Ueda Electric Railway

Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line
Ueda Electric Railway 1000 series train, August 2008
Overview
Locale	Ueda, Nagano
Termini	Ueda Bessho-Onsen
Stations	15
Operation
Opened	1921
Owner	Ueda Electric Railway
Technical
Line length	11.6 km (7.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Single
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	120 m
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)

The Bessho Line (別所線^?, Bessho-sen) is an 11.6 km (7.2 mi) Japanese railway line in Ueda, Nagano, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ueda Electric Railway (上田電鉄^?, Ueda Dentetsu). It connects Ueda and Bessho-Onsen stations. This is currently the only railway line Ueda Dentetsu operates. Although the company is the root of its holding company, Ueda Kōtsū (上田交通^?, "Ueda Transport"), the group now mainly operates resort amusement facilities and bus lines. Ueda Kōtsū is owned by Tokyu Corporation. The railway line lacked funds to upgrade the infrastructure to meet the new safety standards, and separated to become the present company.

As of 1 April 2015^[update], the fleet of trains operated on the line is as follows.

1000 series, May 2012

7200 series, May 2012

The first section of the line opened on 17 June 1921, using a 600 V DC overhead power supply. The line voltage was raised to 1,500 V DC from 1 October 1986.Wanman driver-only operation commenced on the line from 3 October 2005.

From 1 April 2016, station numbering was introduced on the line, with stations numbered from "BE01" (Ueda) to "BE15" (Bessho-Onsen).