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Miki Line
Train on Miki Line near Nishi-Hōda
Overview
Native name三木線
OwnerMiki Railway
LocaleHyōgo Prefecture
Termini
  • Yakujin
  • Miki
Stations9
History
Opened1916
Closed2008
Technical
Line length6.6 km (4.1 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map

km
0.0
Yakujin
1.0
Kunikane
1.5
Sōsa
2.0
Shimo-Ishino
2.6
Ishino
4.3
Nishi-Hōda
5.3
Bessho
6.0
Takagi
6.6
Miki
Miki

The Miki Line (三木線, Miki-sen) was a Japanese railway line in Hyōgo Prefecture, between Yakujin Station in Kakogawa and Miki Station in Miki. This was the only railway line Miki Railway Company (三木鉄道株式会社, Miki Tetsudō) operated. The line linked Miki and the West Japan Railway Company Kakogawa Line at Yakujin station.

Basic data

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History

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The Banshū Railway (播州鉄道, Banshū Tetsudō) opened the line from 1916 to 1917. The railway was acquired by the Bantan Railway (播丹鉄道, Bantan Tetsudō) in 1923 and nationalised in 1943 together with other Bantan Railway lines, i.e. the Kakogawa Line, the Takasago Line, the Kajiya Line and the Hōjō Line.[1]

Freight services ceased in 1974. Miki Railway, a third sector company, took over the line from Japanese National Railways in 1985.[2]

The majority of commuters used Kobe Electric Railway's (Shintetsu) Ao Line to get to Kobe instead of the Miki–Kakogawa Line route. As a result, Miki Railway had been unable to justify continued financial support from the city. On March 1, 2007, the Miki City Council officially decided to abandon the line with the company agreeing on April 26, 2007. The line was closed on April 1, 2008.[3] This was the fourth third-sector railway operator to cease operations, and the fifth third-sector line closed.

Stations

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Name Distance (km) Connections Location
Yakujin 厄神 0.0 JR West: Kakogawa Line Hyōgo Kakogawa
Kunikane 国包 1.0  
Sōsa 宗佐 1.5  
Shimo-Ishino 下石野 2.0   Miki
Ishino 石野 2.6  
Nishi-Hōda 西這田 4.3  
Bessho 別所 5.3  
Takagi 高木 6.0  
Miki 三木 6.6  

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