Minobu Line

Railway line in Japan

Minobu Line

JR Central 313 series EMU on the Minobu Line in February 2021

Overview
Owner|  JR Central
Termini|

* Fuji
* Kōfu

Stations| 39
Service
Type| Heavy rail
Operator(s)| JR Central
History
Opened| 1890
Last extension| 30 March 1928; 96 years ago (1928-03-30)
Technical
Line length| 88.4 km (54.9 mi)
Track gauge| 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification| 1,500 V DC (overhead line)
Operating speed| 85 km/h (53 mph)
Signalling| Automatic Closed block
Train protection system| ATS-PT
Maximum incline| 2.5%

Route map

Legend

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Tōkaidō Main Line

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0.0

| Fuji
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1969

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Fuji depot

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1.5

| Yunoki
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2.8

| Tatebori
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Tomei Expressway

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5.6

| Iriyamase
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Shin-Tomei Expressway

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8.0

| Fujine
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9.3

| Gendōji
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10.7

| Fujinomiya
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11.9

| Nishi-Fujinomiya
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Junigawa

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16.9

| Numakubo
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19.2

| Shibakawa
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Shibakawa

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24.0

| Inako
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Inako River

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| Shizuoka Prefecture

Yamanashi Prefecture

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26.3

| Tōshima
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Sano River

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29.4

| Ide
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31.9

| Yorihata
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34.1

| Utsubuna
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39.8

| Kai-Ōshima
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Wada Tunnel

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43.5

| Minobu
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45.7

| Shionosawa
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Shimobe River

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50.2

| Hadakajima
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| Chubu Crossing

Expressway

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Shimobe River

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51.7

| Shimobe-onsen
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54.1

| Kai-Tokiwa
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56.1

| Ichinose
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Katsusaka tunnel

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58.8

| Kunado
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| Chubu Crossing

Expressway

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60.3

| Kai-Iwama
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| Chubu Crossing

Expressway

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61.8

| Ochii
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| Chubu Crossing

Expressway

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66.8

| Kajikazawaguchi
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| Chubu Crossing

Expressway

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69.8

| Ichikawa-Daimon
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70.7

| Ichikawa-Hommachi
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71.7

| Ashigawa
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72.8

| Kai-Ueno
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Fuefuki River

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76.3

| Higashi-Hanawa
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77.5

| Koikawa
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| New Yamanashi

Ring Road

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78.9

| Jōei
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Chuo Expressway

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81.2

| Kokubo
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Arakawa

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83.1

| Kai-Sumiyoshi
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84.0

| Minami-Kōfu
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Muddy River

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86.3

| Zenkōji
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87.2

| Kanente
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| JR Central

JR East

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88.4

| Kōfu

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Chūō Main Line

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The Minobu Line (身延線, Minobu-sen) is a railway line in the Tōkai region of Japan operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Fuji Station in Fuji, Shizuoka to Kōfu Station in Kōfu, Yamanashi, and the Tōkaidō Main Line with the Chūō Main Line trunk railroads.

## History

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The Fuji Horse Tramway (富士馬車鉄道, Fuji Basha Tetsudō) opened a line from Suzukawa (present Yoshiwara) on the Tōkaidō Main Line to Ōmiya (present Fujinomiya) (the southern end of the current route) in 1890.

The Fuji Minobu Railway (富士身延鉄道, Fuji Minobu Tetsudō) purchased the tramway in 1912, and converted it to a steam railway the following year, gradually extending the line to Minobu, a distance of 26.9 miles (43.3 km) by 1920. In 1927, the line was electrified, and in 1928 extended to Kōfu on the Chūō Main Line completing the line with a distance of 54.7 miles (88.0 km).

In 1938 the Minobu line was leased by the government, and nationalized in 1941. The alignment at Fuji was changed in 1968 to allow through trains to operate from Tokyo without requiring a reversal of direction, and the Fuji - Fujinomiya section was double-tracked between 1969 and 1974.

CTC signalling was commissioned in 1982, and freight services ceased in 1987, the year that Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) took over operations of the Minobu Line following privatization of the Japanese National Railways.

### Former connecting lines

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* Fujinomiya station - The Fuji Horse Tramway operated a 20 km 610mm gauge line to Kami-ide between 1909 and 1939.

## Operation

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The Fujikawa limited express service operates between Kōfu and Shizuoka via Fuji using JR Central 373 series EMU trains. Other trains are all-stations "Local" services, with higher frequencies on the Fuji - Nishi-Fujinomiya and Kajikazawaguchi \- Kōfu sections compared to the section in between. 313 series and 211 series EMUs are used on local services.

## Stations

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Stations marked with "｜" only local services stop. Stations marked with "●" local and Fujikawa limited express services stop.

