Maizuru Line

Railway line in Kyoto prefecture, Japan

  • Ayabe
  • Higashi-Maizuru
Stations6ServiceTypeHeavy railHistoryOpened1904TechnicalLine length26.4 km (16.4 mi)Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)Electrification1,500 V DC overhead wire

The Maizuru Line (舞鶴線, Maizuru-sen) is a 26.4 km (16.4 mi) railway line in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Ayabe and Higashi-Maizuru, the line beyond there being called the Obama Line connecting to Tsuruga.

Stations

Name Japanese Distance
(km) 		Transfers Location
Ayabe 綾部 0.0  E  Sanin Main Line Ayabe Kyoto Prefecture
Fuchigaki 淵垣 5.3
Umezako 梅迫 8.2
Magura 真倉 15.5 Maizuru
Nishi-Maizuru 西舞鶴 19.5 ■M Kyoto Tango Railway (Willer Trains) Miyamai Line (M8)
Higashi-Maizuru 東舞鶴 26.4 Obama Line

History

The line opened in the autumn of 1904 to transport troops and materiel to the naval base and Maizuru-Higashi Port during the Russo-Japanese War, which commenced in February of that year.[1] Although built by the Japanese Government, it was initially leased to the Bantsuru Railway Co, which opened the Ayabe – Fukuchiyama section of what is now the Sanin Main Line the same year.

The company was nationalised in 1907, the year the 2 km Maizurukō Line (舞鶴港線) from Nishi-Maizuru to Maizuru Port opened. Passenger services operated on that branch between 1913 and 1924, and it closed in 1985.

Nishi-Maizuru was also the junction for the 4 km Naka-Maizuru Line (中舞鶴線) to Naka-Maizuru which operated between 1919 and 1972.[1]

The line was electrified in 1999.[1]

From the start of the revised timetable on 13 March 2021, Rapid trains that passed through Magura Station were discontinued and were changed to Local trains.[2]

From the start of the revised timetable on 18 March 2023, 125 series trainsets began operation on the Maizuru Line.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c 帰ろう 私たちの故郷へ ＪＲ舞鶴線 [JR Maizuru Line – Returning to our hometown]. The Asahi Shimbun Digital (in Japanese). Japan: The Asahi Digital Company. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  2. ^ "２０２１年春ダイヤ改正について" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  3. ^ "JR西日本125系、ダイヤ改正後の舞鶴線で運用 - 113系とともに活躍" [JR West 125 series begin on the Maizuru Line after the timetable revision alongside the 113 series]. MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). 21 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.