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The Kajiya Line (鍛冶屋線, Kajiya-sen) was a railway line of West Japan Railway Company between Nishiwaki and Taka District all within Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The line closed on April 1, 1990.

Native name鍛冶屋線

StatusCeased operation

Owner

JR West

LocaleHyogo

Kajiya Line
A KiHa 37 DMU at Nishiwaki Station on the Kajiya Line in December 1986
Overview
Native name	鍛冶屋線
Status	Ceased operation
Owner	JR West
Locale	Hyogo
Termini	Nishiwakishi Kajiya Station
Stations	7
Service
Type	Commuter rail line
Operator(s)	JR West
History
Opened	10 August 1913; 111 years ago (1913-08-10)
Closed	1 April 1990
Technical
Line length	13.2 km (8.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Entirely Single-tracked
Character	Rural and urban
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None

Name		Distance (km)	Connections	Location
Nomura¹	野村	0.0	Kakogawa Line	Nishiwaki	Hyōgo
Nishiwaki	西脇	1.6
Ichihara	市原	4.7
Hayasu	羽安	7.0
Sogai	曽我井	8.8		Naka²
Nakamuramachi	中村町	10.9
Kajiya	鍛冶屋	13.2

Notes

1: Nomura Station was renamed Nishiwakishi Station upon closure of the Kajiya Line.

2: The former town of Naka became a part of the town of Taka in 2005.

History

The Banshū Railway (播州鉄道, Banshū Tetsudō) opened the line between 1913 and 1923. The railway was acquired by the Bantan Railway (播丹鉄道, Bantan Tetsudō) in 1923 and nationalised in 1943 together with other Bantan Railway lines, i.e. the Kakogawa Line, the Takasago Line, the Miki Line, and the Hōjō Line.^[1]

Under the operation of Japanese National Railways (JNR), freight services ceased in 1974. JR West succeeded the line in 1987 and closed it in 1990, concurrently with the Miyazu Line and the Taisha Line, as the last of 83 "specified local lines" selected for closure.^[2]

References

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

↑ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 171. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
↑ "JNR/JR 25年の大アルバム". Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). No. 390. Koyusha. October 1993. p. 50.

v t e JR West lines
Shinkansen	San'yō Shinkansen (Hakataminami) Hokuriku Shinkansen
Main	Kansai Kisei Sanin San'yō Takayama Tōkaidō Hokuriku
Local	Akō Bantan Line Etsumi-Hoku JR Takarazuka Line Fukuen Line Gantoku Geibi Line Hakubi Line Hanwa Line Himi Honshi-Bisan Line Inbi Line Jōhana JR Tōzai Line Kabe Line Kakogawa Line Kansai Airport Line Gakkentoshi Line Kibi Line Kishin Line Kisuki Line Kosei Line Kure Line Kusatsu Line Maizuru Line Mine Nanao Nara Line Obama Ōito Onoda Osaka Higashi Line Osaka Loop Sakai Line Man-yō Mahoroba Line (Sakurai Line) JR Yumesaki Line Tsuyama Line Ube Uno Line Wakayama Line Yamaguchi
Other	Biwako Line JR Kyōto Line JR Kōbe Line Sagano Yamatoji Seto-Ōhashi
Past	Gannichi Hokuriku Main Hapi Fukui Ishikawa Ainokaze Toyama Echigo Tokimeki Nihonkai Hisui Kajiya Miki Miyazu Noto Sankō Shigaraki Taisha Toyamakō Wakasa Gakkentoshi Kyobashi - Katamachi

v t e Specified local lines
First phase	Shiranuka Line Kuji Line (Sanriku Railway) Miyako Line (Sanriku Railway) Sakari Line (Sanriku Railway) Nitchū Line Akatani Line Uonuma Line Shimizukō Line Kamioka Line (Kamioka Railway) Tarumi Line (Tarumi Railway) Kuroishi Line (Kōnan Railway) Takasago Line Miyanoharu Line Tsuma Line Komatsushima Line Aioi Line Shokotsu Line Manji Line Hōjō Line (Hōjō Railway) Miki Line (Miki Railway) Kurayoshi Line Katsuki Line Katsuta Line Soeda Line Muroki Line Yabe Line Iwanai Line Kōhin North Line Ōhata Line (Shimokita Kōtsū) Kōhin South Line Bikō Line Yashima Line (Yuri Kōgen Railway) Akechi Line (Akechi Railway) Amagi Line (Amagi Railway) Takamori Line (Minamiaso Railway) Kakunodate Line (Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway) Shigaraki Line (Shigaraki Kohgen Railway) Wakasa Line (Wakasa Railway) Kihara Line (Isumi Railway)
Second phase	Urushio Line Iburi Line Tomiuchi Line Aniai Line (Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway) Etsumi South Line (Nagaragawa Railway) Miyanojō Line Hiroo Line Ōsumi Line Futamata Line (Tenryū Hamanako Railroad) Setana Line Yūmō Line Shihoro Line Ise Line (Ise Railway) Saga Line Shibushi Line Haboro Line Horonai Line Matsumae Line Utashinai Line Shibetsu Line Tempoku Line Nayoro Main Line Chihoku Line (Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Railway) Aizu Line (Aizu Railway) Mōka Line (Mōka Railway) Ashio Line (Watarase Keikoku Railway) Gannichi Line (Nishikigawa Railway) Matsuura Line (Matsuura Railway) Kamiyamada Line Takachiho Line (Takachiho Railway)
Third phase	Nagai Line (Yamagata Railway) Okata Line (Aichi Loop Railway) Noto Line (Noto Railway) Miyazu Line (Kitakinki Tango Railway) Kajiya Line Taisha Line Nakamura Line (Tosa Kuroshio Railway) Ita Line (Heisei Chikuhō Railway) Itoda Line (Heisei Chikuhō Railway) Tagawa Line (Heisei Chikuhō Railway) Yunomae Line (Kumagawa Railway) Miyada Line

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