Sassho Line
| Sasshō Line | |||
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Sasshō Line KiHa 201 series DMU, January 2010
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| Overview | |||
| Other name(s) | Gakuentoshi Line | ||
| Native name | 札沼線 | ||
| Locale | Hokkaido | ||
| Termini |
Sōen Shin-Totsukawa |
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| Operation | |||
| Opened | 1931 | ||
| Owner | JR Hokkaido | ||
| Technical | |||
| Number of tracks | 2 (Sōen – Ainosato-Kyōikudai) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
| Electrification | 20 kV AC overhead line (Sōen – Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku) | ||
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The Sasshō Line (札沼線 Sasshō-sen?) is a railway line in Japan operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), which connects Sōen in Sapporo and Shin-Totsukawa in Shintotsukawa, Hokkaido. Its name is made up of two characters from Sapporo (札幌?) and Ishikari-Numata (石狩沼田?), the latter of which was the terminus of the line until it was truncated at Shin-Totsukawa in 1972.
On 19 November 2016, JR Hokkaido's President announced plans to further rationalise the network by up to 1,237 km, or ~50% of the current network, including closure of the non-electrified section of the Sassho Line.
As of the revised timetable introduced on 27 October 2012, the following electric multiple unit (EMU) rolling stock is used on the Sasshō Line.
711 series EMU, January 2009
721 series EMU, July 2006
731 series EMU, March 2008
733 series EMU, June 2012
735 series EMU, May 2012
Prior to the 27 October 2012 timetable revision, the following diesel multiple unit (DMU) rolling stock was used on the Sasshō Line.
KiHa 40 series DMU
KiHa 141 series DMU, January 2010
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