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Mizuma Railway Mizuma Line

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Track gauge
  
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Electrification
  
1500 V DC

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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.

Contents

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

    • Stations

    All stations are in Kaizuka, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture. For distances and connections, see the route diagram.

  • Kaizuka 貝塚
  • Kaizuka Shiyakushomae 貝塚市役所前
  • Koginosato 近義の里
  • Ishizai 石才
  • Sechigo 清児
  • Nagose 名越
  • Mori 森
  • Mitsumatsu 三ツ松
  • Mikayamaguchi 三ヶ山口
  • Mizuma Kannon 水間観音

    • References

    Mizuma Railway Mizuma Line Wikipedia
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