| Yōrō Line | |
| Operator: | Yōrō Railway Co., Ltd. |
| Linelength Km: | 57.5 |
| Minradius M: | 160 |
| Electrification: | 1,500 V DC, overhead lines |
| Speed Km/H: | 65 |
| Maxincline: | 25 ‰ |
The is a railway line of a Japanese private railway operator . The line traverses the northeastern side of the Yōrō Mountains and connects Kuwana Station in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture and Ibi Station in Ibigawa, Gifu Prefecture.
The northern portion of the section is locally and unofficially called, as Ōgaki is a reversing station.
Kintetsu Railway, one of largest private railway companies in Japan, owns the tracks and rolling stocks of the line whereon Yōrō Railway (II), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kintetsu operates trains as of October 1, 2007.
Initially steam powered, the line was constructed by Yōrō Railway (I) and opened in 1913 between - -, in 1919 present line was completed with extensions of Yōrō - and Ikeno - . In 1922 Yōrō Railway merged with and the following year the line was electrified (1500 V DC). In 1928 its railway was transferred to . Since then the operator has changed several times, namely in 1929 the, in 1936, in 1940, in 1941, finally in 1944 which is the present Kintetsu.
Following typhoon damage in 1959, the Kintetsu Nagoya Line was regauged to, the Kintetsu standard which enables through trains to Osaka, but the Yōrō Line remained partly due to through freight trains to the then Japanese National Railways (JNR) at Ōgaki and Kuwana, because the line is shorter between these stations than JNR lines and used as the shortcut.
With accumulating deficit, Kintetsu Corporation decided to split off the operation of the Yōrō Line in 2007. Local governments along the line made an agreement of financial aid to the Yōrō Railway until 2010.
| Name | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between stations | Total | |||||
| 桑名 | - | 0.0 | Kansai Main Line (CJ07) Kintetsu Nagoya Line (E13) Sangi Railway Hokusei Line | Kuwana | Mie | |
| 播磨 | 0.9 | 1.6 | ||||
| 下深谷 | 2.4 | 4.0 | ||||
| 下野代 | 2.6 | 6.6 | ||||
| 多度 | 2.0 | 8.6 | ||||
| 美濃松山 | 3.3 | 11.9 | Kaizu | Gifu | ||
| 石津 | 2.3 | 14.2 | ||||
| 美濃山崎 | 2.0 | 16.2 | ||||
| 駒野 | 3.6 | 19.8 | ||||
| 美濃津屋 | 4.7 | 24.5 | ||||
| 養老 | 4.3 | 28.8 | Yōrō, Yōrō District | |||
| 美濃高田 | 3.0 | 31.8 | ||||
| 烏江 | 2.7 | 34.5 | ||||
| 大外羽 | 1.5 | 36.0 | Ōgaki | |||
| 友江 | 1.4 | 37.4 | ||||
| 美濃青柳 | 2.0 | 39.4 | ||||
| 西大垣 | 1.8 | 41.2 | ||||
| 大垣 | 1.8 | 43.0 | Tōkaidō Main Line (CA77) Tarumi Railway Tarumi Line (TR01) | |||
| 室 | 1.1 | 44.1 | ||||
| 北大垣 | 1.3 | 45.4 | ||||
| 東赤坂 | 2.1 | 47.5 | Gōdo, Anpachi District | |||
| 広神戸 | 2.8 | 50.3 | ||||
| 北神戸 | 1.6 | 51.9 | ||||
| 池野 | 1.6 | 53.5 | Ikeda, Ibi District | |||
| 北池野 | 0.9 | 54.4 | ||||
| 美濃本郷 | 0.8 | 55.2 | ||||
| 揖斐 | 2.3 | 57.5 | Ibigawa, Ibi District | |||
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This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia