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Deficit 83 Lines (赤字83線, Akaji-Hachijyusansen)is a list of railway lines owned by Japanese National Railways proposed for abolishment or transferring to third sector companies.[1][2]
Criteria[edit]
The criteria for a railway line being listed is the following:[3]
- The length of the track is under 100 kilometers, and the function seen from the line is small, and has a small amount of population along the tracks.
- The one-way transportation volume of regular customers is less than 3,000 people, and the daily departure and arrival of cargo is within 600 tons.
- The growth of transportation volume is lower than that of competing transportation institutions, and both passengers and cargo are decreasing.
By this criteria, 83 railway lines of 2590.6km in length has been listed, and the JNR began talks with the local municipalities to close the lines. However, due to furious protests from the local residents, out of the 83 lines, the lines that were closed before 1972 were only 11 of those listed(116.0km).[1]
However, the Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation continued to build local lines, and most of the 11 lines opened during the talks were generating negative income, resulting in no improvements from the closure of the 11 lines[1].
In 1972, when Kakuei Tanaka became the prime minister, all efforts to close the remaining lines were cancelled[4]. However, most of the lines that continued service after being listed as 83 deficit lines were abolished by Specified local lines movement.[5]
Aftermath of all 83 lines[edit]
This table shows how did the deficit 83 lines end up.[5][1]
Lines that were closed as a part of deficit 83 lines movement[edit]
Name of the line | Location | Sections | Operational Length |
Date of abolishment | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kōbukuro Line | Fukuoka Prefecture | Kotake - Futase | 7.6 km | 8 December, 1969 | After the abolition, Nishitetsu Bus, including the following branch lines, took over, but it was split into Kaho Kotsu (now Nishitetsu Bus Chikuho) on April 3, 1988. |
Kōbukuro Line(Cargo branch) | Kōbukuro - Ikisu | 2.5 km | The 1.6km section between Kōbukuro and Kawazu signal station is a duplicate section with the main line. | ||
Konpoku Line | Hokkaido | Shari - Koshikawa | 12.8 km | 1 December, 1970 | Transferred to Shari bus Koshikawa Line. Bus line abolished 27 April 2004. |
Karatsu Line(Kishitake Branch) | Saga Prefecture | Yamamoto - Kishitake | 4.1 km | 20 August, 1971 | Main line continued operations. Line transferred to Showa bus. |
Sechibaru Line | Nagasaki Prefecture | Hizen-Yoshii - Sechibaru | 6.7 km | 26 December 1971 | Turned into a cycling road. Transferred to Saihi Bus Sechibaru Line. |
Usunoura Line | Nagasaki Prefecture | Saza - Usunoura | 3.8 km | 26 December 1971 | Transferred to Saihi bus. |
Kajiyabara Line | Tokushima Prefecture | Itano - Kajiyabara | 6.9 km | 16 January 1972 | JNR bus (later JR Shikoku bus) converted to Awa Line. Abolished on April 1, 1996. Alternative transportation on the former Kajiyahara Line section will be integrated with the competing Tokushima Bus Kajiyahara Line. |
Sasanoyama Line | Hyogo Prefecture | Sasayamaguchi - Fukusumi | 17.6 km | 1 March 1972 | Converted to JNR Bus (later West Japan JR Bus) Sono Shino Line. Converted to Shinki Bus (currently Shinki Green Bus) in 2002. |
Mikuni Line | Fukui Prefecture | Awaraonsen - Awara-Yunomachi | 4.5 km | March 1 1972 | Transferred to JNR bus Kanazu Mikuni Line. In 1987, it was converted to the Keifuku Bus Kanazu/Tojinbo Line. |
Mikuni Line(Partitial) | Awaraonsen - Mikuni | 4.2 km | |||
Mikuni - Mikuni-Minato | 1.0 km | Interged into the Keifuku Electric Railroad Mikuni Awara Line (current Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line). | |||
Ujina Line | Hiroshima Prefecture | Hiroshima - Kamiōkō | 2.4 km | 1 April 1972 | Even after the abolition date, it was operated once a day as a JNR side line of the Ujina Four-Party Agreement Line, but it was abolished in 1986. |
