Shintetsu Ao Line
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| Shintetsu Ao Line | |
|---|---|
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 1500 series EMU on the 50 per mil gradient between Omura and Kashiyama, April 2011 | |
| Overview | |
| Native name | Túc sinh tuyến |
| Owner | Kobe Electric Railway |
| Locale | Hyōgo Prefecture |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 20 |
| Service | |
| Type | Heavy rail |
| History | |
| Opened | 28 December 1936 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 29.2 km (18.1 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC |
| Operating speed | 70 km/h (45 mph) |
TheAo Line(Túc sinh tuyến,Ao-sen)is a commuter railway line inHyōgo Prefecture,Japan, operated by theKobe Electric Railway(Shintetsu). It connectsKobewith its northwestern suburb,Ono.The line is 29.2 km (18.1 mi) long, extending fromSuzurandaiinKita-kutoAo,where the line connects with theWest Japan Railway Company(JR West)Kakogawa Line,although all trains continue past Suzurandai toShinkaichivia theShintetsu Arima LineandKobe Rapid RailwayNamboku Line.
BetweenSuzurandai StationandKizu Station,track gradient can reach 50‰at most.
History
[edit]The Miki Electric Railway Co. opened the Suzurandai – Hirono Golf-jo-mae on 28 December 1936.[1]DMUs operated until the section was electrified the following year and extended to Miki Uenomaru, with the extension to Miki opening in 1938.
In 1947 the company merged with the Kobe Electric Railway Co., which extended the line to Ono on 28 December 1951, and from Ono to Ao on 10 April 1952.[1]
The Nishi-Suzurandai – Aina section was duplicated in 1982, and the Kizu – Oshibedani section was duplicated between 1979 and 1989.
Former connecting lines
[edit]- Miki station – TheMiki Railway Miki Lineoperated between 1917 and 2008.
Stations
[edit]- S indicates that the service stops at the station
- | indicates that the service skips the station
| No. | Station | Distance (km) | Local ( phổ thông ) |
Semi-Express ( chuẩn cấp ) |
Express ( cấp hành ) |
Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↑ Through Service via theShintetsu Arima LineandKobe Kosoku Lineto/fromShinkaichi↑
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| KB06 | Suzurandai | Linh lan đài | 0.0 | S | S | S | Arima Line(Through Service)
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Kita-ku, Kobe |
| KB41 | Suzurandai-nishiguchi | Linh lan đài tây khẩu | 0.8 | S | S | S | ||
| KB42 | Nishi-Suzurandai | Tây linh lan đài | 1.3 | S | S | S | ||
| KB43 | Aina | Lam na | 3.0 | S | S | ↑ | ||
| KB44 | Kizu | Mộc tân | 6.4 | S | S | ↑ | Nishi-ku, Kobe | |
| KB45 | Kobata | Mộc phiên | 8.1 | S | S | S | ||
| KB46 | Sakae | Vinh | 9.6 | S | S | S | ||
| KB47 | Oshibedani | Áp bộ cốc | 11.2 | S | S | S | ||
| KB48 | Midorigaoka | Lục が khâu | 12.8 | S | S | S | Miki | |
| KB49 | Hirono Golf-jo-mae | Quảng dã ゴルフ tràng tiền | 13.5 | S | S | S | ||
| KB50 | Shijimi | Chí nhiễm | 15.6 | S | S | S | ||
| KB51 | Ebisu | Huệ bỉ tu | 17.6 | S | S | S | ||
| KB52 | Miki Uenomaru | Tam mộc thượng の hoàn | 18.6 | S | S | S | ||
| KB53 | Miki | Tam mộc | 19.3 | S | S | S | ||
| KB54 | Omura | Đại thôn | 20.8 | S | S | S | ||
| KB55 | Kashiyama | 樫 sơn | 23.2 | S | S | S | Ono | |
| KB56 | Ichiba | Thị tràng | 23.9 | S | S | S | ||
| KB57 | Ono | Tiểu dã | 26.2 | S | S | S | ||
| KB58 | Hata | Diệp đa | 27.7 | S | S | S | ||
| KB59 | Ao | Túc sinh | 29.2 | S | S | S |  Kakogawa LineHojo RailwayHojo Line | |
References
[edit]This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
- ^abTerada, Hirokazu (July 2002).データブック nhật bổn の tư thiết[Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 263–4.ISBN4-87366-874-3.
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