Kakogawa Line

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Railway line in Hyogo prefecture, Japan

Kakogawa
Tanikawa

Stations21ServiceRolling stock103 series, 125 seriesHistoryOpened1 April 1913; 111 years ago (1913-04-01)Last extension27 December 1924; 99 years ago (1924-12-27)TechnicalLine length48.5 km (30.1 mi)Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)Electrification1,500 V DC (overhead line)Operating speed85 km/h (53 mph)

The Kakogawa Line (加古川線, Kakogawa-sen) is a railway line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which connects the cities of Kakogawa and Tamba.^[1]

The 48.5-kilometre (30.1 mi) line begins at Kakogawa Station on the JR Kobe Line (Sanyō Main Line) and ends at Tanikawa Station on the Fukuchiyama Line.

History

The Banshu Railway opened the Kakogawa - Nishiwakishi section in 1913, and extended the line to Tanikawa in 1924. The company was nationalised in 1943.

Freight services ceased in 1986, and CTC signalling was commissioned on the entire line in 2004.

Former branches of the Kakogawa Line included the Takasago Line (connected at Kakogawa Station), the Miki Line (connected at Yakujin Station) and the Kajiya Line (connected at Nomura Station, i.e. present-day Nishiwakishi Station).

Stations

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Kakogawa	加古川	0.0	JR Kobe Line (Sanyō Main Line) (Takasago Line - closed 1984)	Kakogawa	Hyōgo Prefecture
Hioka	日岡	2.5
Kanno	神野	4.8
Yakujin	厄神	7.4	(Miki Railway Miki Line - closed 2008)
Ichiba	市場	11.5		Ono
Onomachi	小野町	13.7
Ao	粟生	16.6	Hōjō Railway Line Shintetsu Ao Line
Kawainishi	河合西	19.2
Aonogahara	青野ヶ原	21.3
Yashirochō	社町	24.2		Katō
Takino	滝野	27.3
Taki	滝	28.4
Nishiwakishi	西脇市	31.2	(Kajiya Line - closed 1990)	Nishiwaki
Shin-Nishiwaki	新西脇	32.3
Hie	比延	34.6
Nihon-heso-kōen	日本へそ公園	36.1
Kurodashō	黒田庄	38.5
Hon-Kuroda	本黒田	42.0
Funamachiguchi	船町口	43.8
Kugemura	久下村	46.3		Tamba
Tanikawa	谷川	48.5	Fukuchiyama Line	Tamba