Okaden Seikibashi Line

Okayama Electric Tramway Seikibashi Line (Japanese: 岡山電気軌道清輝橋線) is an Okayama Electric Tramway route that runs between Yanagawa Station (Okayama) and Seikibashi Station in Okayama, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

Okaden Seikibashi Line
The last stop Seikibashi Station（before constructing barrier-free）
The last stop Seikibashi Station
（after constructing barrier-free）
Overview
OwnerOkayama Electric Tramway
Line numberS
Termini
  • First：Yanagawa Station (Okayama)
  • Last：Seikibashi Station
Stations7
Service
Depot(s)Higashiyama Barn
History
Opened18 March 1928 (1928-03-18)
Last extension6 Sep. 1946
Technical
Line length1.6 km (0.99 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification600v DC
Route map
Okaden Seikibashi Line
km
Higashiyama Main Line
0.0
 Yanagawa
S03
0.2
 Togiyachō
(
closed
1967
)
0.4
 Yūbinkyoku Mae
S04
0.6
 Tamachi
S05
0.8
 Shin-saidaiji-cho-suzi
S06
 Daiunji-machi
(
closed
1946
)
1.1
 Daiunji-mae
S07
1.3
 Higashi-chūōchō
S08
1.6
 Seikibashi
S09

Outline

This tram line is located in Okayama, and double-track which runs on many streets. The tram line can be split into Higashiyama Main Line and this tram line at Yanagawa Station (Okayama) and runs for the south district of Okayama City along the national highway Yanagawa Suji which is made of Okayama Prefectural Route 27, Japan National Route 180 and Japan National Route 53 through Seikibashi Station.

Okayama Electric Tramway had a license that the line was extended to Hōsei District, but the license was abolished in 1960.[1]

When this company constructed this tram line which runs on Yanagawa Suji, Okayama City suggested that using The Side Reservation Method サイドリザベーション方式 that the outbound line and the inbound line were installed on between each street and pedestrian road. This is the rare case as construction method in Japan. As the roads being reconstructed, this tram line was also reconstructed, simultaneously the platforms on all stations except Seikibashi Station were rebuilt as island type. In 2002, almost stations on the tram line was developed barrier-free excluding Seikibashi Station due to introduce Type 9200 MOMO. Seikibashi Station hadn't been upgraded to barrier-free. The station's platform has been moved to the place where is located under the bridge for pedestrians since 2007, and the station has been developed barrier-free.

Fares

A fare for riding on the entire line costs 140 yen (as of 2020). But, fare for riding on the tram line between Okayama Station and Yūbinkyoku Mae Station costs 100 yen, and the fare is at the same price as a lot of the competing buses which are operated from Okayama Station to Omotemachi Bus Center via Tenmanya Bus Terminal because Okayama tries to promote using public transportations.

History
  • 18 March 1928 - opened as Yanagawa Line between Yanagawa station and Daiunji-machi.
  • 1 September 1931 - Higashi-Tamachi Station opened, between Maroyamachi-Suji and Renshōji-mae.
  • 6 July 1937 - Higashi-Tamachi Station renamed to Yūbinkyoku-mae Station.
  • 23 June 1942 - Renshōji-mae renamed to Shiyakusho-mae Station (Okayama).
  • 6 September 1946 - renamed from Yanagawa Line to Seikibashi Line, opening between Daiunji-machi and Seikibashi. Section between Shin-Saidaijimachisuji Station and Daiunji-machi Station discontinued.

Others

The company has collaborated with Chuggington since 2019 and has operated the Chuggington Train, and has used rolling stock that was named after characters in the Chuggington story. Route map for the Chuggington Train.

References
  1. 森口誠之『鉄道未成線を歩く 〈私鉄編〉』JTB、2001年、p.177
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