Obama Line

The Obama Line(小浜線, Obama-sen) is a railway line on the Sea of Japan coast of central Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

The 84.3-kilometre (52.4 mi) long single track railway connects Tsuruga Station on the Hokuriku Main Line in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture and Higashi-Maizuru Station on the Maizuru Line in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture. The city of Obama and the towns of Mihama, Wakasa, Ōi and Takahama are located in the central section of the line.

History

The Tsuruga - Tomura section opened in 1917, and the line was then extended westward to Obama in 1918, Wakasa-Takahama in 1921 and connected to the Maizuru Line at Higashi-Maizuru the following year.

Freight services between Tsuruga and Mitsumatsu ceased in 1997.

The line was electrified on March 15, 2003.

Stations

Name	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Between stations	Total
Tsuruga	敦賀	-	0.0	Hokuriku Shinkansen A B Hokuriku Main Line Hapi-Line Fukui Line	Tsuruga	Fukui
Nishi-Tsuruga	西敦賀	3.3	3.3
Awano	粟野	4.4	7.7
Higashi-Mihama	東美浜	5.0	12.7		Mihama, Mikata District
Mihama	美浜	5.2	17.9
Kiyama	気山	3.5	21.4		Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka District
Mikata	三方	3.3	24.7
Fujii	藤井	2.6	27.3
Tomura	十村	2.0	29.3
Ōtoba	大鳥羽	4.0	33.3
Wakasa-Arita	若狭有田	2.1	35.4
Kaminaka	上中	3.4	38.8
Shin-Hirano	新平野	4.5	43.3		Obama
Higashi-Obama	東小浜	2.9	46.2
Obama	小浜	3.3	49.5
Seihama	勢浜	3.7	53.2
Kato	加斗	4.0	57.2
Wakasa-Hongō	若狭本郷	4.6	61.8		Ōi, Ōi District
Wakasa-Wada	若狭和田	3.9	65.7		Takahama, Ōi District
Wakasa-Takahama	若狭高浜	3.2	68.9
Mitsumatsu	三松	2.5	71.4
Aonogō	青郷	2.1	73.5
Matsunoodera	松尾寺	4.7	78.2		Maizuru, Kyoto
Higashi-Maizuru	東舞鶴	6.1	84.3	L Maizuru Line

Rolling stock

The line uses single-car 125 series EMU cars, sometimes substituted by 521 series EMU cars. And the limited express Hanaakari which used KiHa 189 DMU cars.

Former

KiHa 20
KiHa 48
KiHa 53
KiHa 26・55
KiHa 28・58
113 series (until October 2006)

External links

(in Japanese)