15-645: The Kabe Line ( 可部線 , Kabe-sen ) is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) within the city of Hiroshima in Japan. It connects Hiroshima Station and Aki-Kameyama Station in Asakita-ku . The actual junction station is Yokogawa . It is one of the commuter lines to Hiroshima. The section now in operation of the Kabe Line was originally constructed by a private company and later purchased by Japanese Government Railways. The section
30-928: A number of private commuter rail operators around Osaka, the "Big 4" being Hankyu Railway / Hanshin Railway (Hankyu bought Hanshin in April 2005), Keihan Railway , Kintetsu , and Nankai Railway . JR-West's market share in the region is roughly equal to that of the Big 4 put together, largely due to its comprehensive network and high-speed commuter trains (Special Rapid Service trains on the Kobe and Kyoto lines operate at up to 130 km/h). Those in italics are announcement names. A number of other lines account for more than half of JR-West's track mileage. These lines mainly handle business and leisure travel between smaller cities and rural areas in western Japan. They account for about 20% of
45-642: A short commuter line with Shinkansen trains in Fukuoka . The "Urban Network" is JR-West's name for its commuter rail lines in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area. These lines together comprise 610 km of track, have 245 stations and account for about 43% of JR-West's passenger revenues. Urban Network stations are equipped to handle ICOCA fare cards. Train control on these lines is highly automated, and during peak hours trains run as often as every two minutes. JR-West's Urban Network competes with
60-852: Is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange , is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is also one of only three Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index: the others are JR East and JR Central . It was also listed in the Nagoya and Fukuoka stock exchanges until late 2020. JR-West's highest-grossing line is the Sanyo Shinkansen high-speed rail line between Osaka and Fukuoka . The Sanyo Shinkansen alone accounts for about 40% of JR-West's passenger revenues. The company also operates Hakata Minami Line ,
75-596: Is now listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nagoya Stock Exchange , Osaka Securities Exchange and Fukuoka Stock Exchange . Hakata Minami Line The Hakata-Minami Line ( 博多南線 , Hakataminami-sen ) is an 8.5-kilometre-long (5.3 mi) railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan, connecting Hakata Station in Fukuoka with Hakata-Minami Station in Kasuga . It is operated by
90-491: The West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Although the line uses Shinkansen equipment, trains are officially designated as limited express trains. In practice, however, most services are extensions of San'yō Shinkansen Kodama services. The Kyushu Shinkansen , opened on 12 March 2011, shares part of the route. The trip from Hakata to Hakata-Minami takes ten minutes and costs ¥300. The line
105-542: The Kabe Line from around 2015, replacing older 115 series trains. By 2019, all Kabe Line services were operated by 227 series trains. West Japan Railway Company The West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as JR West ( JR西日本 , Jeiāru Nishi-Nihon ) , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu . It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka . It
120-511: The company's passenger revenues. JR-West subsidiaries include the following. JR-West was incorporated as a business corporation ( kabushiki kaisha ) on April 1, 1987, as part of the breakup of the state-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR). Initially, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of the JNR Settlement Corporation (JNRSC), a special company created to hold the assets of the former JNR while they were shuffled among
135-538: The line beyond Kabe Station. The extended sections were not electrified. The line was intended to be extended to Hamada station on the Sanin Main Line , and construction on that section commenced in 1974, before being abandoned in 1980. The Kabe – Sandankyō section was closed on 1 December 2003. Trains can pass at stations marked "||", "◇", "∨", and "∧". Trains cannot pass at stations marked "|". New 2- and 3-car 227 series electric trains were introduced on
150-580: The line had been on the government's list of deficit-ridden railways where service was to be discontinued. After JR West took over the line in 1987, wanman driver-only operation was introduced on the Kabe – Sandankyō section. Beginning in summer 2007, the ICOCA card can be used in all stations in the Hiroshima City Network , including all stations on the Kabe Line. On 4 February 2011, it
165-534: The new JR companies. For the first four years of its existence, JR-West leased its highest-revenue line, the Sanyō Shinkansen , from the separate Shinkansen Holding Corporation. JR-West purchased the line in October 1991 at a cost of 974.1 billion JPY (about US$ 7.2 billion) in long-term debt. JNRSC sold 68.3% of JR-West in an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October 1996. After JNRSC
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#1732791444906180-452: Was announced that a 1.6 km (0.99 mi) section of the abandoned segment, between Kabe Station and the former Kōdo Station , would be electrified and reopened. This will be the first such reopening by a JR Group company since the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR). Operation was scheduled to resume from fiscal 2015; the two new stations at Kōdo-Homachigawa and Aki-Kameyama finally opened on 4 March 2017. JGR extended
195-578: Was dissolved in October 1998, its shares of JR-West were transferred to the government-owned Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation (JRCC), which merged into the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT) as part of a bureaucratic reform package in October 2003. JRTT offered all of its shares in JR-West to the public in an international IPO in 2004, ending the era of government ownership of JR-West. JR-West
210-483: Was handed over to the Kōhin Railway on 1 July 1931. On 1 December 1935, the line's legal status was changed from light railway to railway. The line was nationalized on 1 September 1936, and became a part of Japanese Government Railways as the Kabe Line. Simultaneously, some station names were changed as follows: The line voltage was raised from 750 V to 1,500 V (JNR standard) on 23 April 1962. Since 4 September 1968,
225-418: Was opened by Dainippon Kidō in four phases. The line was handed over to Kabe Kidō on 11 March 1919. Kabe Kidō was merged to Hiroshima Denki Kidō on 1 May 1926. The line was originally built to 762 mm ( 2 ft 6 in ) gauge and not electrified. The line was electrified and re-gauged (to the national standard of 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in )) in the following steps. The line
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