Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube Line

Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube Line
260 series train at Hinaga Station
Overview
LocaleMie Prefecture
Termini
Stations8
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Operator(s)Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway
History
OpenedOctober 6, 1912
Technical
Line length5.7 km (3.5 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Electrification750 V DC, Overhead line
Route map
Nagoya
Up Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Left Kintetsu Yunoyama Line
0.0
 Kintetsu-Yokkaichi
(Suwa)
Right Nagoya Line
Left Yunoyama-Utsube link - Closed 1964
 Down Utsube Line
Minami-Hamada
Closed 1944
1.0
 Akahori
1.8
 Hinaga
Left Hachiōji Line
 Nishihino
Tempaku River
2.5
 Minami-Hinaga
3.6
 Tomari
4.3
 Oiwake
5.0
 Ogoso
5.7
 Utsube
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The Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube Line (四日市あすなろう鉄道内部線, Yokkaichi Asunarō Tetsudō Utsube-sen) is a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway line operated by the Japanese private railway company Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway, connecting Asunarou Yokkaichi Station and Utsube Station, both in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan.

The line connects with the Kintetsu Nagoya Line and the Yunoyama Line at Asunarou Yokkaichi Station; these other lines use an elevated platform called Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station whereas the Utsube Line uses a low-level platform. At Hinaga Station, the line connects with the Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Hachiōji Line, a one-station branch line. Because all trains on the Hachiōji Line offer direct service to Asunarou Yokkaichi via the Utsube Line, the two lines are collectively called the Utsube-Hachiōji Line (内部・八王子線, Utsube-Hachiōji-sen).

Until March 2015, the line was under control of Kintetsu, a major railway company.