Shizuoka Railway Shizuoka–Shimizu Line

The Shizuoka–Shimizu Line (静岡清水線, Shizuoka-Shimizu-sen) is a railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, between Shin-Shizuoka in Aoi Ward and Shin-Shimizu in Shimizu Ward, all within the city of Shizuoka. This is the only line operated by the private railway operator Shizuoka Railway (Shizutetsu).

Shizuoka-Shimizu Line
Overview
Native name	静岡清水線 (Shizuoka-Shimizu-sen)
Locale	Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Termini	Shizuoka Shin-Shimizu
Stations	15
Operation
Opened	May 18, 1908 (1908-05-18)
Operator(s)	Shizuoka Railway
Technical
Line length	11 km (6.8 mi)
Number of tracks	double
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	600 V DC
Route map

A 3000 series EMU

Shin-Shizuoka station, built with Shinshizuoka-Center Department Store, a part of Shizutetsu Group

Services

The line has a fairly frequent service, with local services operating every 5-6 minutes during rush hours, and every 6-8 minutes during the daytime and at weekends, linking Shin-Shizuoka and Shin-Shimizu in 22 minutes. In addition, express services run in the mornings every 12 minutes, linking the two stations in 16-18 minutes. [1][2] All the train sets are formed of two cars, and are driver-only operated. All the stations accept LuLuCa, a smart card ticketing system. They accept PiTaPa and ICOCA as well.

Stations

● indicate that the service will stop at that station, ↑ ↓ indicate that it will pass the station.

No.	Station	Japanese	Commuter Express	Express	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
S01	Shin-Shizuoka	新静岡	●	●	0.0	■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen ■ Tōkaidō Main Line (at Shizuoka)	Aoi-ku, Shizuoka
S02	Hiyoshichō	日吉町	●	↓	0.3
S03	Otowachō	音羽町	↑	↓	0.8
S04	Kasugachō	春日町	↑	↓	1.5
S05	Yunoki	柚木	↑	↓	2.0
S06	Naganuma	長沼	↑	↓	3.1	■ Tōkaidō Main Line (at Higashi-Shizuoka)
S07	Furushō	古庄	●	↓	3.8
S08	Ken-Sōgō Undōjō	県総合運動場	↑	●	4.8		Suruga-ku, Shizuoka
S09	Kenritsu-Bijutsukan Mae	県立美術館前	↑	↓	5.7		Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
S10	Kusanagi	草薙	●	●	6.4	■ Tōkaidō Main Line
S11	Mikadodai	御門台	●	●	7.4
S12	Kitsunegasaki	狐ヶ崎	●	●	8.3
S13	Sakurabashi	桜橋	●	●	10.0
S14	Irieoka	入江岡	↑	↓	10.3
S15	Shin-Shimizu	新清水	●	●	11.0	■ Tōkaidō Main Line (at Shimizu)

Rolling stock

• 1000 series EMUs
• A3000 series two-car EMUs (since 24 March 2016)

The first of a new fleet of A3000 series two-car electric multiple unit (EMU) trains entered service on 24 March 2016.[3]

• 
  A3000 series set A3001 in December 2015

History

The line opened in 1908 as a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line to the Shin-Shimizu wharf, and was regauged to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) and electrified at 600 V DC in 1920. The line was double-tracked in sections between 1925 and 1930 except the section to the wharf, which closed in 1945.

CTC signalling was commissioned in 1979.

See also

• Nihondaira Ropeway
• List of railway lines in Japan

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

1. "Furusho Station Timetable" (PDF).
2. "Shin-Shizuoka Station Timetable" (PDF).
3. 静岡鉄道A3000形が営業運転を開始 [Shizuoka Railway A3000 series enters revenue service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

External links

• Shizuoka Railway official website (in Japanese)