Kabe Line

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Railway line in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan

title: "Kabe Line" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["kabe-line", "railway-lines-opened-in-1909", "1067-mm-gauge-railways-in-japan", "2-ft-6-in-gauge-railways-in-japan"] description: "Railway line in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabe_Line" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Railway line in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox rail line"]

Field	Value
name	Kabe Line
color
logo	JRW hiro-B.svg
logo_width	50
image	Aki-Kameyama Station 20170503-2.jpg
image_width	300px
caption	A 227 series train at
type	Regional rail
system	Hiroshima City Network
locale	Hiroshima Prefecture
stations	14
start	Yokogawa
end	Aki-Kameyama
open	1909
owner
linelength_km	15.6
tracks	1
gauge
electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
speed	65 km/h
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History

The Kabe Line was originally constructed by Dai-Nippon Light Railway. The line fully opened to Kabe station in 1911. The line was electrified at the start of Showa era. The line was nationalized on 1 September 1936, and became a part of Japanese Government Railways as the Kabe Line.

The line, as a part of a plan to connect Hamada, Shimane with Hiroshima, was slowly extended north from Kabe station.

The line voltage was raised from 750 V to 1,500 V (JNR standard) on 23 April 1962.

Since 4 September 1968, the line had been listed s one of the Deficit 83 Lines, a government's list of deficit-ridden railways where service was to be discontinued.

After JR West took over the line in 1987, one-man 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 was announced that a 1.6 km 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 and finally opened on 4 March 2017.

Discontinued/suspended section

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Kake_sta.jpg" caption="a train for non-electrified section at Kake Station"] ::

JGR extended the line beyond Kabe Station. The extended sections were not electrified.

13 October 1936: Extension to Aki-Imuro Station completed
30 March 1954: Extension to Kake Station completed (on completion of this extension, the total length of Japanese National Railways exceeded 20000 km.)
27 July 1969: Extension to Sandankyō Station, 60.2 km from Yokogawa, completed

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.

Stations

Trains can pass at stations marked "||", "◇", "∨", and "∧". Trains cannot pass at stations marked "|". ::data[format=table] | No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Tracks | Location | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Sanyō Main Line | | | | | | | | {{RouteBox|JR-B01 | #09c0b0}} | Hiroshima | 広島 | | Sanyō Shinkansen, Kure Line, Geibi Line, Hiroden Main Line | | | {{RouteBox|JR-B02 | #09c0b0}} | Shin-Hakushima | 新白島 | Astram Line | | | | Kabe Line | | | | | | | | {{RouteBox|JR-B03 | #09c0b0}} | Yokogawa | 横川 | 0.0 | Sanyō Main Line, Hiroden Yokogawa Line | ∨ | | {{RouteBox|JR-B04 | #09c0b0}} | Mitaki | 三滝 | 1.1 | | ◇ | | {{RouteBox|JR-B05 | #09c0b0}} | Aki-Nagatsuka | 安芸長束 | 2.6 | | ◇ | | {{RouteBox|JR-B06 | #09c0b0}} | Shimo-Gion | 下祗園 | 3.9 | | ◇ | | {{RouteBox|JR-B07 | #09c0b0}} | Furuichibashi | 古市橋 | 5.3 | | ◇ | | {{RouteBox|JR-B08 | #09c0b0}} | Ōmachi | 大町 | 6.5 | Astram Line | | | | {{RouteBox|JR-B09 | #09c0b0}} | Midorii | 緑井 | 7.3 | | ◇ | | {{RouteBox|JR-B10 | #09c0b0}} | Shichikenjaya | 七軒茶屋 | 8.0 | | | | | {{RouteBox|JR-B11 | #09c0b0}} | Bairin | 梅林 | 9.6 | | ◇ | | {{RouteBox|JR-B12 | #09c0b0}} | Kami-Yagi | 上八木 | 11.2 | | | | | {{RouteBox|JR-B13 | #09c0b0}} | Nakashima | 中島 | 12.6 | | | | | {{RouteBox|JR-B14 | #09c0b0}} | Kabe | 可部 | 14.0 | | ◇ | | {{RouteBox|JR-B15 | #09c0b0}} | | 河戸帆待川 | 14.8 | | | | | {{RouteBox|JR-B16 | #09c0b0}} | | あき亀山 | 15.6 | | ∧ | ::

Rolling stock

New 2- and 3-car 227 series electric trains were introduced on the Kabe Line from around 2015, replacing older 115 series trains. By 2019, all Kabe Line services were operated by 227 series trains.

References

(9 October 2016). "Hiroshima station guide. How to change the trains, Shinkansen and local train to Miyajima. How to catch tram and loop bus Meipuru-pu.".
(10 August 2020). "Hiroshima Access Guide: Transport and Getting Around".
"JR Kabe Line(Yokogawa-Aki Kameyama) （横川（広島県）-あき亀山） Route Information / Stop Station List - Navitime Transit".
(2023-09-29). "可部線､特異な経緯たどった路線｢廃止区間｣の今".
(2017-03-13). "全国初｢JR可部線｣が廃線から復活できた理由".
"「二度も幻と化した」広島と島根結ぶ鉄道の謎山あいに並ぶ2つの橋、どちらにも列車は走らずいったいなぜこんな無駄を繰り返してしまったのか（東洋経済オンライン）".
(4 February 2011). link
link. (1 January 2013). The Chigoku Shimbun Online. Chugoku Shimbun
(2022-07-23). "JR可部線、コロナ禍を経ても混雑が激化 - 2021年度の混雑率132%に".
(5 December 2023). "旧戸河内駅、残るは表示板のモニュメントのみ実は開通前から廃止検討の声も【廃線20年可部線今昔】②".
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