The is a narrow gauge railway line owned and operated by Sangi Railway, a Japanese private railway company. The line runs in Mie Prefecture and connects Nishi-Fujiwara Station in Inabe with Tomida and Kintetsu-Tomida Station in Yokkaichi. The section between Tomita Station and Sangi-asake Signal Station is exclusively for freight trains, with passenger trains providing through service to Kintetsu-Tomita Station via the Kintetsu Line. All trains depart from and arrive at Kintetsu-Tomita Station.
The name Sangi (ä¸Âå²Â) is a combination of the first characters from Mie (ä¸ÂéÂÂ) and Gifu (å²ÂéÂÂ) as, in 1928, it was originally envisioned to connect the city of Yokkaichi in Mie to Sekigahara via Kamiishizu in Ã
Âgaki, Gifu Prefecture.
The Sangi Line is an electrified, single-track line. Freight services also operate on the line, and it is used to carry mainly cement.
Services
All services are classified as , stopping at every station, and are driver-only operations. There are 1âÂÂ2 services per hour during the day, increased to 3âÂÂ4 per hour during the morning peak.
Stations
History
* 9 March: Subsidies for railway licenses to Fujiwara Railway (Yokkaichi City-Sekigahara Town, Fuwa District, Yokkaichi City-Shiohama Village, Mie District, Onaga Village, Inabe District-Tomita Town, Mie District, Mie Village, Mie District-Kawashima Village, Mie District) were issued.
* 20 September: Sangi Railway was established
* 23 July: Section from Tomida Station (now operated by JR) to Higashi Fujiwara was opened.
* 23 December: Section from Higashi Fujiwara to Nishi Fujiwara was opened.
* 2 December: Railway license expired (Nishifujiwara-mura, Inabe-gun-Sekigahara-cho, Fuwa-gun designated deadline Mateni construction work approval application)
* 30 October: Sangi Asaki station opened in between Tomida and Oyachima stations.
* 1 December: Direct passenger train operation started from Tomida Station to Yokkaichi Station on the Japanese National Railways
* 29 March: All lines are electrified and electric locomotives are used for freight trains
* 1 October: Direct passenger train operation from Tomida Station to Yokkaichi Station was cut.
* 1 July: Tomida Nishiguchi station opened
* 21 August: Kayou Station was renamed to Akatsuki Gakuenmae station
* Misato Station was renamed to Ugakeiguchi Station
* 25 June: The section from Kintetsu-Tomida to Sangi Asaki
* The section from Tomida/Kintetsu-Tomida - Higashi Fujiwara becomes CTC compatible
* 14 March: Sanuki Asaki and Tomida Nishiguchi stations closed
* 16 May: Driverless operation began for freight services.
* 25 March: Ã
Âida station was relocated and renamed to Dainan station. Ugakeiguchi station was renamed back to Misato station
* 7 January: Driverless operation began for passenger services.
* 1 April: Sangi Asaki station became Sangi Asaki signal box. The morning express service that was operated was cut.
* 3 December: The line speed was increased from 60 km/h (37 mph) to 70 km/h (43 mph)
* 1 April: Ã
ÂchÃ
 station was relocated and renamed to Hokusei ChÃ
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 KÃ
Âenguchi
* 4 September: Typhoon 12 struck and the entire line was closed due to the Asake River flowing over its banks.
* 6 September: Kintetsu-Tomida to Yamajo and Misato to Nishi-Fujiwara were reopened following the Typhoon.
* 7 September: Yamajo to Hodo reopened.
* 8 September: Umedoi to Misato reopened.
* 11 October: Hodo to Umedoi reopened, thus reopening the entire line.
* 8 February: A derailment of an electric train occurred at Higashi-Fujiwara, and as a result, all services between Ise Hatta and Nishi Fujiwara were suspended.
* 30 June: The section between Ise Hatta and Nishi Fujiwara reopened following the derailment 4 months prior.
* 8 November: A 3 car passenger train derailed at Misato station, and as a result, the section from Umedoi to Nishi Fujiwara was suspended.
* 11 November: Umedoi to Higashi Fujiwara reopened. Rail replacement buses ran from Higashi Fujiwara to Nishi Fujiwara
* 12 January: Higashi Fujiwara to Nishi Fujiwara section reopened following the derailment in November 2012.
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References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.