is a third-sector electric railway (

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

) line in

Takaoka, Toyama is a city in the northwestern portion of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Takaoka has the second largest population after Toyama City, and the city is a center of western Toyama Prefecture (''Gosei''). , the city had an estimated population of 173,08 ...

, Japan. The name Manyosen, which literally translates to ''Manyo Line'', is used to refer to both the company and the name of the tram line they operate. Their head office, depot and maintenance facility is located adjacent to the tram stop.

History

The first sections of the line opened on October 12, 1930. The section from Takaoka to Yonejimaguchi opened in 1948. The new line also continued to Fukishi-ko station, but the section beyond Yonejimaguchi was closed in 1971. The former operator

Kaetsunō Railway is a bus company operating in the central and western parts of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Contrary to its name, the company no longer operates railway lines. Its last Manyō Line was handed over to Manyōsen in 2002. Outline As it discontinued al ...

considered closing the line due to heavy deficits and the end of government aid in 1997. In February 1998, Kaetsuno Railway announced their decision to cease all railway services. The two tram and railway lines were transferred to the newly established Manyosen, a

third-sector railway In Japan, , sometimes translated as semi-public sector railways, are railways operated by a joint corporation that has been invested in by both public and private sectors, and which maintain a public–private partnership. These lines are most of ...

on April 1, 2002.

Services

Although Manyosen is a combination of the two lines, a railway and a tram line, the two lines are operated together as one route between and . , the service operates every 15 minutes (every 30 minutes in the early morning and at night). Travel time is 49 minutes.

Station list

All stations are located in

Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 993,848 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manyosen Companies based in Toyama Prefecture Railway companies of Japan Tram lines in Japan Railway lines opened in 1930 Railway lines in Japan