Gakunan Railway Line

The Gakunan Railway Line is a Japanese railway line that runs between and Gakunan-Enoo Station, all within the industrial area of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture. The line has no official name, and is the only line operated by Gakunan Electric Train Co., Ltd.. The company was established on April 1, 2013 as a subsidiary of the former operator Gakunan Railway, itself a subsidiary of Fuji Kyuko.

History

The Gakunan Railway began operations as an industrial railway named the Nissan Heavy Industrial Railroad on August 5, 1936 as part of a project to create an industrial center in Fuji city. The terminal station of the line was established at Yoshiwara Station on the Tokaido Main Line, and initial plans called for the line to be extended as far as Numazu Station. These plans were delayed by World War II and were eventually cancelled with the end of the war and breakup of the Nissan zaibatsu. The line gained its present name on December 15, 1948, after which regularly scheduled passenger service began. The electric supply for the line was upgraded from 600 Volts to the present 1,500 volts in 1969. In 1984, scheduled freight services past were discontinued.
All freight services were discontinued on March 16, 2012.