| Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line (十和田観光電鉄線) | |
| Type: | Heavy rail Passenger |
| Stations: | 11 |
| Owner: | Towada Kankō Electric Railway |
| Open: | 1922 |
| Close: | 2012 |
| Stock: | Moha 7200, Moha 7700, Kuha 7900, Moha 3400, Moha 3600 |
| Linelength: | 14.7km (09.1miles) |
| Electrification: | 1500 VDC |
The 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 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 . 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.[1]
| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between Stations | Total | ||||||
| 三沢 | style="text-align:center;" | - | 0.0 | Aoimori Railway Line | Misawa | Aomori | |
| 大曲 | 2.7 | 2.7 | Rokunohe | ||||
| 柳沢 | 2.4 | 5.1 | |||||
| 七百 | 1.3 | 6.4 | |||||
| 古里 | 2.0 | 8.4 | |||||
| 三農校前 | 1.5 | 9.9 | |||||
| 高清水 | 0.7 | 10.6 | Towada | ||||
| 北里大学前 | 2.1 | 12.7 | |||||
| 工業高校前 | 0.6 | 13.3 | |||||
| ひがし野団地 | 0.4 | 13.7 | |||||
| 十和田市 | 1.0 | 14.7 | |||||
As of April 1, 2003, the company had the following equipment: