Jōhana Line

Jōhana Line
Local train running on the Jōhana Line in May 2022
Overview
Status	In operation
Owner	JR West
Locale	Toyama Prefecture
Termini	Takaoka Jōhana
Stations	14
Service
Type	Regional rail
Operator(s)	JR West
Rolling stock	KiHa 40 series DMU
History
Opened	1897; 127 years ago (1897)
Technical
Line length	29.9 km (18.6 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	85 km/h (53 mph)
Route map Map

The Jōhana Line (城端線, Jōhana-sen) is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It connects Takaoka with Johana.

Route data

• Operating Company: West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
• Distance: 29.9 km (18.6 mi)
• Track gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
• Stations: 14
• Double-track: None
• Electrification: Not electrified
• Railway signalling: Special automatic occlusive (track circuit detection type)

Stations

Name	Japanese	Between (km)	Distance (km)[1]	Transfers	Location
Takaoka	高岡	-	0.0	Himi Line, Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, Manyosen	Takaoka	Toyama
Shin-Takaoka	新高岡	1.8	1.8	Hokuriku Shinkansen
Futatsuka	二塚	1.5	3.3
Hayashi	林	1.3	4.6
Toide	戸出	2.7	7.3
Aburaden	油田	3.4	10.7		Tonami
Tonami	砺波	2.6	13.3
Higashi-Nojiri	東野尻	5.2	15.5
Takagi	高儀	1.5	17.0		Nanto
Fukuno	福野	2.4	19.4
Higashi-Ishiguro	東石黒	2.6	22.0
Fukumitsu	福光	2.7	24.7
Etchū-Yamada	越中山田	2.8	27.5
Jōhana	城端	2.4	29.9

History

The line was opened in 1897^[citation needed] by the Chūetsu Railway (中越鉄道) as the Chūetsu Line (中越線) between Fushiki (on the present-day Himi Line) and Jōhana via Takaoka.[2] The line was nationalised on 1 September 1920.[2] The Chūetsu Line was renamed the Jōhana Line from 1 August 1942 following the incorporation of the Fushiki to Takaoka section into the Himi Line.[2]

CTC signalling was commissioned over the entire line in 1983.^[citation needed]

From 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, the Jōhana Line came under the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[2]

On 14 March 2015, Shin-Takaoka station opened on the line to coincide with the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kanazawa Station.[3]

Former connecting lines

• Fukuno Station: The Tonami Railway opened a 7 km line to Tsuzawa in 1915, including a connection to the Hokuriku Main Line at Isurugi. The company merged with the Kaetsu Railway in 1919, which extended the line 13 km to Shogawa-Cho in 1922. The entire line was closed on 16 September 1972.[4]

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

1. JTB Timetable March 2015 issue p. 495
2. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. I. Japan: JTB. p. 92. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
3. "ダイヤ改正 城端線始発砺波から" [A change in timetable, starting from Tonami Station on the Jōhana Line]. Yomiuri Shimbun. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
4. 加越能鉄道加越線 Retrieved 18 July 2018 (in Japanese)

External links

• Johanna and Himi Line information (in Japanese)