Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line
| Jōhoku Line | |
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A TKJ KiHa 11-300 series diesel car on the Johoku Line in May 2016
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| Overview | |
| Native name | 城北線 |
| System | JR Central |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| Termini |
Kachigawa Biwajima |
| Stations | 6 |
| Daily ridership | 1,384 (FY2009) |
| Website | www |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1 December 1991 |
| Owner | JR Central |
| Operator(s) | Tokai Transport Service Company (TKJ) |
| Rolling stock | KiHa 11 DMUs |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 11.2 km (7.0 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Minimum radius | 400 m |
| Electrification | Not electrified |
| Operating speed | 95 km/h (60 mph) |
The Jōhoku Line (城北線 Jōhoku-sen?) is a Japanese commuter rail line between Kachigawa Station in Kasugai and Biwajima Station in Kiyosu in Aichi Prefecture. Trains are operated by Tokai Transport Service Company, or TKJ in short, while its rail facilities belong to Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). TKJ, a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Central, operates this line.
All trains stop at all stations, and there are no limited stop rapid services. Services operate once per an hour in daytime, and 2 or 3 times per an hour in morning and evening.
All stations are in Aichi Prefecture.
The line is operated using a fleet of four KiHa 11 single-car diesel multiple unit DMUs.
When the line first opened, services were operated using KiHa 40 series single-car DMUs leased from JR Central. These were painted in the TJK livery of cream with orange window band.
Up until April 2015, the fleet consisted of four KiHa 11-200 series cars (KiHa 11-201–204), based at Kachigawa Depot. Two of these (KiHa 11-203 and 204) were sold to the Hitachinaka Kaihin Railway in Ibaraki Prefecture in April 2015. KiHa 11-201 was withdrawn from Johoku Line services on 23 September 2015, and sold to the Hitachinaka Kaihin Railway. It was replaced from 24 September 2015 by KiHa 11-300 series car KiHa 11-301, purchased from JR Central. The remaining KiHa 11-200 series car (KiHa 11-202) was scheduled to be replaced by a KiHa 11-300 series car in 2016.
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