Sangi Railway Co., Ltd. (三岐鉄道株式会社, Sangi Tetsudō) is a private railway company in Mie Prefecture, Japan, which also operates bus lines. The company was founded in 1928 and its initial line, the Sangi Line, originally functioned as a freight line transporting cement, but in recent years it became important as a commuter railway line for Yokkaichi. The Hokusei Line was transferred from Kintetsu ownership in 2003, when Kintetsu abandoned the line. Whereas the Sangi Line has a track gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), the Hokusei Line is one of only a few 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge lines remaining in the country.
The Sangi Line was opened by Onoda Cement in 1931 as a freight-only line to service its cement plant at Nishi-Fujiwara. Passenger services were introduced in 1952, and in 1954, the line was electrified at 1,500 V DC, and the company purchased an electric locomotive from JNR to haul its cement trains. CTC signalling was commissioned on the line in 1974.
Rolling stockedit
Sangi Lineedit
EMUsedit
801 series - Former Seibu 701 series trains acquired in 1989
101 series - Former Seibu 401 series trains acquired in 1990
851 series - Former Seibu 701 series trains acquired in 1995
751 series 3-car EMUs - Former Seibu 101 series trains acquired in 2009[1]
801 series
101 series
751 series
Electric locomotivesedit
Class ED45: Since 1954 (includes former Tobu Railway locomotives)
Class ED301: Former Nankai Class ED5201 acquired in 1984
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.
^Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō (鉄道ダイヤ情報) March 2009 issue, p.70-71
^ELダイヤ情報21 [Electric Loco Timetable Information 21]. Tokyo, Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. October 2012. p. 72. ISBN978-4330320120.
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