Kawamata Line | Fukushima Prefecture | Matsukawa - Iwashiro-Kawamata | 12.2 km | 14 May 1972 | Converted to JNR Bus (later JR Bus Tohoku) Kawamata Line. On March 31, 2005, it was transferred to bus services by the local government. |
Sasshō Line (Partial) | Hokkaido | Shintotsukawa - Ishikari-Numata | 34.9 km | 19 June 1972 | Transferred to JNR bus (later JR Hokkaido Bus Company) Ishikari Line. Transferred to Hokkaido Chuo Bus Some sections transferred to bus services by Numata. |
Hososhima Line | Miyazaki Prefecture | Hyūgashi - Hososhima | 3.5 km | 1 February 1972 | Passenger service abolished on the mentioned date. Continued service until December 1, 1993 as a nameless cargo branch of Nippō Main Line. Miyazaki Kōtsu operates a bus line nearby. |
Lines that continued service after the movement, but were abolished in later movements[edit]
Name of the Line | Location | Section | Operational length | Date of abolishment | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kesennuma Line | Miyagi Prefecture | Minami-Kesennuma - Kesennumakō | 1.6 km | 1 November 1979 | Cargo branch |
Kesennuma - Motoyoshi | 21.3 km | 1 April 2020 | Yanaizu - Motoyoshi 34.0 km extension opened December 11, 1977. Incorporated Yanaizu Line, 17.5 km between Maeyachi and Yanaizu. 55.3km section between Yanaizu and Kesennuma transferred to BRT as a result of Aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Abolished as a railway line on April 1, 2020. | ||
Shiranuka Line | Hokkaido | Shiranuka - Kami-Charo | 25.2 km | 23 October 1983 | Kami-Charo - Hokushin 7.9km extension opened September 8, 1972. Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to bus service. |
Nicyū Line | Fukushima Prefecture | Kitakata - Atsushio | 11.6 km | 1 April 1984 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to Aizu Bus. |
Akatani Line | Niigata Prefecture | Shibata - Higashi-Akatani | 18.9 km | 1 April 1984 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to Niigata Kotsu. |
Uonuma Line | Niigata Prefecture | Raikōji - Nishi-Ojiya | 12.6 km | 1 April 1984 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to Echigo Kotsu. |
Kuroishi Line | Aomori Prefecture | Kawabe - Kuroishi | 6.6 km | 1 November 1984 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and transferred to Kōnan Railway. Railway line abolished April 1, 1998 and transferred to Kōnan Bus. |
Tsuma Line | Miyazaki Line | Sadowara - Sugiyasu | 19.3 km | 1 December 1984 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and transferred to Miyazaki Kotsu. |
Miyanoharu Line | Ōita Prefecture Kumamoto Prefecture |
Era - Higo-Okuni | 26.6 km | 1 December 1984 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and transferred to Oita Transportation Bus. Bus line abolished in 2013 except for some sections. |
Komatsushima Line | Tokushima Prefecture | Chūden - Komatsushima | 1.9 km | 14 March 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to Komatsu Bus (Later Tokushima Bus). |
Aioi Line | Hokkaido | Bihoro - Kitami-Aioi | 36.8 km | 1 April 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to Kitami Bus and Tsubetsu Bus. |
Shokotsu Line | Hokkaido | Shokotsu - Kitami-Takinoue | 34.3 km | 1 April 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to Hokumon Bus. |
Yahiko Line(Partial) | Niigata Prefecture | Higashi-Sanjō - Echigō-Nagasawa | 7.9 km | 1 April 1985 | Transferred to Echigo Kotsu. |
Hōjō Line | Hyogo Prefecture | Ao - Hōjōmachi | 13.8 km | 1 April 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and transferred to Hōjō Railways. |
Miki Line | Hyogo Prefecture | Yakujin - Miki | 6.8 km | 1 April 1985 | Later Listed as specified local lines (1st) and transferred to Miki Railway Miki Line. Railway line abolished April 1, 2008 and transferred to Shinki Bus. |
Kurayoshi Line | Tottori Prefecture | Kurayoshi - Yamamori | 20.0 km | 1 April 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Converted to Nippon Kotsu/Hinomaru Motor Bus/Chutetsu Bus (currently Chutetsu Mimasaka Bus). |
