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Kurobe
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Prefectures on this page: Toyama  
Kurobe Gorge 黒部峡谷鉄道 [黒鉄]  Kurobe Kyōkoku Tetsudō [Kurotetsu]     Kurobe Gorge Railway

Hon 本線 762 mm     600V DC
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page: Nagano
Opened1953 TracksSingle track
Owner change1971Kurobe Electric Power Company >
Kurobe Gorge Railway
The Kansai Electric Power Company built the railway to serve the construction of the Kurobe dam, completed in 1963.
At Keyakidaira, there is a industrial railway leading up to the dam, Kurobe Senyō Railway. That line is not open to the public. More information at Wikipedia .
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Unazuki Chitetsu: Hon [Unazuki-Onsen] 0.0 Kurobe-shi Toyama
Map Map Kuronagi
6.5 Kurobe-shi
Map Map Keyakidaira
20.1 Kurobe-shi

Traffic pattern
The railway is open from mid April until end November. At the beginning and the end of the season, the number of trains is lower.
The traffic pattern was accurate at: Nov 17, 2011
Origin - DestinationTrains
per day		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Unazuki - Keyakidaira~171h1516 km/h

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This page is updated Nov 16, 2011