Naruto Line

Naruto Line
Naruto railway station
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Locale Tokushima Prefecture
Termini Ikenotani
Naruto
Stations 7
Operation
Opened 1916
Operator(s) JR Shikoku
Technical
Line length 8.5 km (5.3 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification None
Operating speed 85 km/h (53 mph)
Route map

The Naruto Line (鳴門線, Naruto-sen) is a railway line in Japan operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku). It connects Ikenotani Station and Naruto Station in Naruto, Tokushima.

History

In 1916 the Awa Electric Railway Co. opened a line from Nakahara to Naruto, including the Yoshinari - Ikenotani section, which is now part of the Kotoku Line.

In 1933 the company was nationalised.

CTC signalling was commissioned in 1977, and freight services ceased in 1984.

Former connecting lines

  • Naruto station - A ferry to Fukura on Awaji Island enabled connection to the Awaji Railway Co. 23km 1067mm gauge line to Sumoto, where a ferry service to Tanagawa operated. The line opened between 1922 and 1925, was electrified at 600 VDC in 1947 and closed in 1966.

Services

Although the official start of the line is at Ikenotani, rail services from Naruto are considered outbound, with the reverse being inbound. This is to allow for more efficient connecting service to the Kōtoku Line at Ikenotani.

All regular trains are local service trains. Most trains run through to Tokushima, with a few with service through onto the Mugi Line. There is no through service to or from Takamatsu, forcing passengers to transfer at Ikenotani. Moreover, connections to the Uzushio limited express service on the Kōtoku Line are poor, with waits of thirty minutes to an hour for a train.

Some trains are wanman driver-only operated, with others also having a conductor on board. Due to short platform lengths, the trains of three cars or more only allow the doors of certain cars to open at those stations. In addition, the entire line is single-tracked, with no passing permitted anywhere along the line except at the terminuses of Ikenotani and Naruto.

Station list

  • All stations are located in Naruto, Tokushima.
  • Local trains stop at all stations.
  • Trains can pass one another at stations marked "◇" and "^" and cannot pass at those marked "｜".
Station
number		 Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers  
Between
stations		 Total
N04 Ikenotani 池谷 - 0.0 Kōtoku Line (T04)
Most trains through to Tokushima		 ◇
N05 Awa-Ōtani 阿波大谷 1.3 1.3   ｜
N06 Tatsumichi 立道 1.7 3.0   ｜
N07 Kyōkaimae 教会前 1.9 4.9   ｜
N08 Konpiramae 金比羅前 0.8 5.7   ｜
N09 Muya 撫養 1.5 7.2   ｜
N10 Naruto 鳴門 1.3 8.5   ∧

See also

References

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

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