Katsuki Line | Fukuoka Prefecture | Nakama - Katsuki | 3.5 km | 1 April 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Converted to Nishitetsu Bus (currently Nishitetsu Bus Kitakyushu). |
Katsuta Line | Fukuoka Prefecture | Yoshizuka - Chikuzen-Katsuta | 13.8 km | 1 April 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to Nishitetsu Bus. |
Soeda Line | Fukuoka Prefecture | Kawara - Soeda | 12.1 km | 1 April 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to Seitetsu Bus Chikuho. |
Muroki Line | Fukuoka Prefecture | Ongagawa - Muroki | 11.2 km | 1 April 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished, transferred to Nishitetsu Bus. Bus service abolished 1996. |
Yabe Line | Fukuoka Prefecture | Hainuzuka - Kuroki | 19.7 km | 1 April 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to Horikawa Bus. |
Iwanai Line | Hokkaido | Kozawa - Iwanai | 14.9 km | 1 July 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to Nisseki Bus. |
Kōhin-Hoku Line | Hokkaido | Hama-Tombetsu - Kitami-Esashi | 30.4 km | 1 July 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to Soya Bus. |
Ōhata Line | Aomori Prefecture | Shimokita - Ōhata | 18.0 km | 1 July 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and transferred to Shimokita Kotsu Ōhata Line. Railway Line abolished on April 1, 2001. Transferred to Shimokita Bus. |
Kōhin-nan Line | Hokkaido | Okoppe - Omu | 19.9 km | 15 July 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to Hokumon Bus. |
Bikō Line | Hokkaido | Bifuka - Niupu | 21.2 km | 17 September 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and abolished. Transferred to Meishi Bus. |
Yashima Line | Akita Prefecture | Ugo-Honjō - Ugo-Yashima | 23.0 km | 1 October 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and transferred to Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line. |
Akechi Line | Gifu Prefecture | Ena - Akechi | 25.2 km | 16 November 1985 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and transferred to Akechi Railroad Akechi Line. |
Uchiko Line(Partial) | Ehime Prefecture | Gorō - Niiya | 5.0 km | 3 March 1986 | Rest of the line continues operation as listed below. |
Takamori Line | Kumamoto Prefecture | Tateno - Takamori | 17.7 km | 1 April 1986 | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and transferred to Minamiaso Railway Takamori Line. |
Tomiuchi Line | Hokkaido | Mukawa - Hidakachō | 83.0 km | 1 November 1986 | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and abolished. Transferred to Donan Bus. |
Aniai Line | Akita Prefecture | Takanosu - Hitachinai | 46.1 km | 1 November 1986 | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and transferred to Akita Nairiku Railways Akita Nairiku North Line. 29.0km extension between Hitachinai - Matsuba opened April 1, 1989. Incorporated Akita Nairiku South Line and renamed to Akita Nairiku Line on the same date. |
Etsumi-Nan Line | Gifu Prefecture | Mino-Ōta - Hokunō | 72.2 km | 11 December 1986 | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and transferred to Nagaragawa Railway Etsumi-Nan Line. |
Miyanojyō Line | Kagoshima Prefecture | Sendai - Satsuma-Ōkuchi | 66.1 km | 10 January 1987 | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and abolished. Transferred to Nangoku Kotsu Bus. |
Furue Line | Kagoshima Prefecture | Shibushi - Kaigata | 64.8 km | 14 March 1987 | 33.5km extension between Kaigataonsen - Kokubu opened September 9, 1972. Renamed to Ōsumi Line. Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and abolished. Transferred to JR Kyushu bus and Kagoshima Kotsu Bus. (JR Kyushu Bus ended service later) |
Senata Line | Hokkaido | Kunnui - Senata | 48.4 km | 16 March 1987 | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and abolished. Transferred to Hakodate Bus. |
Yūmō Line | Hokkaido | Naka-Yūbetsu - Abashiri | 89.8 km | 20 March 1987 | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and abolished. Transferred to Abashiri Bus. Abashiri bus abandons sections between Naka-Yūbetsu and Tokoro on October 1, 2010. (Some sections continues operations by local municipalities) |
