Sagano Line

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221 series on a local service
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
System	Urban Network
Locale	Kyoto Prefecture
Termini	Kyoto Sonobe
Operation
Opened	1988 (1897)
Owner	JR West
Technical
Line length
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	130 km/h (80 mph)

The Sagano Line (嵯峨野線, Sagano-sen) is the popular name for a portion of the Sanin Main Line in the suburbs of Kyoto, Japan. The electrified and double-tracked railway is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line starts at Kyoto Station and ends at Sonobe Station.

The Sagano Line forms part of JR West's "Urban Network". This name has been in use since 1988.

Sagano Scenic Railway

Main article: Sagano Scenic Railway

The Sagano Scenic Railway (嵯峨野観光鉄道, Sagano Kankō Tetsudō) is a sightseeing railway that uses an abandoned section of the Sanin Main Line originally built in 1897. In 1989, the Sanin Main Line was rerouted between the present day Saga-Arashiyama Station to Umahori to accommodate track duplication and electrification. However the old route which ran along the Hozu River, had been popular with tourists. The Sagano Scenic Railway, an affiliate of JR West and developed jointly with the city of Kameoka, was founded, and the Sagano Scenic Line began operation in 1991.

The track and stations were all formerly used by the Sanin Main Line and still owned by JR West, while the train is composed of a former JR West Class DE10 diesel locomotive and torokko open-sided cars (derived from the English "truck") converted from former freight gondola cars.

The Sagano Scenic Line stations are as follows (Sagano Line station in parentheses):

Torokko Saga (Saga Arashiyama) - Torokko Arashiyama - Torokko Hozukyo (Hozukyō) - Torokko Kameoka (Umahori)

Stations

• All stations on the Sagano Line are located in Kyoto Prefecture
• Rapid services stop at Kyoto, Nijo, Emmachi, Saga-Arashiyama, and every station from Kameoka to Sonobe.

Station	Japanese	Rapid	Distance (km)	Connections	Location
Sanin Main Line
Kyoto	京都	+	0.0	JR Kyoto Line, Biwako Line, Kosei Line, Nara Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen Kintetsu Kyoto Line Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line	Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Tambaguchi	丹波口	-	2.5
Nijo	二条	+	4.2	Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line	Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Emmachi	円町	+	5.8
Hanazono	花園	-	6.9		Ukyo-ku, Kyoto
Uzumasa	太秦	-	8.6	Randen Arashiyama Main Line
Saga-Arashiyama	嵯峨嵐山	+	10.3	Sagano Scenic Railway Randen Arashiyama Main Line
Hozukyo	保津峡	-	14.3		Kameoka
Umahori	馬堀	-	18.1	Sagano Scenic Railway
Kameoka	亀岡	+	20.2
Namikawa	並河	+	23.4
Chiyokawa	千代川	+	25.2
Yagi	八木	+	28.2		Nantan
Yoshitomi	吉富	+	32.2
Sonobe	園部	+	34.2
Continuing service on the Sanin Main Line to Fukuchiyama and beyond

External links

• Sagano Scenic Railway website