Kominato Line

Kominato Line
KiHa 200 diesel cars on the Kominato Line
Overview
Native name	小湊鉄道線
Type	Passenger
Termini	Goi Kazusa-Nakano
Stations	18
Operation
Opened	1925
Owner	Kominato Railway
Technical
Line length	39.1 km (24.3 mi)
Number of tracks	Single
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Route map Uchibō Line 0.0 Goi 2.5 Kazusa-Murakami Nishihiro Station-1944 5.4 Amaariki 7.2 Kazusa-Mitsumata 8.6 Kazusa-Yamada Futsukaichiba Station-1944 10.6 Kōfūdai 12.4 Umatate Saze Station-1944 16.4 Kazusa-Ushiku 18.5 Kazusa-Kawama 20.0 Kazusa-Tsurumai 22.0 Kazusa-Kubo 23.8 Takataki 25.7 Satomi 27.5 Itabu 29.8 Tsukizaki 32.3 Kazusa-Ōkubo 34.9 Yōrōkeikoku 39.1 Kazusa-Nakano Isumi Line

The Kominato Line (小湊鉄道線^?, Kominato Tetsudō sen) is a railway line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector Kominato Railway (小湊鐵道^?, Kominato tetsudō). It extends from the west coast of central Bōsō Peninsula (where it connects with the Uchibō Line at Goi to Kazusa-Nakano in the town of Ōtaki (where it connects to the Isumi Line). All of its stations with the exception of the Kazusa-Nakano terminus are within the city of Ichihara. Diesel cars manufactured between 1961 and 1977 run through the scenic hilly areas of Bōsō Peninsula, and the line has many antique station buildings.

As of 1 April 2016^[update], the railway owns and operates a fleet of 14 KiHa 200 series diesel cars, numbered 201 to 214. All except cars 209 and 210 are air-conditioned.

From 15 November 2015, a Satoyama Torokko (里山トロッコ^?) open-sided tourist train hauled by a replica steam locomotive powered by a diesel engine entered service on the line, operating generally at weekends only. The train consists of four coaches, two of which have open sides, with a total capacity of 144 passengers. It is hauled by diesel locomotive number DB4, a replica of a German Orenstein & Koppel-built steam locomotive formerly operated on the line from 1924 until the 1940s, powered by a Volvo diesel engine.