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Mine Line

{{Single source|date=October 2024}}{{Short description|Railway line in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{infobox rail line

|name=Mine Line

|native_name=美祢線

|image=キハ120.JPG

|color=dc208f

|locale=Yamaguchi Prefecture

|start={{STN|Asa|x}}

|end={{STN|Nagatoshi|x}}

|stations=12

|open={{start date and age|1905|09|13|df=y}}

|lastextension={{start date and age|1924|03|23|df=y}}

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

|stock=KiHa 120

|linelength={{cvt|46.0|km}}

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

|tracks=Single-track

|electrification=None

|speed={{cvt|85|km/h}}

|map={{Routemap|inline=yes|collapse=yes|title=美禰線|title-bg=#d6007f|title-color=white|map=

hKRZWaeq\KRZu\STRq\BHFq!~HUBa\~~ ~~{{ric|JR West|Sanyo Shinkansen|name=y}}

WASSER\STRl\ABZq+l\BHFq!~HUBe\~~0.0~~{{STN|Asa|x}}~~{{lnl|JR West|San'yo}}

WASSERl\WASSER+r\STR\\

WASSER\DST\~~2.0~~Kamonosho Signal Station

WASSER\BHF\~~4.2~~{{STN|Yunotō|x}}

WASSER\eDST\~~6.6~~Matsugase Signal Station~~ -1997

WASSERl\hKRZWae\WASSER+r~~ ~~Asa River

WASSER+l\hKRZWae\WASSERr

WASSER\TUNNEL1\

WASSERl\hKRZWae\WASSER+r

\TUNNEL1\WASSER

\BHF\WASSER~~10.2~~{{STN|Atsu|x}}

\TUNNEL1\WASSER

WASSER+l\hKRZWae\WASSERr

WASSERl\hKRZWae\WASSER+r

\TUNNEL1\WASSER

\BHF\WASSER~~13.2~~{{STN|Shirōgahara|x}}

WASSER+l\hKRZWae\WASSERr

WASSERl\hKRZWae\WASSER+r

WASSER+l\hKRZWae\WASSERr

WASSERl\hKRZWae\WASSER+r

\TUNNEL1\WASSER~~ ~~Shirōgahara Tunnel~~{{cvt|140|m|ft}}

WASSER+l\hKRZWae\WASSERr

WASSER\BHF\~~{{STN|Minami-Ōmine|x}}

WASSER\eABZgl\exKBHFeq~~Ōmine~~ -1997

WASSERl\hKRZWae\WASSER+r

WASSER+l\hKRZWae\WASSERr

WASSER\BHF\~~19.4~~{{STN|Mine|x}}

KBSTaq\hKRZWaeq\ABZg+r\\~~ ~~UBE Corporation only

WASSER\eBHF\~~20.8~~Kamiriyō~~ -1920

WASSER\BHF\~~22.3~~{{STN|Shigeyasu|x}}

WASSERl\hKRZWae\WASSER+r

\BHF\WASSER~~27.2~~{{STN|Ofuku|x}}

WASSER+l\hKRZWae\WASSERr

WASSERr\TUNNEL2\

BHF~~37.1~~{{STN|Shibuki|x}}

TUNNEL2

BHF~~41.0~~{{STN|Nagato-Yumoto|x}}

BHF~~43.3~~{{STN|Itamochi|x}}

hKRZWae~~ ~~Otobu River

KDSTa\STR\~~ ~~{{ill|Nagato Depot|lt=|ja|長門鉄道部}}

STRl\ABZg+lr\~~ ~~San'in Main Line

BHF~~46.0~~{{STN|Nagatoshi|x}}

ABZgr~~ ~~San'in Main Line

STR~~ ~~San'in Main Line - Senzaki Branch Line}}

}}

The {{Nihongo|Mine Line|美祢線|Mine-sen}} is a railway line owned and operated by the West Japan Railway Company. It connects San'yō-Onoda to Nagato, both in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

History

The Sanyo Railway Company opened the Asa to Minami-Omine section in 1905 to haul coal. The company was nationalised in 1906, and the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) extended the line to Mine in 1909.

The Mine Light Railway Company opened the Mine to Shigeyasu section in 1916. That company was nationalised in 1920, and the JGR opened the section to Ofuku the same year. The line was extended to Nagato in 1924, completing the line.

Freight services ceased in 1984, except for limestone haulage from Shigeyasu, which ceased in 2009.

All services were suspended after heavy rainstorm flooding in July 2010. Despite estimates that repairs would take up to three years to complete, the Mine Line was restored to full service on 26 September 2011, in time for the 66th National Sports Festival, "Oidemase Yamaguchi Kokutai," which began in October 2011.

Since June 2023, the Mine Line has been fully suspended due to rain damage from a storm. Alternative transportation is provided via bus.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-13 |title=2024 – Japan – “Last Train To Nagato-Shi” |url=https://trainstobeyond.com/2024/06/13/2024-japan-last-train-to-nagato-shi/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Trains To Beyond |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY |url=https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=westjr.co.jp |language=en}}

Route data

  • Operating Company:
  • West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
  • Distance:
  • Asa — Nagatoshi: 46 km
  • Gauge: {{RailGauge|1067 mm}}
  • Stations: 12
  • Double-tracking: None
  • Electrification: Not electrified
  • Railway signalling:
  • Automatic occlusive (special)

Stations

All stations are in Yamaguchi Prefecture.

class="wikitable" rules="all"
colspan="2" |Name

!style="width: 3em;"|Distance (km)

!Connections

!Location

{{STN|Asa|x}}

|厚狭

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

|JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, Sanyō Main Line

|rowspan=3|San'yō-Onoda

Kamonoshō S.B.

|鴨ノ庄信号

|style="text-align: right;"|(2.0)

| 

{{STN|Yunotō|x}}

|湯ノ峠

|style="text-align: right;"|4.2

| 

{{STN|Atsu|x}}

|厚保

|style="text-align: right;"|10.2

| 

|rowspan=6|Mine

{{STN|Shirōgahara|x}}

|四郎ヶ原

|style="text-align: right;"|13.2

| 

{{STN|Minami-Ōmine|x}}

|南大嶺

|style="text-align: right;"|16.9

| 

{{STN|Mine|x}}

|美祢

|style="text-align: right;"|19.4

| 

{{STN|Shigeyasu|x}}

|重安

|style="text-align: right;"|22.3

| 

{{STN|Ofuku|x}}

|於福

|style="text-align: right;"|27.2

| 

{{STN|Shibuki|x}}

|渋木

|style="text-align: right;"|37.1

| 

|rowspan=4|Nagato

{{STN|Nagato-Yumoto|x}}

|長門湯本

|style="text-align: right;"|41.0

| 

{{STN|Itamochi|x}}

|板持

|style="text-align: right;"|43.3

| 

{{STN|Nagatoshi|x}}

|長門市

|style="text-align: right;"|46.0

|JR West San'in Main Line

See also

References

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External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110713225951/http://www.westjr.co.jp/news/newslist/article/1174891_799.html Notice on schedule of substitution bus services] (JR West) {{in lang|ja}}

{{West Japan Railway Company Lines}}

Category:Lines of West Japan Railway Company

Category:Rail transport in Yamaguchi Prefecture

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