The was a railway line of
West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...
(JR West) within
Izumo, Shimane
is a Cities of Japan, city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 172,841 in 69,435 households and a population density of 280 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Izumo is located in cen ...
, Japan. The line closed on April 1, 1990.
History
The line was opened by the
Japanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national rail transport, railway system directly operated by the until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Railways Group.
Name
The English name "Japanese ...
in 1912. Freight services ceased in 1974, and the line was closed in 1990, being
replaced by a bus service by
Ichibata bus.
[来年4月1日に転換 第三次大社線 一畑電鉄が代替バス ''交通新聞'' (交通新聞社): p. 2. (15 April 1989)] This line, along with Miyazu Line,
Kajiya Line
The was a railway line of West Japan Railway Company between Nishiwaki, Hyōgo, Nishiwaki and Taka District, Hyōgo, Taka District all within Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The line closed on April 1, 1990.
Stations
:Notes
:1: Nomura Station was ren ...
being transferred/closed marked the end of all lines in
specified local lines
The were the railway lines specified by Japanese National Railways (JNR) under the 1980 to be closed. All of 83 lines were closed and substituted by buses or transferred to other railway operators between 1983 and 1990.
Selection
Article 8 of ...
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The former
Taisha Station has been preserved and now serves as a museum. It was certified as an
Important Cultural Property in 2004. It is the only remaining station of the former JR Taisha Line, the other two having been demolished and built over since the closure of the line. The section between Izumoshi and Arakaya has been turned into a cycling road.
Stations
* operated by
Ichibata Electric Railway
Ichibata Electric Railway Co., Ltd. is the name of two related, yet different companies in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. was a railway operator until 2006, when it became a holding company of the Ichibata Group, spinning off its railway division to i ...
used to be connected to the line by Izumoshi Station until 1965.
See also
*
Izumo Taisha-mae Station
*
List of railway lines in Japan
List of railway lines in Japan lists existing Rail transport, railway lines in Japan alphabetically.
The vast majority of Japanese railways are classified under two Japanese laws, one for and another for . The difference between the two is a leg ...
References
{{West Japan Railway Company Lines
Rail transport in Shimane Prefecture
Lines of West Japan Railway Company
Defunct railroads
Railway lines closed in 1990