A long trip on the train called Iida Line
We departed from “Kami suwa Station” in Nagano Prefecture and took a train for about 7 hours to “Toyokawa Station” in Shizuoka Prefecture.
The day before, we headed to Kamisuwa Station, stayed at the shore of Lake Suwa, and departed the next morning.
It stops at approximately 93 stations from Kamisuwa Station to Toyokawa Station.
(From Toyokawa Station to the final stop, Toyohashi Station, is 3 stations.)
9:22: Leave the Kamisuwa station and arrive at Toyokawa at 16:03.
This train stops at some secluded stations called “Hikyou Station”.
In the past, it was operated by several railway companies because of its length, but the former JR started operating as a single line.
Overview
Opening of routes, dam construction transportation, wartime nationalization, privatization of national railroads, and through all the steep mountainous areas spanning Aichi, Shizuoka and Nagano prefectures, at the request of the times, all the way to Higashi Mikawa・ A route that connects Tenryu and Chunanshin’s urban farming villages. Some trains stop at Toyohashi Station from the starting station and then end at Sagano Station to Kami-Suwa Station in Nagano Prefecture. It takes about 6 hours from Toyohashi Station to Sagano Station, but you can go there without ever changing. Until 1983, it attracted the attention of railroad fans as a treasure trove of the old-fashioned national electric train. Even now, train fans run through the steep valleys of the Tenryu River, and so-called unexplored stations such as Kowada Station and Tamoto Station. It is a popular route for tourists and travelers.
Originally established through the integration of four private railway lines (Toyokawa Railway, Toshoji Railway, Sanshin Railway, Ina Electric Railway) that were directly connected to Japan during the war, the station was established for each village along the line when it was opened. ing. For this reason, the distance between the stations is very short as a local route of the former JNR, and there are actually 94 stations including the start and end points in the total length of 195.7km. The average distance between these stations is about 2.1km, which is almost the same as that of a metropolitan city, and the speed is low due to the construction of a simple standard for regional railways. Many sharp curves and steep slopes are seen. Among them, the slope between Akagi Station and Sawatari Station was 40 ‰, and after JR Shinetsu Main Line between Yokogawa Station and Karuizawa Station (Usui Pass) was abolished, it became the steepest JR slope.
AloJapan.com