Gakunan Railway Line | |
Color: | FF4500 |
Type: | Heavy rail |
Locale: | Shizuoka Prefecture |
Stations: | 10 |
Website: | https://www.gakutetsu.jp/ |
Open: | 1936 |
Operator: | Gakunan Electric Train Co., Ltd. |
Linelength: | 9.2km (05.7miles) |
Electrification: | 1500 V DC overhead |
Map State: | collapsed |
The is a Japanese railway line between and, all within the industrial area of Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture. The line does not have any official name. This is the only railway line operates.[1] The operator company was established on April 1, 2013 as a subsidiary of the former operator, a subsidiary of Fuji Kyuko.[2] [3]
No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Between stations | Total | |||||
GD01 | 吉原 | – | 0.0 | Tōkaidō Main Line | Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture | |
GD02 | ジヤトコ前 | 2.3 | 2.3 | |||
GD03 | 吉原本町 | 0.4 | 2.7 | |||
GD04 | 本吉原 | 0.3 | 3.0 | |||
GD05 | 岳南原田 | 1.4 | 4.4 | |||
GD06 | 比奈 | 1.0 | 5.4 | |||
GD07 | 岳南富士岡 | 1.0 | 6.4 | |||
GD08 | 須津 | 0.9 | 7.3 | |||
GD09 | 神谷 | 0.9 | 8.2 | |||
GD10 | 岳南江尾 | 1.0 | 9.2 | |||
The Gakunan Railway began operations as an industrial railway named the on August 5, 1936 as part of a project to create an industrial center in Fuji city. The terminal station of the line was established at Yoshiwara Station on the Tokaido Main Line, and initial plans called for the line to be extended as far as Numazu Station. These plans were delayed by World War II and were eventually cancelled with the end of the war and breakup of the Nissan zaibatsu. The line gained its present name on December 15, 1948, after which regularly scheduled passenger service began. The electric supply for the line was upgraded from 600 Volts to the present 1,500 volts in 1969. In 1984, scheduled freight services past were discontinued.
All freight services were discontinued on March 16, 2012.[2]