Mizuma Railway Mizuma Line

Stations10ServiceOperator(s)Mizuma Railway Co., Ltd.HistoryOpened24 December 1925TechnicalLine length5.5 km (3.4 mi)Number of tracksSingleTrack gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead linesOperating speed60 km/h (37 mph)

Route map

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km Nankai Main Line 0.0 Kaizuka 0.8 Kaizuka Shiyakushomae 1.2 Koginosato JR-W Hanwa Line 2.0 Ishizai 2.8 Sechigo 3.2 Nagose 4.3 Mori 4.7 Mitsumatsu 5.1 Mikayamaguchi 5.5 Mizuma Kannon

The Mizuma Line (水間線, Mizuma-sen) is a Japanese railway line between Mizuma Kannon Station and Kaizuka Station, all within Kaizuka, Ōsaka. This is the only railway line of a private railway company Mizuma Railway (水間鉄道, Mizuma Tetsudō) operates. The company also operates bus services.

The company or the line is commonly called Suitetsu (水鉄).

Basic data

• Distance: 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles)
• Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
• Stations: 10
• Track: single
• Electric supply: 1,500 V DC
• Railway signalling: Automatic

History

The line opened between December 1925 and January 1926, electrified at 600 VDC.

Freight services ceased in 1972, and in 1990 the line voltage was increased to 1,500 VDC.

Proposed connecting line

• Sechigo station - Construction of a proposed line to Kokawa on the Wakayama Line commenced in the late 1920s but was abandoned due to the economic depression in the 1930s

Stations

All stations are in Kaizuka, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture.

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers
		Between Stations	Total Distance
Kaizuka	貝塚	-	0.0	Nankai Main Line (NK26)
Kaizuka Shiyakushomae	貝塚市役所前	0.8	0.8
Koginosato	近義の里	0.4	1.2
Ishizai	石才	0.8	2.0
Sechigo	清児	0.8	2.8
Nagose	名越	0.4	3.2
Mori	森	1.1	4.3
Mitsumatsu	三ツ松	0.4	4.7
Mikayamaguchi	三ヶ山口	0.4	5.1
Mizuma Kannon	水間観音	0.4	5.5

See also

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

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

External links

• Media related to Mizuma Railway at Wikimedia Commons
• (in Japanese) Mizuma Railway official website