The is a Japanese railway line which connects Terada Station with Tateyama Station, all within Tateyama, Nakaniikawa District Toyama Prefecture. It is owned and run by Toyama Chihō Railway.
History The first section of what is now this line was opened by Tateyama Light Railway Co. as a 762mm gauge line between Gohyakkoku and Namerikawa (on the Toyama Chiho Railway Main Line) in 1913. The Gohyakkoku – Iwakuraji section opened in 1921.
In 1931, the company merged with the Toyama Electric Railway Co., which opened the Terada – Gohyakkoku section the same year, 1067mm gauge and electrified at 1500 VDC. The Gohyakkoku – Iwakuraji section was converted to 1067mm gauge and electrified in 1936.
In the meantime, the Toyama Prefectural Government opened the Iwakuraji – Chigaki section between 1921 and 1923 as 1067mm gauge, electrifying the section at 600 VDC in 1927, and raising the voltage to 1500 VDC in 1937, the year the section to Arimineguchi opened.
All these lines were merged in 1943 upon the creation of the Toyama Chihō Railway Co., and the line was extended to Tateyama the same year.
CTC signalling was commissioned on the line in 1976.
Station list
NoNameDistance (km)ExpressLimited ExpressConnectionsLocationT08寺田0.0●●Toyama Chihō Railway Main LineTateyama,Nakaniikawa DistrictToyamaT44稚子塚1.4｜｜ T45田添2.1｜｜ T46五百石3.7●｜ T47榎町4.6▲｜ T48下段5.7｜｜ T49釜ヶ淵7.4▲｜ T50沢中山8.6｜｜ T51岩峅寺10.2●｜Toyama Chihō Railway Kamidaki LineT52横江13.5｜｜ T53千垣17.3●｜ T54有峰口17.9●｜ ToyamaT55本宮19.4●｜ T56立山24.2●●Tateyama Cable Car (Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route)Tateyama, Nakaniikawa
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