) Transcribed, English Kanji Station opened Connections Municipality 0.0 0.0 Toyohara 豊原 1907-08-01 East Coast Line Toyohara City 5.2 5.2 Nishikubo 西久保 1925-10-01 Toyohara City 4.7 9.9 Suzuya 鈴谷 1925-10-01 Toyokita Village 6.3 16.2 Oku-Suzuya 奥鈴谷 1928-09-03 Toyokita Village 13.4 29.6 Takinosawa 瀧ノ澤 1928-09-03 Toyohara City 12.9 42.5 Nakano 中野 1928-09-03 Shimizu Village 5.3 47.8 Shimizu 清水 1928-09-03 Shimizu Village 4.8 52.6 Ōsaka 逢坂 1926-11-15 Shimizu Village 7.4 60.0 Futamata 二股 1926-11-15 Shimizu Village 9.1 69.1 Takaradai 寶臺 1933-01-15 Shimizu Village 9.2 78.3 Ikenohata 池ノ端 1928-01-18 Maoka Town 5.5 83.8 Tei 手井 1920-10-11 West Coast Line Maoka Town
Line was fully operated by Soviet Railways until 1994, when middle mountain section was abandoned due to technical conditions of tunnels.
East section Yuzno-Sakhalinsk - Novoderevenskaya was operated until 2019 for dacha commuter service. Since 2019 operated short section to station Dalneye for city trains.
West section Holmsk - Chertov Most was regauged to Russian gauge in 2020, and operated for commuter or tourist traffic.
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