No.  | Name  | Distance
(km)  | Fujikawa  | Connections  | Location

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CC00 | Fuji | 富士  | 0.0  | ●  |  Tōkaidō Main Line | Fuji | Shizuoka
Prefecture
CC01 | Yunoki | 柚木  | 1.5  | ｜  |
CC02 | Tatebori | 竪堀  | 2.8  | ｜  |
CC03 | Iriyamase | 入山瀬  | 5.6  | ｜  |
CC04 | Fujine | 富士根  | 8.0  | ｜  |
CC05 | Gendōji | 源道寺  | 9.3  | ｜  |  | Fujinomiya
CC06 | Fujinomiya | 富士宮  | 10.7  | ●  |
CC07 | Nishi-Fujinomiya | 西富士宮  | 11.9  | ｜  |
| Numakubo | 沼久保  | 16.9  | ｜  |
Shibakawa | 芝川  | 19.2  | ｜  |
Inako | 稲子  | 24.0  | ｜  |
Tōshima | 十島  | 26.3  | ｜  |  | Nanbu | Yamanashi
Prefecture
Ide | 井出  | 29.4  | ｜  |
Yorihata | 寄畑  | 31.9  | ｜  |
Utsubuna | 内船  | 34.1  | ●  |
Kai-Ōshima | 甲斐大島  | 39.8  | ｜  |  | Minobu
Minobu | 身延  | 43.5  | ●  |
Shionosawa | 塩之沢  | 45.7  | ｜  |
Hadakajima | 波高島  | 50.2  | ｜  |
Shimobe-onsen | 下部温泉  | 51.7  | ●  |
Kai-Tokiwa | 甲斐常葉  | 54.1  | ｜  |
Ichinose | 市ノ瀬  | 56.1  | ｜  |
Kunado | 久那土  | 58.8  | ｜  |
Kai-Iwama | 甲斐岩間  | 60.3  | ●  |  | Ichikawamisato
Ochii | 落居  | 61.8  | ｜  |
Kajikazawaguchi | 鰍沢口  | 66.8  | ●  |
Ichikawa-Daimon | 市川大門  | 69.8  | ●  |
Ichikawa-Hommachi | 市川本町  | 70.7  | ｜  |
Ashigawa | 芦川  | 71.7  | ｜  |
Kai-Ueno | 甲斐上野  | 72.8  | ｜  |
Higashi-Hanawa | 東花輪  | 76.3  | ●  |  | Chūō
Koikawa | 小井川  | 77.5  | ｜  |
Jōei | 常永  | 78.9  | ｜  |  | Shōwa
Kokubo | 国母  | 81.2  | ｜  |
Kai-Sumiyoshi | 甲斐住吉  | 83.1  | ｜  |  | Kōfu
Minami-Kōfu | 南甲府  | 84.0  | ●  |
Zenkōji | 善光寺  | 86.3  | ｜  |
Kanente | 金手  | 87.2  | ｜  |
Kōfu | 甲府  | 88.4  | ●  | ■ Chūō Main Line

## See also

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* List of railway lines in Japan

## References

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## External links

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Stations of the Minobu Line

* Fuji
* Yunoki
* Tatebori
* Iriyamase
* Fujine
* Gendōji
* Fujinomiya
* Nishi-Fujinomiya
* Numakubo
* Shibakawa
* Inako
* Tōshima
* Ide
* Yorihata
* Utsubuna
* Kai-Ōshima
* Minobu
* Shionosawa
* Hadakajima
* Shimobe-onsen
* Kai-Tokiwa
* Ichinose
* Kunado
* Kai-Iwama
* Ochii
* Kajikazawaguchi
* Ichikawa-Daimon
* Ichikawa-Hommachi
* Ashigawa
* Kai-Ueno
* Higashi-Hanawa
* Koikawa
* Jōei
* Kokubo
* Kai-Sumiyoshi
* Minami-Kōfu
* Zenkōji
* Kanente
* Kōfu

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JR Central lines

Shinkansen|

* Tōkaidō

Main|

* Chūō
* Kansai
* Kisei
* Takayama
* Tōkaidō

Local|

* Gotemba
* Jōhoku
* Iida
* Meishō
* Minobu
* Sangū
* Taita
* Taketoyo

Past|

* Akechi
* Etsumi-Nan
* Futamata
* Okata

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Mass transit in the Odawara, Hakone, Izu Peninsula, Fuji Five Lakes, and Mount Fuji area

JR companies
railway lines|

|  JR Central|

* Tōkaidō Shinkansen
* Tōkaidō
* Gotemba
* Minobu

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JR East|

* CO JC Chūō
* JT Tōkaidō
* JT Itō

Odakyu Group|

* Odakyu Electric Railway
* OH Odawara Line
* Odakyu Hakone
* OH Hakone Tozan Line
* OH Hakone Tozan Cable Car
* OH Hakone Ropeway
* OH Hakone Sightseeing Cruise

Izuhakone Railway|

* Daiyūzan Line
* Sunzu Line
* Hakone Komagatake Ropeway
* Lake Ashi Excursion Ship
* Jukkokutōge Cable Car

Fuji Kyuko Railway Corp|

* Fujikyuko Line (Fujikyu)
* Gakunan Railway Line
* Lake Kawaguchi Mt. Tenjō Ropeway

Other|

* Izu Kyūkō Line (Izukyu)
* Atami Ropeway
* Izunokuni Panorama Park Ropeway
* Shimoda Ropeway

Terminals|

* Rail
* Atami
* Fuji
* Hakone-Yumoto
* Itō
* Izukyū Shimoda
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* Mishima
* Mt. Fuji
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* Odawara
* Ōtsuki
* Shin-Fuji
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* Shizuoka Airport

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