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Fukuen Line

{{short description|Railway line in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan}}

{{More citations needed|date=October 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Infobox rail line

| name = Fukuen Line

| other_name =

| native_name = 福塩線

| native_name_lang = ja

| color = {{rcr|JR West|Fukuen}}

| logo = JRW oka-Z.svg

| logo_width = 50

| logo_alt =

| image = JRwest105-Fukuen Line.jpg

| image_width = 300px

| image_alt =

| caption = 105 series EMUs at Yokoo Station, July 2011

| type = Heavy rail

| system =

| locale = Hiroshima Prefecture

| start = {{STN|Fukuyama|x}}

| end = {{STN|Shiomachi|x}}

| stations = 27

| open =

| owner = {{ric|JR West|name=y}}

| operator = JR West

| linelength_km = 78.0

| gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}

| electrification = 1,500 V DC, overhead lines (Fukuyama–Fuchū)

| speed =

}}

The {{Nihongo|Fukuen Line|福塩線|Fukuen-sen}} is a railway line in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Fukuyama Station in Fukuyama to Miyoshi Station in Miyoshi.

Stations

class="wikitable"
Line

!colspan="2" |Name

!Distance (km)

!Transfers

!colspan="2"|Location

rowspan="27"|Fukuen Line

|{{STN|Fukuyama|x}}

|福山

|style="text-align: right;"|0.0

|20px Sanyō Shinkansen
20px 20px Sanyō Main Line

|rowspan="12"|Fukuyama

|rowspan="31"|Hiroshima

{{STN|Bingo-Honjō|x}}

|備後本庄

|style="text-align: right;"|1.8

| 

{{STN|Yokoo|x}}

|横尾

|style="text-align: right;"|6.1

| 

{{STN|Kannabe|x}}

|神辺

|style="text-align: right;"|8.4

|Ibara Railway Ibara Line

{{STN|Yudamura|x}}

|湯田村

|style="text-align: right;"|10.4

| 

{{STN|Michinoue|x}}

|道上

|style="text-align: right;"|11.3

| 

{{STN|Managura|x}}

|万能倉

|style="text-align: right;"|13.4

| 

{{STN|Ekiya|x}}

|駅家

|style="text-align: right;"|14.6

| 

{{STN|Chikata|x}}

|近田

|style="text-align: right;"|16.0

| 

{{STN|Tode|x}}

|戸手

|style="text-align: right;"|17.0

| 

{{STN|Kamitode|x}}

|上戸手

|style="text-align: right;"|18.8

| 

{{STN|Shin-ichi|x}}

|新市

|style="text-align: right;"|20.0

| 

{{STN|Takagi|x|Hiroshima}}

|高木

|style="text-align: right;"|21.7

| 

|rowspan="6"|Fuchū

{{STN|Ukai|x}}

|鵜飼

|style="text-align: right;"|22.7

| 

{{STN|Fuchū|x|Hiroshima}}

|府中

|style="text-align: right;"|23.6

|

{{STN|Shimo-Kawabe|x}}

|下川辺

|style="text-align: right;"|27.9

| 

{{STN|Nakahata|x}}

|中畑

|style="text-align: right;"|31.8

| 

{{STN|Kawasa|x}}

|河佐

|style="text-align: right;"|34.9

| 

{{STN|Bingo-Mikawa|x}}

|備後三川

|style="text-align: right;"|42.4

| 

|rowspan="1"|Sera, Sera

{{STN|Bingo-Yano|x}}

|備後矢野

|style="text-align: right;"|46.6

| 

|rowspan="2"|Fuchū

{{STN|Jōge|x}}

|上下

|style="text-align: right;"|50.3

| 

{{STN|Kōnu|x}}

|甲奴

|style="text-align: right;"|54.7

| 

|rowspan="10"|Miyoshi

{{STN|Kajita|x}}

|梶田

|style="text-align: right;"|57.1

| 

{{STN|Bingo-Yasuda|x}}

|備後安田

|style="text-align: right;"|62.3

| 

{{STN|Kisa|x}}

|吉舎

|style="text-align: right;"|67.3

| 

{{STN|Mirasaka|x}}

|三良坂

|style="text-align: right;"|73.6

| 

rowspan="2"|{{STN|Shiomachi|x}}

|rowspan="2"|塩町

|rowspan="2" style="text-align: right;"|78.0

|rowspan="2"|20px Geibi Line

rowspan="4"|Geibi Line
{{STN|Kamisugi|x|Hiroshima}}

|神杉

|style="text-align: right;"|79.5

| 

{{STN|Yatsugi|x}}

|八次

|style="text-align: right;"|82.8

| 

{{STN|Miyoshi|x|Hiroshima}}

|三次

|style="text-align: right;"|85.1

|20px Geibi Line

=Former connecting lines=

Rolling stock

History

The Ryobi Light Railway opened a {{Track gauge|762 mm}} gauge line to Fuchu in 1914, and electrified it at 750 V DC in 1927. The company was nationalised in 1933, the same year the Japanese Government Railway opened the Shiomachi to Kisa section of the line (then as an extension of the Geibi Line).{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} The Fukuyama to Fuchu section was regauged to {{Track gauge|1067 mm}} in 1935, the year the Kisa to Joge section opened. The two sections were connected with the opening of the Fuchu to Joge section in 1938.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

The Fuchu to Shimo-Kawabe section was electrified in 1954, and whilst the voltage on the Fukuyama to Fuchu section was increased to 1500 V DC in 1961, the Fuchu to Shimo-Kawabe electrification was decommissioned the following year.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Freight services ceased in 1986, and in 1989, the 6,123 m Hattabara Tunnel and associated deviation were commissioned, shortening the route by 1.4 km.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Wanman driver only operation commenced on the non-electrified section between {{STN|Fuchū|x|Hiroshima}} and {{STN|Miyoshi|x|Hiroshima}} on 1 April 1991, using KiHa 120-300 DMUs.{{cite book |title = JR気動車客車編成表 '04年版 |trans-title=JR DMU & Coaching Stock Formations – 2004| publisher = JRR| date = 1 July 2004| location = Japan| page = 199| isbn = 4-88283-125-2}} Driver-only operation commenced on the electrified section between {{STN|Fukuyama|x}} and {{STN|Fuchū|x|Hiroshima}} on 14 March 1992, using 105 series EMUs.

References

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{{West Japan Railway Company Lines}}

{{Hiroshima transit}}

Category:Rail transport in Hiroshima Prefecture

Category:Lines of West Japan Railway Company

Category:1067 mm gauge railways in Japan

Category:Railway lines opened in 1914

Category:1914 establishments in Japan