Obama Line

Obama Line
Obama Line
	An Obama Line 125 series train at Wakasa-Hongō Station
Overview
Owner	JR West
Locale	Fukui Prefecture; Kyoto Prefecture
Termini	Higashi-Maizuru; Tsuruga;
Stations	24
Service
Operator(s)	JR West
Rolling stock	125 series
Daily ridership	1,078 passengers per km per day (FY2014)
History
Opened	15 December 1917; 106 years ago
Last extension	10 December 1922; 101 years ago
Technical
Line length	84.3 km (52.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Fully single-tracked
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (overhead line)
Operating speed	85 km/h (53 mph)
Signalling	Special Automatic closing block (Track circuit detection)
Train protection system	ATS-SW

The Obama Line (小浜線, Obama-sen) is a railway line on the Sea of Japan coast of central Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

The 84.3-kilometre (52.4 mi) long single track railway connects Tsuruga Station on the Hokuriku Main Line in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture and Higashi-Maizuru Station on the Maizuru Line in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture. The city of Obama and the towns of Mihama, Wakasa, Ōi and Takahama are located in the central section of the line.

History

The Tsuruga - Tomura section opened in 1917, and the line was then extended westward to Obama in 1918, Wakasa-Takahama in 1921 and connected to the Maizuru Line at Higashi-Maizuru the following year.

Freight services between Tsuruga and Mitsumatsu ceased in 1997.

The line was electrified on March 15, 2003.

Stations

Name		Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
Name		Between stations	Total	Transfers	Location
Tsuruga	敦賀	-	0.0	A B Hokuriku Main Line	Tsuruga	Fukui
Nishi-Tsuruga	西敦賀	3.3	3.3
Awano	粟野	4.4	7.7
Higashi-Mihama	東美浜	5.0	12.7		Mihama, Mikata District
Mihama	美浜	5.2	17.9		Mihama, Mikata District
Kiyama	気山	3.5	21.4		Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka District
Mikata	三方	3.3	24.7
Fujii	藤井	2.6	27.3
Tomura	十村	2.0	29.3
Ōtoba	大鳥羽	4.0	33.3
Wakasa-Arita	若狭有田	2.1	35.4
Kaminaka	上中	3.4	38.8
Shin-Hirano	新平野	4.5	43.3		Obama
Higashi-Obama	東小浜	2.9	46.2
Obama	小浜	3.3	49.5
Seihama	勢浜	3.7	53.2
Kato	加斗	4.0	57.2
Wakasa-Hongō	若狭本郷	4.6	61.8		Ōi, Ōi District
Wakasa-Wada	若狭和田	3.9	65.7		Takahama, Ōi District
Wakasa-Takahama	若狭高浜	3.2	68.9
Mitsumatsu	三松	2.5	71.4
Aonogō	青郷	2.1	73.5
Matsunoodera	松尾寺	4.7	78.2		Maizuru, Kyoto
Higashi-Maizuru	東舞鶴	6.1	84.3	L Maizuru Line	Maizuru, Kyoto

Rolling stock

The line uses single-car 125 series EMU cars, sometimes substituted by 521 series EMU cars. And the limited express Hanaakari which used KiHa 189 DMU cars.

Former

References

"JR Timetable" December 2008

^ 区間別平均通過人員および旅客運輸収入（平成26年度） [Average passenger figures and revenue by line (Fiscal 2014)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 2015. p. 56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-09. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

External links

Official guide site (in Japanese)

[jrwest2014data-1] 区間別平均通過人員および旅客運輸収入（平成26年度） [Average passenger figures and revenue by line (Fiscal 2014)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 2015. p. 56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-09. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

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