The is a Japanese railway line which connects
Åbu Station
is a railway station in the city of Åbu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR TÅkai).
Lines
Åbu Station is served by the TÅkaidÅ Main Line, and is located 346.5 kilometers from the starting point of th ...
in
Åbu,
Aichi Prefecture with
Taketoyo Station in
Taketoyo,
Aichi Prefecture. It is owned and run by
Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
The line has been electrified as of 1 March 2015.
Stations
Rolling stock
,
313 series
The is a DC suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Japan since 1999.
The design was introduced from spring 1999 to replace older 113 and 115 series EMUs.
Variants
313-0 ser ...
electric multiple unit (EMU) trains are used in two- and four-car formations as well as
311 series 311 may refer to:
* 311 (number), a natural number
* AD 311, a year of the Julian calendar, in the fourth century AD
* 311 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar
* 311 (band), an American band
** ''311'' (album), band 311's self-titled album
...
EMUs in four-car formations.
Prior to electrification of the line in March 2015, two-car
KiHa 75 diesel multiple unit
A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are als ...
(DMU) and two-car
KiHa 25
The is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) on local and rapid services in Japan, since March 2011. Following electrification of the Taketoyo Line in 2015, they replaced KiHa 40 se ...
DMU trains were used on this line in two- or four-car formations.
History
The entire line opened in 1886, becoming a branch when the Obu to Hamamatsu section of the
Tokaido Main Line opened two years later. A 1 km freight-only line extended to Taketoyo Minato between 1930 and 1965.
Work started in March 2010 to electrify the line.
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On 1 March 2015, the line was electrified, and through services to and from Nagoya commenced.
References
{{Central Japan Railway Company Lines
Rail transport in Aichi Prefecture
Lines of Central Japan Railway Company
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan