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Aichi Loop Line

Local train at Yakusa Station
Info
Stations 23
Operation
Operator(s) Aichi Loop Railway
Technical
Line length 45.3 km
Track gauge 1067 mm
Electrification 1500 V DC
Operating speed 110 km/h
Route map
Map of Aichi loop line and other nearby lines

Aichi Loop Line (愛知環状鉄道線 Aichi Kanjō Tetsudō-sen?, "Aichi Loop Railway Line") is a Japanese railway line between Okazaki Station, Okazaki and Kōzōji Station, Kasugai, operated by Aichi Loop Railway (愛知環状鉄道 Aichi Kanjō Tetsudō?). The company or the line is abbreviated as Aikan (愛環?). This is the only line the company operates. Despite its name, the line is not a true loop, but a north-south line east to central Nagoya, which can be considered as an unclosed loop.

Aichi Loop Railway is a third sector (in Japanese sense) company, shares held by public sector such as Aichi Prefecture, the city of Toyota, and also by private companies. Unlike typical third sector lines in Japan, Aichi Loop Line is steadily making a profit, since the line functions as a commuter rail for nearby Toyota Motor factories.

Contents

Basic data

  • Operators, distances:
  • Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft. 6 in.)
  • Stations: 23
  • Track:
    • Double: Naka-Okazaki - Kita-Okazaki, Kitano-Masuzuka - Mikawa-Kamigō, Mikawa-Toyota - Shin-Toyota, Setoshi - Kōzōji
    • Single: the rest
  • Electric supply: 1,500 V DC
  • Railway signalling: Automatic (ATS-ST)

History

The first section of the line, between Okazaki and Kitano-Masuzuka, originally started in 1970 as Okata Line (岡多線?), a freight rail line of JNR. The section between Kitano-Masuzuka and Shin-Toyota was extended and the whole line started a passenger service in 1976. Another part of the line, between Setoshi and Kōzōji, was originally planned as JNR Seto Line, a once cancelled freight line. Okata Line, merged with the planned Seto Line route and the link between two, was renamed as Aichi Loop Line in 1988. Concurrently, newly founded Aichi Loop Line Company succeeded the line from JR Central.

Services

There is no rapid service. All trains stop at every station. Two trains per an hour run during the daytime, with three or four per an hour in morning and evening peaks.

Stations

All stations are in Aichi Prefecture.

Station Dist.
(km) 		Transfers Location
01 Okazaki 岡崎 0.0 Okazaki
02 Mutsuna 六名 1.7
03 Naka-Okazaki 中岡崎 3.4
04 Kita-Okazaki 北岡崎 5.3
05 Daimon 大門 6.5
06 Kitano-Masuzuka 北野桝塚 8.7
07 Mikawa-Kamigō 三河上郷 10.7 Toyota
08 Ekaku 永覚 12.4
09 Suenohara 末野原 14.0
10 Mikawa-Toyota 三河豊田 15.9
11 Shin-Uwagoromo 新上挙母 17.6
12 Shin-Toyota 新豊田 19.5
13 Aikan-Umetsubo 愛環梅坪 21.5
14 Shigō 四郷 23.5
15 Kaizu 貝津 25.5
16 Homi 保見 26.8
17 Sasabara 篠原 29.2
18 Yakusa 八草 32.0
19 Yamaguchi 山口 34.6   Seto
20 Setoguchi 瀬戸口 36.7
21 Setoshi 瀬戸市 39.1
22 Nakamizuno 中水野 41.9
23 Kōzōji 高蔵寺 45.3
  • JR-C: Chūō Main Line
Kasugai
Through service to/from Nagoya, via Chūō Main Line

See also

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