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is a
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company in
Mie Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture an ...
, Japan, which also operates bus lines. The company was founded in 1928 and its initial line, the Sangi Line, originally functioned as a freight line transporting
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, but later developed into an important commuter railway line for Yokkaichi, Mie, Yokkaichi. The Sangi Railway Hokusei Line, Hokusei Line was transferred from Kintetsu Railway, Kintetsu ownership in 2003 when Kintetsu abandoned the line. Whereas the Sangi Line has a track gauge of , the Hokusei Line is one of only a few Narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge lines remaining in the country.


History

The Sangi Line was opened by Onoda Cement in 1931 as a freight-only line to service its cement plant at Nishi-Fujiwara. Passenger services were introduced in 1952, and in 1954, the line was electrified at 1,500 V DC, and the company purchased an electric locomotive from JNR to haul its cement trains. Centralized traffic control, CTC signalling was commissioned on the line in 1974.


Rolling stock


Sangi Line

The Sangi Line (三岐線) runs from Kintetsu-Tomida Station in Yokkaichi to Nishi-Fujiwara Station in Inabe.


EMUs

* 801 series - Former Seibu Railway, Seibu 701 series trains acquired in 1989 * 101 series - Former Seibu 401 series trains acquired in 1990 * 851 series - Former Seibu 701 series trains acquired in 1995 * 751 series 3-car EMUs - Former Seibu 101 series trains acquired in 2009 * 5000 series - Former JR Central 211 series trains acquired in 2025 File:Sangi Railway 801 Series.jpg, 801 series File:Sanki101Series01.jpg, 101 series File:0903150740 hobo sangi S751.jpg, 751 series


Electric locomotives

* Class ED45: Since 1954 (includes former Tobu Railway locomotives) * Class ED301: Former Nankai Electric Railway, Nankai Class ED5201 acquired in 1984 * Class DeKi 200: Former Chichibu Railway Class DeKi 200 acquired in July 2000 and withdrawn in March 2011 File:Sangi railway ED45 1 Aug 2006.jpg, ED45 class ED45 1 File:Sanki-Deki203 01.JPG, DeKi 203


Hokusei Line

The Sangi Railway Hokusei Line, Hokusei Line (北勢線) runs from Nishi-Kuwana Station in Kuwana, Mie, Kuwana to Ageki Station in Inabe.


EMUs

* 130 series - Built in 1954 * 200 series - Built in 1959 * 140 series - Built in 1960 * 270 series - Built in 1977 File:Hokusei 272 cooler train.JPG, Hokusei Line 270 series train


See also

*List of railway companies in Japan


References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.


External links

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