Saga Line | Saga Prefecture Fukuoka Prefecture |
Saga - Setaka | 24.1 km | 28 March 1987 | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and abolished. Transferred to Seitetsu Bus, Saga City Bus and Horikawa Bus.(Saga City Bus route abandoned 1998) |
Shigaraki Line | Shiga Prefecture | Kibukawa - Shigaraki | 14.8 km | 13 July 1987 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and transferred to Shigaraki Kohgen Railway. |
Aizu Line(Partial) | Fukushima Prefecture | Nishi-Wakamatsu - Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi | 57.4 km | 16 July 1987 | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and transferred to Aizu Railway Aizu Line. |
Gannichi Line | Yamaguchi Prefecture | Kawanishi - Nishikichō | 32.7 km | 25 July 1987 | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and transferred to Nishikigawa Seiryū Line. |
Wakasa Line | Tottori Prefecture | Kōge - Wakasa | 19.2 km | 14 October 1987 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and transferred to Wakasa Railway Wakasa Line. |
Yamano Line | Kumamoto Prefecture Kagoshima Prefecture |
Minamata - Kurino | 55.7 km | 1 Feburary 1988 | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and abolished. Transferred to Nangoku Kotsu Bus. |
Kihara Line | Chiba Prefecture | Ōhara - Kazusa-Nakano | 26.9 km | 24 March 1988 | Later listed as specified local lines (1st) and transferred to Isumi Railways Isumi Line. |
Noto Line | Ishikawa Prefecture | Anamizu - Takojima | 61.1 km | 25 March 1988 | Later listed as specified local lines (3rd) and transferred to Noto Railway. Railway line abolished in April 1, 2005. Transferred to Hokutetsu Okunoto Bus. |
Nakamura Line | Kochi Prefecture | Kubokawa - Tosa-Saga | 20.7 km | 1 April 1988 | 22.7km extension between Tosa-Saga - Nakamura opened October 1, 1970. Later listed as specified local lines (3rd) and transferred to Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line. |
Mooka Line | Ibaraki Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture |
Shimodate - Motegi | 42.0 km | 11 April 1988 | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and transferred to Mooka Railways Mooka Line. |
Nagai Line | Yamagata Prefecture | Akayu - Arato | 30.6 km | 25 October 1988 | Later listed as specified local lines (3rd) and transferred to Yamagata Railways Flower Nagai Line. |
Hinokage Line | Miyazaki Prefecture | Nobeoka - Hinokage | 37.6 km | 28 April 1989 | 12.5km extension between Hinokage - Takachiho opened July 22, 1972. Renamed to Takachiho Line. Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and transferred to Takachiho Railway Takachiho Line. Suspended operations in September 6, 2005 due to a typhoon and abolished December 28, 2008. Transferred to Miyazaki Kotsu Bus. |
Shibetsu Line | Hokkaido | Shibecha - Nemuro-Shibetsu | 69.4 km | 30 April 1989 | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and abolished. Transferred to Akan Bus. |
Nakashibetsu - Attoko | 47.5 km | Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) and abolished. Transferred to Nemuro Kotsu Bus. | |||
Yunomae Line | Kumamoto Prefecture | Hitoyoshi - Yunomae | 24.9 km | 1 October 1989 | Later listed as specified local lines (3rd) and transferred to Kumagawa Railway Yunomae Line. |
Kajiya Line | Hyogo Prefecture | Nomura - Kajiya | 13.2 km | 1 April 1990 | Later listed as specified local lines (3rd) and abolished. Transferred to Shinkai Bus. |
Taisha Line | Shimane Prefecture | Izumoshi - Taisha | 7.5 km | 1 April 1990 | Later listed as specified local lines (3rd) and abolished. Transferred to Ichibata Bus. |
Shinmei Line | Hokkaido | Fukagawa - Nayoro | 121.8 km | 4 September 1995 | Transferred to JR Hokkaido Bus. |
Kabe Line(Partial) | Hiroshima Prefecture | Kabe - Kake | 32.0 km | 1 December 2003 | 14.2km extension between Kake - Sandankyō opened July 27, 1969. 46.2km unelectrified section between Kabe - Sandankyō abolished December 1 2003. Transferred to Hiroshima Katsu Bus and Hiroden Bus. Section between Kabe - Aki-Kameyama reopened and electrified March 4, 2017. |
