The Enshū Railway Line, officially the Railway Line (鉄道線, Tetsudō-sen), is a Japanese railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, running north from Shin-Hamamatsu Station in Chūō Ward to Nishi-Kajima Station in Tenryū Ward, all within Hamamatsu. This is the only railway line Enshū Railway (Entetsu) operates. The line is nicknamed the Nishi-Kajima Line (西鹿島線, Nishi-Kajima-sen), while locals often call it Akaden (あかでん, "The Red Train"), referring to the color of the EMUs. The line accepts NicePass, a smart card ticketing system, as well as ET Card, a magnetic card ticketing system.
The line opened as 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) in 1909, and was converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge and electrified at 600 VDC in 1923.
The voltage was increased to 750 VDC in 1961, and CTC signalling was commissioned between Nishi-Kajima and Hachiman in 1967, and extended to Shin-Hamamatsu in 1974.
Hamakita station - The Far West Railway Co. opened a 4 km (2.5 mi) 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line to Miyaguchi in 1924, and merged with the Enshu Railway Co. in 1928. The line closed in 1937.[citation needed]
Services
Trains operate every 12 minutes all day, every day. Early morning and after 9pm trains operate every 20 minutes. All trains stop at every station.
