Kōnan Railway Kuroishi Line

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Kuroishi Line
Kawabe Station (1997)
Overview
Native name	黒石線
Status	Ceased operation
Owner	Kōnan Railway
Locale	Aomori
Termini	Kawabe Kuroishi
Stations	3
Service
Type	Commuter rail line
Operator(s)	Kōnan Railway
History
Opened	15 August 1912; 111 years ago (1912-08-15)
Closed	1 April 1998
Technical
Line length	6.2 km (3.9 mi)
Number of tracks	Entirely Single-tracked
Character	Rural and urban
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None

The Kuroishi Line (黒石線, Kuroishi-sen) was a rail line of a Japanese minor private railway, Kōnan Railway in Aomori Prefecture, from Kawabe Station in Inakadate to Kuroishi Station in Kuroishi. Originally the line was opened as Kuroishi Light railway (黒石軽便線, Kuroishi-keiben-sen) in 1912, merged to Kōnan Railway in 1984, and closed in 1998.^[1]

History[edit]

The line was initially constructed by Ministry of Railways as Kuroishi Light railway line on August 1912. The line was renamed to Kuroishi Line on 1922. The line was listed in the 1st phase of Specified local lines due to low passengers from people using the Konan Line which also headed to Kuroishi, and it was transferred to Konan Railway on 1984.^[2] However, the line closed in 1998 due to the lack of users.^[2]

Route data[edit]

Kōnan Railway Company
Total distance: 6.2 km (Kawabe - Kuroishi) (6.6 km before 1984)
Rail Gauge: 1067mm
Stations: 3
Tracks: Single-track
Electrification: None
Block system: Automatic block system

Station list[edit]

Name		Distance (km)	Connections	Location
Kawabe	川部	0.0	Ōu Main Line Gonō Line	Minamitsugaru District, Inakadate
Maedayashiki	前田屋敷	2.9		Minamitsugaru District, Inakadate
Kuroishi	黒石	6.2	Kōnan Line	Kuroishi, Aomori

v t e Specified local lines
First phase	Shiranuka Line Kuji Line (Sanriku Railway) Miyako Line (Sanriku Railway) Sakari Line (Sanriku Railway) Nitchū Line Akatani Line Uonuma Line Shimizukō Line Kamioka Line (Kamioka Railway) Tarumi Line (Tarumi Railway) Kuroishi Line (Kōnan Railway) Takasago Line Miyanoharu Line Tsuma Line Komatsushima Line Aioi Line Shokotsu Line Manji Line Hōjō Line (Hōjō Railway) Miki Line (Miki Railway) Kurayoshi Line Katsuki Line Katsuta Line Soeda Line Muroki Line Yabe Line Iwanai Line Kōhin North Line Ōhata Line (Shimokita Kōtsū) Kōhin South Line Bikō Line Yashima Line (Yuri Kōgen Railway) Akechi Line (Akechi Railway) Amagi Line (Amagi Railway) Takamori Line (Minamiaso Railway) Kakunodate Line (Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway) Shigaraki Line (Shigaraki Kohgen Railway) Wakasa Line (Wakasa Railway) Kihara Line (Isumi Railway)
Second phase	Urushio Line Iburi Line Tomiuchi Line Aniai Line (Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway) Etsumi South Line (Nagaragawa Railway) Miyanojō Line Hiroo Line Ōsumi Line Futamata Line (Tenryū Hamanako Railroad) Setana Line Yūmō Line Shihoro Line Ise Line (Ise Railway) Saga Line Shibushi Line Haboro Line Horonai Line Matsumae Line Utashinai Line Shibetsu Line Tempoku Line Nayoro Main Line Chihoku Line (Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Railway) Aizu Line (Aizu Railway) Mōka Line (Mōka Railway) Ashio Line (Watarase Keikoku Railway) Gannichi Line (Nishikigawa Railway) Matsuura Line (Matsuura Railway) Kamiyamada Line Takachiho Line (Takachiho Railway)
Third phase	Nagai Line (Yamagata Railway) Okata Line (Aichi Loop Railway) Noto Line (Noto Railway) Miyazu Line (Kitakinki Tango Railway) Kajiya Line Taisha Line Nakamura Line (Tosa Kuroshio Railway) Ita Line (Heisei Chikuhō Railway) Itoda Line (Heisei Chikuhō Railway) Tagawa Line (Heisei Chikuhō Railway) Yunomae Line (Kumagawa Railway) Miyada Line

References[edit]

^ "懐かしの国鉄ローカル線写真特集：時事ドットコム". 時事ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-09.
^ ^a ^b "会社沿革｜弘南鉄道株式会社". konantetsudo.jp. Retrieved 2024-02-09.

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