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Itō Line
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Izu Kyuko Railway 2100 series "Resort21" train at Izu-Taga Station, March 2010
Overview
Locale	Shizuoka Prefecture
Termini	Atami Itō
Stations	6
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR East
History
Opened	30 March 1935; 89 years ago (1935-03-30)
Last extension	15 December 1938; 86 years ago (1938-12-15)
Technical
Line length	16.9 km (10.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	240 m (790 ft)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (Overhead line)
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)
Train protection system	ATS-P
Maximum incline	2.5%
Route map

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Legend
Main Line & Shinkansen toTokyo 0.0 Atami Tōkaidō Main Line & Tōkaidō Shinkansen 1.2 Kinomiya Fudō tunnel 1.795 km 1.115 mi 6.0 Izu-Taga 8.7 Ajiro Shin-Usami tunnel 2.941 km 1.827 mi 13.0 Usami 16.9 Itō Izu Kyūkō Line Izukyū Shimoda

TheItō Line (Japanese:伊東線,Hepburn:Itō-sen) is a railway line owned by theEast Japan Railway Company (JR East) which connectsAtami andItō Stations, along the east coast ofIzu Peninsula inShizuoka Prefecture,Japan. From Itō, the line continues south toShimoda under the privately owned and operatedIzu Kyūkō Line.

• Local trains
  • E231 series 10-car EMUs (Ito・Tokaido・Ueno-Tokyo Lines)
  • E233 series 10-car EMUs (Ito・Tokaido・Ueno-Tokyo Lines)
  • Izukyu 2100 series 7-car EMUs (Ito・Izukyu Lines)
  • Izukyu 8000 series 3-car or 6-car coupled EMUs (Ito・Izukyu Lines)
• Limited express
  • 185 series 7-car or 10-car EMUs (Odoriko)
  • E257-2000 series (Odoriko)
  • E261 seriesSaphir Odoriko
  • Izukyu 2100 series 7-car or 8-car EMUs (Resort Odoriko)
• Sightseeing trains
  • 651-1000 series 4-car EMUs (Izu Craile)
    • A rebuilt four-car651 series resort train set namedIzu Craile(Japanese:伊豆クレイル) entered service on theIto Line in the summer of 2016. The name is aportmanteau formed from "Cresciuto" (Italian for "mature"), "train", and the suffix "-ile". Car 1 had window-facing counter seats on the seaward side, car 2 had a bar counter and lounge, car 3 had semi-open compartments, and car 4 had conventional unidirectional 2+2-abreast seating.^[1] The service ran until June 28, 2020, as JR East decided that with the introduction ofSaphir Odoriko services, the Izu Craile service would be surplus to requirements.

Most of the local trains are only run between Atami Station and Izukyū Shimoda station via Izu Kyūkō Line.

A few local trains with Green Cars departing from Itō Station enter the Tokaido Main Line, with most of them entering the Ueno-Tokyo Line, and the farthest terminals areUtsunomiya Station orKagohara Station. As such, Itō Station is the most southern terminal of the Ueno-Tokyo Line.

Initial plans called for theJapanese National Railways (JNR) to build aspur line linking Atami on theTokaido Main Line with Shimoda. However, funding was limited in the 1930s due to a combination of a tightfiscal policy underPrime MinisterOsachi Hamaguchi during theGreat Depression, and a number of technical issues. The projected route of the Itō line along the mountainous east coast of the Izu Peninsula required numerous tunnels and bridges. Workers digging a tunnel nearUsami encountered problems with undergroundhot springs, similar to that experienced in the construction of theTanna Tunnel, which had recently been completed years later than originally projected and far over budget.

On March 30, 1935, the initial 8.7 km section of the Itō Line linking Atami withAjiro was opened. The second (8.3 km) section from Ajiro toItō was opened on December 15, 1938. Both sections were electrified at 1,500 V DC when opened. Further work was delayed, and then canceled due to the outbreak ofWorld War II.

CTC signalling was commissioned in 1958, and the Atami to Kinomiya section was duplicated in 1968. The entire line was originally designed to be built as double track, and earthworks were undertaken on this basis, including tunneling, but to date only the first 1.2 km of the line has been duplicated.

Construction south of Itō resumed in 1961, when the private-sectorTokyu Corporation acquired the rights to complete the line to Shimoda and established theIzukyu Corporation to manage construction and operations of this section.

• Itō Line
• Lines of East Japan Railway Company
• Rail transport in Shizuoka Prefecture
• Railway lines opened in 1935
• 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan

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