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 Kurobe Gorge Railway | |
Native name | 黒部峡谷鉄道株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Kurobe Kyōkoku Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha |
| Company type | Public-private KK |
| Industry | Transportation |
| Founded | 4 May 1971 |
| Website | Official website |
The Kurobe Gorge Railway (黒部峡谷鉄道株式会社, Kurobe Kyōkoku Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha), or Kurotetsu (黒鉄) for short, is a private, 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway company operating the Kurobe Gorge Main Line along the Kurobe River in the Kurobe gorge area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The railway was built to serve the construction of the Kurobe dam for the Kansai Electric Power Company, which was completed in 1963; Kurotetsu was spun off from the power company in June 1971, but remains a wholly owned subsidiary. At its terminus, the Main Line links to Kurobe Senyō Railway, which is not open to the general public.
As of 2006[update], the company operated 25 locomotives, 139 passenger carriages and 204 freight wagons.[1]
- ^ Bushell, Chris, ed. (2006). Railway Directory 2006 (111th ed.). Reed Business Information. p. 122. ISBN 0-617-01031-5.