Omoto Line | Iwate Prefecture | Moichi - Asanai | 31.2 km | 1 April 2014 | 7.4 extension between Asanai - Iwaizumi opened February 6, 1972. Renamed to Iwaizumi Line. Later listed as specified local lines (2nd) but unlisted due to lack of replacement roads. Continued operations until July 31, 2010 due to a natural disaster. Abolished in April 1, 2014 and transferred to East Japan Kotsu Bus. |
Esashi Line | Hokkaido | Kikonai - Esashi | 42.1 km | 12 May 2014 | Abolished before the opening of Hokkaido Shinkansen. Transferred to Hakodate Bus. |
Kikonai - Goryōkaku | 37.8 km | 26 March 2016 | Transferred to South Hokkaido Railway Company before the opening on Hokkaido Shinkansen. | ||
Sankō-Hoku Line | Shimane Prefecture | Gōtsu - Hamahara | 50.1 km | 1 April 2018 | 26.9km extension between Hamahara - Kuchiba opened August 31 1975. Incorporated Sankō-Minami Line and renamed to Sankō Line on the same date. Continued operations as a part of Sankō Line, but abolished April 1 2018. Transferred to Yamato Kanko Bus. |
Sankō-Minami Line | Hiroshima Prefecture Shimane Prefecture |
Miyoshi - Kuchiba | 28.4 km | 1 April 2018 | Incorporated into Sankō-Hoku Line in August 31, 1975. Continued operations as a part of Sankō Line, but was abolished in April 1, 2018. Transferred to several bus services. |
Lines that continue service[edit]
Name of the line | Location | Section | Operational length | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hachinohe Line(Partial) | Aomori Prefecture | Same - Kuji | 53.1 km | After the opening of Tohoku Shinkansen, the line is isolated from other JR lines. |
Ōminato Line | Aomori Prefecture | Noheji - Ōminato | 58.4 km | Similar as above, but the line does not connect to the Tohoku Shinkansen unlike Hachinohe Line. |
Aizu Line(Partial) | Fukushima Prefecture | Aizu-Miyashita - Tadami | 43.0 km | Continues operations as a part of Tadami Line. |
Tadami Line | Niigata Prefecture | Koide - Ōshirakawa | 26.0 km | 20.8 km extension between Tadami - Ōshirakawa opened August 29, 1971. Incorporated the section Aizu-Wakamatsu - Tadami of Aizu Line on the same date. |
Karasuyama Line | Tochigi Prefecture | Hōshakuji - Karasuyama | 20.4 km | |
Etsumi-Hoku Line | Fukui Prefecture | Minami-Fukui - Kadohara | 43.1 km | 10.2 km extension between Kadohara and Kuzuryūko opened December 15, 1972. Changed starting point of the line to Echizen-Hanandō at April 1, 1987. Also called Kuzuryū Line. |
Meishō Line | Mie Prefecture | Matsusaka - Ise-Okitsu | 43.5 km | Listed for specified local lines (2nd) but were unlisted due to lack of roads to replace it. |
Sangū Line(Partial) | Mie Prefecture | Iseshi - Toba | 14.1 km | |
Uwajima Line | Kochi Prefecture and Ehime Prefecture | Kita-Uwajima - Ekawasaki | 33.6 km | 42.7 km extension between Ekawasaki - Wakai opened March 1, 1974. Renamed into Yodo Line and continues operation as it. |
Naruto Line | Tokushima Prefecture | Ikenotani - Naruto | 8.3 km | |
Mugi Line(partial) | Tokushima Prefecture | Anan - Mugi | 43.3 km | 11.6 km extension between Mugi and Kaifu opened October 1, 1973. 1.5km section between Awa-Kainan abolished and transferred to Asa Coast Railway Company on November 1, 2020. |
Uchiko Line(Partial) | Ehime Prefecture | Niiya - Uchiko | 5.3 km | On March 3, 1986, the extension of the Yosan Main Line between Mukaihara and Uchiko and Shintani and Iyo-Ozu was incorporated into the short-circuit route, and othe 4.1 km between Kitayama and Uchiko (Shin-Uchiko) was changed to a new route. Gōrō Station were abolished from Uchiko Line as a result. (Station remains as a station belonging to Yosan Line) |
Kashii Line(Partial) | Fukuoka Prefecture | Kashii - Umi | 14.1 km | |
Ibusuki Makurazaki Line(Partial) | Kagoshima Prefecture | Yamakawa - Makurazaki | 37.9 km | |
Nichinan Line | Miyazaki Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture | Minami-Miyazaki - Shibushi | 89.0 km |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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