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Minato Line

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Rail line in Ibaraki Prefecture
Minato Line
A Miki300-103 diesel railcar on the line in November 2021
Overview
Native name湊線
StatusIn operation
OwnerHitachinaka Seaside Railway
LocaleIbaraki Prefecture
Termini
Stations11
Websitehttp://www.hitachinaka-rail.co.jp/
Service
Operator(s)Hitachinaka Seaside Railway
Depot(s)Nakaminato
Rolling stockKiHa 11 series, KiHa 20 series, KiHa 37 series, MiKi 300 series DMU
History
Opened1913
Technical
Line length14.3 km (8.9 mi)
Number of tracksSingle
CharacterRural
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius200 m
ElectrificationNone
Operating speed60 km/h (37 mph)
Route map

0.0
Katsuta (勝田)
0.6
Kōkimae (工機前)
1.8
Kaneage (金上)
4.8
Nakane (中根)
7.1
Takadano-tekkyō (高田の鉄橋)
8.2
Nakaminato (那珂湊)
9.6
Tonoyama (殿山)
10.8
Hiraiso (平磯)
12.6
Minohamagakuen (美乃浜学園)
13.3
Isozaki (磯崎)
14.3
Ajigaura (阿字ヶ浦)
15.7
New Station (I)
17.4
New Station (II)

TheMinato Line (湊線,Minato-sen) is a 14.3 km Japanese railway line operated by thethird-sector railway operatorHitachinaka Seaside Railway (ひたちなか海浜鉄道,Hitachinaka Kaihin Tetsudō) betweenKatsuta andAjigaura, all withinHitachinaka, Ibaraki. It is the only railway line operated by the Hitachinaka Seaside Railway. The line was formerly operated by Ibaraki Kōtsū until 2008.

History

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Trackbed damaged by the March 2011 Great East Japan earthquake

The Minato Railway (湊鉄道,Minato Tetsudō) was established on 18 November 1907, and the line was opened from Katsuta to Nakaminato on 25 December 1913, using steam haulage.[1] The entire line to Ajigaura was completed on 17 July 1928.[1] From 1 August 1944, the line was taken over by Ibaraki Kōtsū (茨城交通), becoming the Ibaraki Kōtsū Minato Line.[1]

The Minato Line was the only railway line operated by Ibaraki Kōtsū, whose main business was bus transport. Because of its severe financial situation, Ibaraki Kōtsū decided to withdraw from railway operation. In September 2007, Ibaraki Kōtsū and the city of Hitachinaka agreed to transfer the line to a third-sector (funded jointly by local government and private sector) company, later incorporated as Hitachinaka Seaside Railway. From 1 April 2008, the line became the Hitachinaka Seaside Railway Minato Line.[1]

From 6 April 2010, all train services becameone-man operation.[1]

The line was damaged by the 11 March 2011Great East Japan earthquake, but the entire line was reopened for business from 23 July of the same year.[1] The line is planned to be extended north by 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) in the future.[2] The two stations will be near the southern gate and the western gate of theHitachi Seaside Park. As of 2025, these stations are assigned tentative names New Station 1 and New Station 2.[3]

Operations

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Train services are normally formed of single-car diesel units, increased to two-car formations during the morning peak.[1]

Infrastructure

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As of 1 April 2016[update], the railway operates a fleet of eight single-car diesel railcars, as follows.[4]

  • KiHa 11 x3 (car numbers KiHa 11-5 to 7, since 30 December 2015)
  • KiHa 20 x1 (car number 205, formerMizushima Rinkai Railway KiHa 20, same as JNRKiHa 20)
  • MiKi 300 x1 (car number 300-103, formerMiki Railway MiKi 300)
  • KiHa 3710 x2 (car numbers 3710-01 and 3710-02)
  • KiHa 37100 x1 (car number 37100-03)

In April 2015, three former JR CentralKiHa 11 diesel cars, KiHa 11-123/203/204, were sold to the Hitachinaka Kaihin Railway,[5] becoming KiHa 11-5, Kiha 11-6, and KiHa 11-7 respectively.[4] Two more KiHa 11-200 series cars, formerly owned byTokai Transport Service Company (TKJ) inAichi Prefecture, were purchased by the Hitachinaka Kaihin Railway in 2015 and 2016.[6] Of these, KiHa 11-201 was moved by road to the Hitachinaka Kaihin Railway in September 2015,[7] and Kiha 11-202 was moved in March 2016.[8]

Future Rolling Stock

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One of them is scheduled to be converted to a sightseeing train.


Former rolling stock

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  • KiHa 22 x1 (car number 222, former Haboro Mining Railway KiHa 22, same as JNRKiHa 22)[9]
  • KiHa 2000 x2 (car numbers 2004 and 2005, former Rumoi Railway KiHa 2000, same as JNR KiHa 22)[9]

KiHa 2004 was withdrawn from service in December 2015, and sold to theHeisei Chikuhō Railway in Kyushu in 2016.[10]

Stations

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NameBetween (km)Distance (km)ConnectionsLocation
Katsuta勝田-0.0Jōban LineHitachinaka, Ibaraki
Kōkimae工機前0.60.6 
Kaneage金上1.21.8 
Nakane中根3.04.8 
Takadano-tekkyō高田の鉄橋2.37.1 
Nakaminato那珂湊1.18.2 
Tonoyama殿山1.49.6 
Hiraiso平磯1.210.8 
Minohamagakuen美乃浜学園1.812.6 
Isozaki磯崎0.713.3 
Ajigaura阿字ヶ浦1.014.3 
TBATBA------ 
TBATBA---17.4 

See also

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References

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  1. ^abcdefgTerada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013).データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 39.ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. ^"ひたちなか海浜鉄道湊線の延伸について(事業許可取得)"(PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). ひたちなか海浜鉄道/ひたちなか市. 2021-01-15. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2021-01-16. Retrieved2021-01-18.
  3. ^"異例の「ローカル線延伸」計画が一歩前進! 来年度から詳細設計や地質調査に着手".乗りものニュース (in Japanese). 2025-11-08. Retrieved2025-11-08.
  4. ^ab私鉄車両編成表 2016 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. p. 18.ISBN 978-4-330-70116-5.
  5. ^もとJR東海キハ11形が湊機関区へ [Former JR Central KiHa 11s moved to Minato Depot].Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 1 May 2015. Retrieved28 September 2015.
  6. ^営業車両の購入について [Purchase of new passenger rolling stock] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokai Transport Service Company. September 2015. Archived fromthe original on 2015-09-08. Retrieved28 September 2015.
  7. ^東海交通事業キハ11-201が,ひたちなか海浜鉄道へ [TKJ KiHa 11-201 moved to Hitachinaka Kaihin Railway].Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 28 September 2015. Retrieved28 September 2015.
  8. ^東海交通事業キハ11-202が,ひたちなか海浜鉄道へ陸送される [Tōkai Transport Service KiHa 11-202 transported to Hitachinaka Kaihin Railway].Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 24 March 2016. Retrieved24 March 2016.
  9. ^ab私鉄車両編成表 2015 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 23 July 2015. p. 18.ISBN 978-4-330-58415-7.
  10. ^ひたちなか海浜鉄道キハ2004 九州へ移送 [Hitachinaka Kaihin Railway KiHa 2004 shipped to Kyushu].RM News (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. 14 October 2016.Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved15 October 2016.

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