The name of the track of East Japan Railway Company and West Japan Railway Company. The 105.4 km long line between Matsumoto (Nagano Prefecture) and Itoigawa (Niigata Prefecture) is a single track. The Matsumoto-Minamiotari section is DC electrified. It runs along the Chikuni Kaido road through the Takase River and Hime River basins that flow at the eastern foot of the Hida Mountains, connecting the Matsumoto Basin and the Japan Coast. There are tourist spots along the line such as Omachi, the entrance to Kurobe Dam, Azumino, and Nishina Sanko, and direct trains are also operated from Tokyo and Nagoya. The Matsumoto-Shinano Omachi section was opened by the Shinano Railway in 1915-1916 (Taisho 4-5), electrified in 1925, and nationalized in 1937 (Showa 12) and incorporated into the Oito Minami Line. Additionally, the sections north of Shinano-Omachi were constructed from Shinano-Omachi and Itoigawa as the Oito South Line and North Line, respectively, and opened between 1929 and 1935, except for the Nakado-Kotaki section, but construction was halted during World War II, and the entire line opened in 1957 (Showa 32), becoming the Oito Line. Electrification was completed between 1959 and 1967 between Shinano-Omachi and Minami-Otari. In 1987, following the privatization of the Japanese National Railways, the Matsumoto-Minami-Otari section came under the control of East Japan Railway Company, and the Minami-Otari-Itoigawa section came under the control of West Japan Railway Company. [Eiichi Aoki and Ryo Aoki] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
東日本旅客鉄道および西日本旅客鉄道の線路名称。松本(長野県)―糸魚川(いといがわ)(新潟県)間105.4キロメートルで全線単線。松本―南小谷(みなみおたり)間が直流電化されている。飛騨(ひだ)山脈東麓(とうろく)を流れる高瀬川と姫川流域を千国(ちくに)街道沿いに走り、松本盆地と日本海岸を結ぶ。沿線には黒部ダムへの入口にあたる大町や安曇野(あずみの)、仁科(にしな)三湖などの観光地があり、東京や名古屋方面からの直通電車も運転される。1915~1916年(大正4~5)信濃(しなの)鉄道により松本―信濃大町間が開業、1925年電化、1937年(昭和12)国有化されて大糸南線に編入された。また、信濃大町以北は信濃大町と糸魚川からそれぞれ大糸南線、北線として建設され、1929~1935年に中土(なかつち)―小滝(こたき)間を残して開通したが、第二次世界大戦中に工事中止、1957年(昭和32)に全線を開業し大糸線となる。1959~1967年に信濃大町―南小谷間の電化が完成した。1987年、日本国有鉄道の分割民営化に伴い、松本―南小谷間が東日本旅客鉄道、南小谷―糸魚川間が西日本旅客鉄道の所属となった。 [青木栄一・青木 亮] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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