The Enshà « Railway Line, officially the , is a Japanese railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, running north from Shin-Hamamatsu Station in Chà «à  Ward to Nishi-Kajima Station in Tenryà « Ward, all within Hamamatsu. This is the only railway line Enshà « Railway (Entetsu) operates. The line is nicknamed the , while locals often call it Akaden (ãÂÂãÂÂã§ãÂÂ, "The Red Train"), referring to the color of the EMUs. The line accepts NicePass, a smart card ticketing system, as well as ET Card, a magnetic card ticketing system.
Railway signalling on this line is automatic.
Most of the line opened as a narrow-gauge railway on December 6, 1909, by the Dai-Nippon Light Railway. The line was transferred to the Enshu Railway (later renamed to Enshu Electric Railway) on October 12, 1919. On April 1, 1923, the line was closed as a narrow-gauge railway and was converted to gauge railway, electrified at 600 VDC. The line was extended from Entetsu-Hamamatsu (since closed) to Enshu-Magome (also closed) on February 1, 1924 and to the current Shin-Hamamatsu station on September 1, 1927. The voltage was increased to 750 VDC in 1961, and CTC signalling was commissioned between Nishi-Kajima and Hachiman in 1967, and extended to Shin-Hamamatsu in 1974.
Freight services ceased in 1976.
Trains operate every 12 minutes all day, every day. Early morning and after 9pm trains operate every 20 minutes. All trains stop at every station.
All stations are within Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.
Enshà « Railway Line is the setting of the Japanese Urban Legend "Kisaragi Station".
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia