Yunoyama Line

Yunoyama Line
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Local bound for Yunoyama
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Mie Prefecture Yokkaichi • Komono
Termini	Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Yunoyama-Onsen
Stations	10
Operation
Opened	September 24, 1913
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Railway
Technical
Line length	15.4 km (9.6 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Overhead, 1500V DC
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map All lines are Kintetsu unless otherwise noted Nagoya Nagoya Line Yunoyama Line 0.0 Kintetsu Yokkaichi(Suwa) Nagoya Line Yunoyama-Utsube link - Closed 1964 Utsube Line 1.7 Nakagawara 2.8 Ise-Matsumoto(Matsumotomura) 5.3 Ise-Kawashima(Kawashimamura) 6.7 Takatsuno Higashi-Meihan Expressway 8.7 Sakura(Sakuramura) 11.3 Komono 12.6 Naka-Komono 13.5 Ōbane-en 15.4 Yunoyama-Onsen(Yunoyama) This diagram:

The Yunoyama Line (湯の山線, Yunoyama-sen^?) is a railway line of the Japanese private railway company Kintetsu Railway, connecting Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station (Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture) and Yunoyama-Onsen Station (Komono, Mie Prefecture) in Japan.

The line connects with the Nagoya Line and Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube Line at Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station.

The Yunoyama Line was originally conceived and built by Yokkaichi Railway (四日市鉄道 Yokkaichi Tetsudō) in the 1910s and was constructed with the purpose of both providing access within the city of Yokkaichi but also providing tourists access to the Yunoyama area. The line was completed in 1913 and in 1916 an extension from the line's origin, Kintetsu-Yokkaichi (at that time called Suwa Station and located slightly to the east), to JR Yokkaichi was added. However, this extension had a relatively short life as part of the Yunoyama Line as it was sold off to Ise Electric Railway (Iseden) in 1927, who utilized it for the extension of their main line from Yokkaichi to Kuwana. This made Suwa Station, a hub between three different private railways and the biggest station in Yokkaichi, the origin again. Steam engines originally ran on the tracks however in the 1920s the line was electrified, following a trend of many railways in the area.