Gakunan Railway Line

Gakunan Railway Line
A Gakunan train at Yoshiwara Station, November 2011
Overview
Locale	Shizuoka Prefecture
Termini	Yoshiwara Gakunan-Enoo
Stations	10
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Fuji Kyuko
History
Opened	1936
Technical
Line length	9.2 km (5.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
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The Gakunan Railway Line (岳南鉄道線, Gakunan Tetsudō-sen) is Japanese railway line between Yoshiwara and Gakunan-Enoo, all within the industrial area of Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture. The line does not have any official name. This is the only railway line Gakunan Railway (岳南鉄道, Gakunan Tetsudō) operates. Gakunan Railway Company is a subsidiary of Fuji Kyuko.

Stations

• Yoshiwara
• Jatco-mae
• Yoshiwara-honchō
• Hon-Yoshiwara
• Gakunan-Harada
• Hina
• Gakunan-Fujioka
• Sudo
• Kamiya
• Gakunan-Enoo

History

The Gakunan Railway began operations as an industrial railway named the Nissan Heavy Industrial Railroad (日産重工業専用鉄道, Nissan Jūkōgyōsenyō Tetsudō) on August 5, 1936 as part of a project to create an industrial center in Fuji city. The terminal station of the line was established at Yoshiwara Station on the Tokaido Main Line, and initial plans called for the line to be extended as far as Numazu Station. These plans were delayed by World War II and were eventually cancelled with the end of the war and breakup of the Nissan zaibatsu. The line gained its present name on December 15, 1948, after which regularly scheduled passenger service began. The electric supply for the line was upgraded from 600 Volts to the present 1,500 volts in 1969. In 1984, scheduled freight services past Sudo were discontinued.

See also

• List of railway companies in Japan
• List of railway lines in Japan

External links

• Official website Template:Ja icon