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Railway Company in Mie Prefecture, Japan

Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway (四日市あすなろう鉄道, Yokkaichi Asunarō Tetsudō) is a third-sector railway company in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan. The company is 75% owned by Kintetsu Railway and 25% owned by Yokkaichi City [ja] (local government).

The company operates the Utsube Line and the Hachiōji Line in Yokkaichi. Both lines are 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge railways.

The company took over the control of the lines and commenced operation on April 1, 2015. Until the previous day, the lines were operated by Kintetsu Railway, a major private railway operator, as branches of the Kintetsu Nagoya Line.

Lines & Services


Line	Termini	Stations	Length
Utsube Line	Asunarou Yokkaichi - Hinaga - Uchino	8	5.7 km
Hachiōji Line	Hinaga - Nishihino	2	1.3 km

Hachiōji Line services continue on the Utsube Line to/from Asunarou Yokkaichi.

Trains departing Asunarou Yokkaichi alternate between services to Uchino and Nishihino. Both destinations are serviced every 30 minutes, providing a service every 15 minutes between Asunarou Yokkaichi and Hinaga. A small number of additional services operate in the am peak.

Rolling Stock

All trains operated are 260 series in either 2-car or 3-car configuration.

At the start of operation the Kintetsu 260 series [ja] trains were transferred from Kintetsu Railway. A four-year renewal of all trains was commenced, with some older carriages being replaced with newly-built carriages and all others receiving a major refurbishment including the installation of air conditioning. See Kintetsu 260 series train for full details.

260 series train in "Narou Green" livery
260 series train in "Narou Blue" livery
260 series with 1+1 seating and heart-shaped hand-holds
Some 260 series train feature a see-through floor

References

^ 小佐野カゲトシ (April 1, 2015). "四日市あすなろう鉄道がスタート…近鉄内部・八王子線を引き継ぎ". Response (in Japanese). Retrieved April 1, 2015.
^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). www.kintetsu.co.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
^ "四日市あすなろう鉄道｜時刻表". yar.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
"201509041002493.pdf" (PDF). Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway. Retrieved 2024-12-27.

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Misplaced Pages.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Media related to Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway at Wikimedia Commons

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