Mizuma Railway Mizuma Line

Updated on Dec 08, 2024

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Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)		Electrification 1500 V DC

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 km (ca. 3.4 mi.)

Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft. 6 in.)

Stations: 10

Track: single

Electric supply: 1500 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 1500 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