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| Noto Railway Noto Line | |
|---|---|
 Noto railway NT800 | |
| Overview | |
| Status | Ceased operation |
| Owner | Noto Railway |
| Locale | Ishikawa Prefecture |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 30 |
| Service | |
| Operator(s) | Noto Railway |
| Rolling stock | NT100 series DMU, NT800 series DMU, KiHa 58 series DMU |
| History | |
| Opened | 1959 |
| Closed | 2005 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 61.0 km (37.9 mi) |
| Number of tracks | Entire line single-tracked |
| Character | Rural |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | None |
| Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
TheNoto Line (能登線,Noto-sen) was a Japaneserailway line ofNoto Railway inIshikawa Prefecture, betweenAnamizu Station inAnamizu,Hōsu District andTakojima Station inSuzu. This railway line closed on April 1, 2005.
The first 22.9-km section of the Noto Line ofJapanese National Railways (JNR) betweenAnamizu Station andUkawa Station opened on June 15, 1959.It was extended 9.9 km toUshitsu Station on April 17, 1960, 13.8 km toMatsunami Station on October 1, 1963 and 14.5 km toTakojima Station on September 21, 1964 completing the line of 61.1 km in total, and featuring 49 tunnels in that distance.[1]
Following the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the line was operated byWest Japan Railway Company until the company transferred the operation of the line to Noto Railway on March 25, 1988.[1]
The line was closed on April 1, 2005.
| Name | Distance (km) | Connections | Location | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between stations | Noto Railway era | JR era | |||||
| Anamizu | 穴水 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | Noto Railway:Nanao Line | Anamizu, Hōsu District | Ishikawa Prefecture |
| Nakai | 中居 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | |||
| Bira | 比良 | 2.3 | 7.6 | 7.5 | |||
| Kanami | 鹿波 | 2.9 | 10.5 | 10.5 | |||
| Kabuto | 甲 | 3.8 | 14.3 | 14.3 | |||
| Okinami | 沖波 | 2.7 | 17.0 | 17.0 | |||
| Maenami | 前波 | 1.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | |||
| Furukimi | 古君 | 1.8 | 19.9 | 19.9 | |||
| Ukawa | 鵜川 | 3.0 | 22.9 | 22.9 | Noto, Hōsu District | ||
| Shichimi | 七見 | 1.2 | 24.1 | --- | |||
| Yanami | 矢波 | 1.5 | 25.6 | 25.6 | |||
| Hanami | 波並 | 2.2 | 27.8 | 27.8 | |||
| Fujinami | 藤波 | 2.2 | 30.0 | 30.0 | |||
| Ushitsu | 宇出津 | 2.7 | 32.7 | 32.8 | |||
| Hane | 羽根 | 2.6 | 35.3 | 35.4 | |||
| Oura | 小浦 | 1.7 | 37.0 | 37.1 | |||
| Jōmon-Mawaki | 縄文真脇 | 1.4 | 38.4 | 38.5 | |||
| Tsukumowan-Ogi | 九十九湾小木 | 2.0 | 40.4 | 40.5 | |||
| Shiromaru | 白丸 | 2.1 | 42.5 | 42.6 | |||
| Kuri-Kawashiri | 九里川尻 | 1.9 | 44.4 | 44.5 | |||
| Matsunami | 松波 | 2.0 | 46.4 | 46.6 | |||
| Koiji | 恋路 | 1.8 | 48.2 | 48.3 | |||
| Ushima | 鵜島 | 0.8 | 49.0 | 49.1 | Suzu | ||
| Minami-Kuromaru | 南黒丸 | 1.1 | 50.1 | 50.2 | |||
| Ukai | 鵜飼 | 1.6 | 51.7 | 51.8 | |||
| Uedo | 上戸 | 2.7 | 54.4 | 54.5 | |||
| Iida | 飯田 | 1.7 | 56.1 | 56.2 | |||
| Suzu | 珠洲 | 1.3 | 57.4 | 57.4 | |||
| Shōin | 正院 | 1.6 | 59.0 | 59.1 | |||
| Takojima | 蛸島 | 2.0 | 61.0 | 61.1 | |||