Nanao Line
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A JR West 415-800 series EMU used on the Nanao Line
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| Type | Regional rail | ||
| Locale | Ishikawa Prefecture | ||
| Termini |
Tsubata Anamizu |
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| Stations | 20 (JR West), 8 (Noto Railway) | ||
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| Opened | 1898 | ||
| Owner | JR West | ||
| Operator(s) | JR West, Noto Railway | ||
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| Line length | 59.5 km (37.0 mi) (JR West), 33.1 km (20.6 mi) (Noto Railway) | ||
| Track length | 87.5 km (54.4 mi) (JR West) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
| Electrification | 1500 V DC (Tsubata — Wakura-Onsen) | ||
| Operating speed | 100 km/h (60 mph) | ||
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The Nanao Line (七尾線 Nanao-sen?) is a railway line in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the Noto Railway. It runs between Tsubata Station in Tsubata and Anamizu Station in Anamizu.
JR West operates the section between Tsubata and Wakura-Onsen, while the Noto Railway (the second company with this name, see Former connecting lines section below) operates the section between Nanao and Anamizu. The section between Wakura-Onsen and Nanao is served by both companies. A further section of the line between Anamizu and Wajima closed in 2001.
Prior to the transfer of the Wakura-Onsen — Wajima section from JR West to Noto Railway in 1991, Noto Railway took control of another former Japanese National Railways (JNR) line in 1988, the Noto Line. It closed in 2005.
In 2015, the IR Ishikawa Railway took over the Hokuriku Main Line at Tsubata, effectively isolating the Nanao Line from the rest of the JR network.
JR West owns the entire Nanao Line between Tsubata and Anamizu, but it only operates the southern section while Noto Railway operates the rest of the line.
Nearly all local and rapid trains run between Nanao and Kanazawa or Komatsu. Between Nanao and Anamizu, only Noto Railway operates local trains.
The JR section is electrified and operates both local and limited express trains. Among others, there are nine Thunderbird limited express trains (4½ round trips) per day between Osaka and Wakura-Onsen, as well as a single round-trip Shirasagi limited express train between Nagoya and Wakura-Onsen.
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