Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line

Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line (十和田観光電鉄線)
Near Towadashi Station
Overview
Type	Heavy rail Passenger
Termini	Misawa Towadashi
Stations	11
Operation
Opened	1922
Closed	2012
Owner	Towada Kankō Electric Railway
Rolling stock	Moha 7200, Moha 7700, Kuha 7900, Moha 3400, Moha 3600
Technical
Line length	14.7 km (9.1 mi)
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	1500 VDC

The Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line (十和田観光電鉄線, Towada Kankō Electric Railway-sen^?) was a railway route operated by Towada Kankō Electric Railway (Totetsu). It ran between Misawa Station and Towadashi Station in eastern Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

On September 5, 1922, the Towada Railway (十和田鉄道^?) began operating a 762mm gauge line between Furumaki Station (present day Misawa Station) and Sanbongi Station (present day Towadashi Station, with intermediate stops at Shichihyaku and Takashizu. Additional stations were added in the 1930s. In 1951, the line was fully electrified and the track gauge was expanded to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). The line was renamed as Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line on December 30, 1951. A single direction Automatic Block Signal control system was implemented from December 16, 1971. The Towadashi terminus was rebuilt in 1985 to include a shopping complex. All freight operations on the line were suspended from 1986. A new automatic train stop (ATS) system was implemented from October 1, 2002.

The operation of the line was discontinued on April 1, 2012.

As of April 1, 2003, the company had the following equipment: