Tsugaru Railway

Tsugaru Railway Line
	A train on the Tsugaru Railway Line with Mount Iwaki in the background, 2010
Overview
Native name	津軽鉄道線
Status	In operation
Owner	Tsugaru Railway Company
Termini	Goshogawara; Tsugaru-Nakasato
Stations	12
Service
Type	Regional rail
Operator(s)	Tsugaru Railway Company
History
Opened	1930
Technical
Line length	20.7 km (12.9 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Rural
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	70 km/h (44 mph)
Route map

The Tsugaru Railway Line (津軽鉄道線, Tsugaru Tetsudō-sen) is a Japanese railway line in Aomori Prefecture, operating between Tsugaru-Goshogawara, in the city of Goshogawara and Tsugaru-Nakasato, in the town of Nakadomari, in central-southern Tsugaru Peninsula. The line is the only railway line operated by the Tsugaru Railway Company. The company and its line is often referred to as the Tsutetsu (津鉄). The Tsuruga Railway Line should not be confused with the former government Tsugaru Line, now operated by JR East.

Stations

- Rapid trains = The trains were called Semi-express once. The trains are coupled with Stove Ressha between December and March. But some trains are coupled with Stove Ressha on holidays during December.

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Rapid	Transfers	Location
Tsugaru-Goshogawara	津軽五所川原	0.0	O	Gonō Line (Goshogawara)	Goshogawara	Aomori
Togawa	十川	1.3	O
Gonōkōmae	五農校前	3.2	O
Tsugaru-Iizume	津軽飯詰	4.2	O
Bishamon	毘沙門	7.4	↕
Kase	嘉瀬	10.1	O
Kanagi	金木	12.8	O
Ashino-Kōen	芦野公園	14.3	O
Kawakura	川倉	16.0	↕
Ōzawanai	大沢内	17.7	O		Nakadomari
Fukōda	深郷田	19.0	↕
Tsugaru-Nakasato	津軽中里	20.7	O

History

The Tsugaru Railway Company was founded in 1928, and the first section of the line was opened on July 15, 1930 from Goshogawara to Kanagi. This was extended to Ōzawanai by October 4, 1930, and to its present terminus of Tsugaru-Nakasato by November 13, 1930. All freight operations were discontinued on February 1, 1984.

The company's head office in Goshogawara

Former connecting lines

Kanagi station - The Tsugaru Forest Railway, utilising a Shay locomotive and consisting of a 67 km main line (including two tunnels) and four branches between 2 and 8 km in length, operated between 1906 and 1970.

References

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

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

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