Kakogawa Line

The Kakogawa Line (加古川線, Kakogawa-sen) is a railway line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which connects the cities of Kakogawa and Tamba.

Kakogawa Line
A Kakogawa Line train with artistic design by Tadanori Yokoo
Overview
OwnerJR West
LocaleHyōgo Prefecture
TerminiKakogawa
Tanikawa
Stations21
Service
Rolling stock103 series, 125 series
History
Opened1913
Technical
Line length48.5 km (30.1 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC overhead
Operating speed85 km/h (53 mph)

The 48.5 kilometres (30.1 mi) line begins at Kakogawa Station on the JR Kobe Line (Sanyō Main Line) and ends at Tanikawa Station on the Fukuchiyama Line.

History

The Banshu Railway opened the Kakogawa - Nishiwakishi section in 1913, and extended the line to Tanikawa in 1924. The company was nationalised in 1943.

Freight services ceased in 1986, and CTC signalling was commissioned on the entire line in 2004.

Former branches of the Kakogawa Line included the Takasago Line (connected at Kakogawa Station), the Miki Line (connected at Yakujin Station) and the Kajiya Line (connected at Nomura Station, i.e. present-day Nishiwakishi Station).

Stations
Station Japanese Distance
(km)		 Transfers Location
Kakogawa 加古川 0.0 JR Kobe Line (Sanyō Main Line)
(Takasago Line - closed 1984)		 Kakogawa Hyōgo
Prefecture
Hioka 日岡 2.5  
Kanno 神野 4.8  
Yakujin 厄神 7.4 (Miki Railway Miki Line - closed 2008)
Ichiba 市場 11.5   Ono
Onomachi 小野町 13.7  
Ao 粟生 16.6 Hōjō Railway Line
Shintetsu Ao Line
Kawainishi 河合西 19.2  
Aonogahara 青野ヶ原 21.3  
Yashirochō 社町 24.2   Katō
Takino 滝野 27.3  
Taki 滝 28.4  
Nishiwakishi 西脇市 31.2 (Kajiya Line - closed 1990) Nishiwaki
Shin-Nishiwaki 新西脇 32.3  
Hie 比延 34.6  
Nihon-heso-kōen 日本へそ公園 36.1  
Kurodashō 黒田庄 38.5  
Hon-Kuroda 本黒田 42.0  
Funamachiguchi 船町口 43.8  
Kugemura 久下村 46.3   Tamba
Tanikawa 谷川 48.5 Fukuchiyama Line

Rolling stock

Former

References
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