Miki Line
Train on Miki Line near Nishi-Hōda
Overview
Native name	三木線
Owner	Miki Railway
Locale	Hyōgo Prefecture
Termini	Yakujin Miki
Stations	9
History
Opened	1916
Closed	2008
Technical
Line length	6.6 km (4.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map Legend km JR-WKakogawa Line 0.0 Yakujin JR-WKakogawa 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 Mino River Miki Shintetsu Ao Line This diagram: view talk edit

TheMiki Line (三木線,Miki-sen) was a Japaneserailway line inHyōgo Prefecture, betweenYakujin Station inKakogawa andMiki Station inMiki. This was the only railway lineMiki Railway Company (三木鉄道株式会社,Miki Tetsudō) operated. The line linked Miki and theWest Japan Railway CompanyKakogawa Line at Yakujin station.

• Distance: 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi)
• Gauge:3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
• Stations: 9
• Track: Single
• Power: Internal combustion (Diesel)
• Railway signalling:Staff token

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. theKakogawa Line, theTakasago Line, theKajiya Line and theHōjō Line.^[1]

Freight services ceased in 1974. Miki Railway, athird sector company, took over the line fromJapanese National Railways in 1985.^[2]

The majority of commuters usedKobe Electric Railway's (Shintetsu)Ao Line to get toKobe 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.^[3] This was the fourth third-sector railway operator to cease operations, and the fifth third-sector line closed.

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