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The is the popular name for a portion of the
About the Sagano Romantic Train
/ref> The Sagano Scenic Line stations are as follows (Sagano Line station in parentheses): :Torokko Saga (Saga Arashiyama) - Torokko Arashiyama - Torokko Hozukyo (Hozukyō) - Torokko Kameoka (Umahori)
The is the popular name for a portion of the Sanin Main Line
The is a railway line in western Japan, which connects Kyoto and Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is the major railway line of the San'in region, approximately paralleling the Japan Sea, crossing K ...
in the suburbs of Kyoto
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, Japan. The electrified and double-tracked railway is a commuter rail
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line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company
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(JR West). The line starts at Kyoto Station and ends at Sonobe Station.
The Sagano Line forms part of JR West's "Urban Network". This name has been in use since 1988.
Sagano Scenic Railway
The is a sightseeing railway that uses an abandoned section of the Sanin Main Line originally built in 1897. In 1989, the Sanin Main Line was rerouted between the present day Saga-Arashiyama Station to Umahori to accommodate track duplication and electrification. However the old route which ran along the Hozu River, had been popular with tourists. The Sagano Scenic Railway, an affiliate of JR West and developed jointly with the city of Kameoka, was founded, and the Sagano Scenic Line began operation in 1991. The track and stations were all formerly used by the Sanin Main Line and still owned by JR West, while the train is composed of a former JR West Class DE10 diesel locomotive and ''torokko'' open-sided cars (derived from the English "truck
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") converted from former freight gondola
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cars./ref> The Sagano Scenic Line stations are as follows (Sagano Line station in parentheses): :Torokko Saga (Saga Arashiyama) - Torokko Arashiyama - Torokko Hozukyo (Hozukyō) - Torokko Kameoka (Umahori)
Stations
*All stations on the Sagano Line are located in Kyoto Prefecture *Rapid services stop at Kyoto, Nijo, Emmachi, Saga-Arashiyama, and every station from Kameoka to Sonobe.References
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