Minobu Line

Minobu Line
JR Central 313 series EMU on the Minobu Line in February 2021
Overview
Owner	JR Central
Termini	Fuji Kōfu
Stations	39
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR Central
History
Opened	1890
Last extension	30 March 1928; 96 years ago (1928-03-30)
Technical
Line length	88.4 km (54.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (overhead line)
Operating speed	85 km/h (53 mph)
Signalling	Automatic Closed block
Train protection system	ATS-PT
Maximum incline	2.5%
Route map Legend Tōkaidō Main Line 0.0 Fuji Motoichiba closed 1969 Fuji depot 1.5 Yunoki 2.8 Tatebori Tomei Expressway 5.6 Iriyamase Shin-Tomei Expressway 8.0 Fujine 9.3 Gendōji 10.7 Fujinomiya 11.9 Nishi-Fujinomiya Junigawa 16.9 Numakubo 19.2 Shibakawa Shibakawa 24.0 Inako Inako River Shizuoka Prefecture Yamanashi Prefecture 26.3 Tōshima Sano River 29.4 Ide 31.9 Yorihata 34.1 Utsubuna 39.8 Kai-Ōshima Wada Tunnel 43.5 Minobu 45.7 Shionosawa Shimobe River 50.2 Hadakajima Chubu Crossing Expressway Shimobe River 51.7 Shimobe-onsen 54.1 Kai-Tokiwa 56.1 Ichinose Katsusaka tunnel 58.8 Kunado Chubu Crossing Expressway 60.3 Kai-Iwama Chubu Crossing Expressway 61.8 Ochii Chubu Crossing Expressway 66.8 Kajikazawaguchi Chubu Crossing Expressway 69.8 Ichikawa-Daimon 70.7 Ichikawa-Hommachi 71.7 Ashigawa 72.8 Kai-Ueno Fuefuki River 76.3 Higashi-Hanawa 77.5 Koikawa New Yamanashi Ring Road 78.9 Jōei Chuo Expressway 81.2 Kokubo Arakawa 83.1 Kai-Sumiyoshi 84.0 Minami-Kōfu Muddy River 86.3 Zenkōji 87.2 Kanente JR Central JR East 88.4 Kōfu Chūō Main Line

The Minobu Line (身延線, Minobu-sen) is a railway line in the Tōkai region of Japan operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Fuji Station in Fuji, Shizuoka to Kōfu Station in Kōfu, Yamanashi, and the Tōkaidō Main Line with the Chūō Main Line trunk railroads.