Transport in Toyama Prefecture - Rail Transport in Toyama Prefecture, Takayama Main Line, Toyama Chih? Railway Main Line (Paperback)

Chapters: Rail Transport in Toyama Prefecture, Takayama Main Line, Toyama Chih? Railway Main Line, Toyama Light Rail Toyamak? Line, Kurobe Seny? Railway, Tateyama Sab? Erosion Control Works Service Train, Toyama Chih? Railway Tateyama Line, Himi Line, J?hana Line, Toyama Airport, Toyama Chih? Railway Kamidaki Line, Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus, Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus, Tsuiki Air Field, Tateyama Cable Car, Man'y?sen Shinminatok? Line, Kurobe Cable Car, Shinminato Line, Toyama Chih? Railway Fujikoshi Line. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 56. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Takayama Main Line Takayama Honsen) is a Japanese railway line between Gifu Station in Gifu and Toyama Station in Toyama, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line directly links Chky Metropolitan Area (metropolitan Nagoya) and Hokuriku region in a shorter distance, but slower than to use Tkaid Shinkansen and Hokuriku Main Line. Now the line primary functions as an access to scenic areas of Hida (ancient Hida Province) in rugged mountains in northern Gifu Prefecture, such as Gero onsen (hot spring), Takayama, Shirakawa-g, or the "Japan Rhine" (Kiso River). The first section of the line, between Gifu and Kagamigahara, opened in 1920. The whole line was completed in 1934. Between 2004 and September 8, 2007 the segment between Tsunogawa Station and Inotani Station was closed due to a flood damage from Typhoon Tokage. The limited express train Hida ) runs between Nagoya and Takayama, Hida-Furukawa, or Toyama 10 return services a day, and between saka and Takayama 1 return service a day. The line is generally divided to three parts for local services, the one being the segment between Gifu and Takayama, another between Takayama and Inotani, and between ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1264082