Nanka Railway

Nanka Railway (kyūjitai: ; shinjitai: ; Nankai Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha) was a private railway company in Karafuto Prefecture during the days of the Empire of Japan. Founded in April 1925 as a subsidiary of Ōji Paper, the company operated the Nanka Line that ran from Shinba Station on the East Coast Line to Rūtaka Station in what was then the town of Rūtaka. The company also operated a network of buses connecting Rūtaka and, via Rūtaka, Honto with the prefectural capital of Toyohara and also with Ōdomari, now Korsakov, where passengers could connect with the Chihaku ferry to Wakkanai.

Nanka Line As published by the Ministry of Railways, as of 1 October 1937 the stations served by the Nanka Railway were as follows: + 南樺線 - Nanka Line Distance Station name Total (km) S2S (km) Transcribed, English KanjiModern name Station opened Connections Municipality 0.0 0.0 Shinba 新場Dachnoye 1926-10-01 East Coast Line Chitose Village 9.7 9.7 Enoura 江ノ浦 1926-10-01 Rūtaka Town 3.5 13.2 Hamaji 濱路 1926-10-01 Rūtaka Town 2.5 15.7 Hamaji Kōen 濱路公園 1933-06-20 Rūtaka Town 2.9 18.6 Rūtaka 留多加Aniva 1926-10-01 Rūtaka Town

See also

Hōshin Line Kawakami Line

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