Yunoyama Line


The Yunoyama Line is a railway line of the Japanese private railway company Kintetsu Railway, connecting Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station and Yunoyama-Onsen Station in Japan.
The line connects with the Nagoya Line and Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube Line at Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station.

History

The Yunoyama Line was originally conceived and built by Yokkaichi Railway in the 1910s. The line was opened by two stages in 1 June and September 1913, between Yunoyama-onsen and Kintetsu Yokkaichi, as a narrow-gauge railway. In 1916, an extension from the line's origin, Suwa to was added. However, this extension was closed on 29 November 1927 due to the extension of the Ise Electric Railway to Kuwana Station. The line was electrified at 750V in November 1921. The ownership of the line changed when the Yokkaichi Railway was merged into Mie Railway on 18 March 1931. On 23 March 1964, the track gauge was widened to standard-gauge, and the voltage of the line was raised to 1,500 V. On 1 April 1965, Mie Railway was merged into Kintetsu Railway.

Service

Local
Limited express service on the Yunoyama Line ended in 2004.

2008 limited express service

Direct limited express service to and from Nagoya was temporarily resumed on weekends and holidays in late July and early August 2008 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Gozaisho Ropeway as well as the 40th anniversary of Suzuka National Park. These trains ran once a day in each direction. Limited express trains on the Yunoyama Line will go from Kintetsu-Yokkaichi to Yunoyama-Onsen without stopping.

Stations

All stations are located in Mie Prefecture.

Ridership

Reference:
No.StationPassengers
Kintetsu-Yokkaichi39,575
Nakagawara1,616
Ise-Matsumoto2,355
Ise-Kawashima1,916
Takatsuno912
Sakura2,739
Komono1,926
Naka-Komono941
Ōbane-en692
Yunoyama-Onsen319