Jōhana Line

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Jōhana Line

Local train running on the Jōhana Line in May 2022

Overview
Status| In operation
Owner| JR West
Locale| Toyama Prefecture
Termini|

* Takaoka
* Jōhana

Stations| 14
Service
Type| Regional rail
Operator(s)| JR West
Rolling stock| KiHa 40 series DMU
History
Opened| 1897; 127 years ago (1897)
Technical
Line length| 29.9 km (18.6 mi)
Number of tracks| Entire line single tracked
Character| Rural
Track gauge| 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification| None
Operating speed| 85 km/h (53 mph)

Route map

Map

The Jōhana Line (城端線, Jōhana-sen) is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It connects Takaoka with Johana.

## Route data

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* Operating Company: West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
* Distance: 29.9 km (18.6 mi)
* Track gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
* Stations: 14
* Double-track: None
* Electrification: Not electrified
* Railway signalling: Special automatic occlusive (track circuit detection type)

## Stations

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Name  | Japanese  | Between
(km)  | Distance
(km)[1] | Transfers  | Location

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Takaoka | 高岡  | \-  | 0.0  | Himi Line, Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, Manyosen | Takaoka | Toyama
Shin-Takaoka | 新高岡  | 1.8  | 1.8  | Hokuriku Shinkansen
Futatsuka | 二塚  | 1.5  | 3.3  |
Hayashi | 林  | 1.3  | 4.6  |
Toide | 戸出  | 2.7  | 7.3  |
Aburaden | 油田  | 3.4  | 10.7  |  | Tonami
Tonami | 砺波  | 2.6  | 13.3  |
Higashi-Nojiri | 東野尻  | 5.2  | 15.5  |
Takagi | 高儀  | 1.5  | 17.0  |  | Nanto
Fukuno | 福野  | 2.4  | 19.4  |
Higashi-Ishiguro | 東石黒  | 2.6  | 22.0  |
Fukumitsu | 福光  | 2.7  | 24.7  |
Etchū-Yamada | 越中山田  | 2.8  | 27.5  |
Jōhana | 城端  | 2.4  | 29.9  |

## History

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The line was opened in 1897[citation needed] by the Chūetsu Railway (中越鉄道) as the Chūetsu Line (中越線) between Fushiki (on the present-day Himi Line) and Jōhana via Takaoka.[2] The line was nationalised on 1 September 1920.[2] The Chūetsu Line was renamed the Jōhana Line from 1 August 1942 following the incorporation of the Fushiki to Takaoka section into the Himi Line.[2]

CTC signalling was commissioned over the entire line in 1983.[citation needed]

From 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, the Jōhana Line came under the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[2]

On 14 March 2015, Shin-Takaoka station opened on the line to coincide with the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kanazawa Station.[3]

### Former connecting lines

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* Fukuno Station: The Tonami Railway opened a 7 km line to Tsuzawa in 1915, including a connection to the Hokuriku Main Line at Isurugi. The company merged with the Kaetsu Railway in 1919, which extended the line 13 km to Shogawa-Cho in 1922. The entire line was closed on 16 September 1972.[4]

## See also

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* List of railway lines in Japan

## References

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1. ^ JTB Timetable March 2015 issue p. 495
2. ^ a b c d Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. I. Japan: JTB. p. 92\. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
3. ^ "ダイヤ改正 城端線始発砺波から" [A change in timetable, starting from Tonami Station on the Jōhana Line]. Yomiuri Shimbun. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
4. ^ 加越能鉄道加越線 Retrieved 18 July 2018 (in Japanese)

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johana Line.

* Johanna and Himi Line information (in Japanese)

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