Miki Railway Miki Line

Miki Line

Train on Miki Line near Nishi-Hōda
Overview
Native name 三木線
Locale Hyōgo Prefecture
Termini Yakujin
Miki
Stations 9
Operation
Opened 1916
Closed 2008
Owner Miki Railway
Technical
Line length 6.6 km (4.1 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Miki Railway Miki Line
Legend
 JR-W: Kakogawa Line
0.0 Yakujin
JR-W:
Kakogawa Line
 1.0 Kunikane
 1.5 Sōsa
 2.0 Shimo-Ishino
 2.6 Ishino
 4.3 Nishi-Hōda
 5.3 Bessho
 6.0 Takagi
 6.6 Miki
Miki
 Shintetsu:
Ao Line

The Miki Line (三木線 Miki-sen) was a Japanese railway line in Hyōgo Prefecture, between Yakujin Station in Kakogawa and Miki Station in Miki. This was the only railway line Miki Railway Company (三木鉄道株式会社 Miki Tetsudō) operated. The line linked Miki and the West Japan Railway Company Kakogawa Line at Yakujin station.

Basic data

History

The Banshū Railway (播州鉄道 Banshū Tetsudō) opened the line from 1916 to 1917. The railway was acquired by the Bantan Railway (播丹鉄道 Bantan Tetsudō) in 1923 and nationalised in 1943 together with other Bantan Railway lines, i.e. the Kakogawa Line, the Takasago Line, the Kajiya Line and the Hōjō Line.[1]

Freight services ceased in 1974. The third sector (in Japanese sense) company was created and succeeded the line when Japanese National Railways abandoned the route in 1985.[2]

The majority of commuters used Kobe Electric Railway's (Shintetsu) Ao Line to get to Kobe instead of the Miki–Kakogawa Line route. As a result, Miki Railway had been unable to justify continued financial support from the city. On March 1, 2007, the Miki City Council officially decided to abandon the line with the company agreeing on April 26, 2007. The line was closed on April 1, 2008. This was the fourth third-sector railway operator to cease operations, and the fifth third-sector line closed.

Stations

Name Distance (km) Connections Location
Yakujin 厄神 0.0 JR West: Kakogawa Line Hyōgo Kakogawa
Kunikane 国包 1.0  
Sōsa 宗佐 1.5  
Shimo-Ishino 下石野 2.0   Miki
Ishino 石野 2.6  
Nishi-Hōda 西這田 4.3  
Bessho 別所 5.3  
Takagi 高木 6.0  
Miki 三木 6.6  

See also

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

  1. ↑ Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 171. ISBN 4533029809.
  2. ↑ "Miki City Interest Spots". Retrieved 2008-02-21.


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