Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line

Yōrō Line
A Local train, 7700 series
Service
Operator(s)Yōrō Railway Co., Ltd.
Technical
Line length57.5 km (35.7 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius160 m (520 ft)
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed65 km/h (40 mph)
Maximum incline25
Yōrō Line
km
0.0
Nishi-KuwanaKuwana
0.7
Higashikata truck
conversion facility
1.6
Harima
4.0
Shimo-Fukaya
6.6
Shimo-Noshiro
8.6
Tado
11.9
Mino-Matsuyama
14.2
Ishizu
16.2
Mino-Yamazaki
19.8
Komano
24.5
Mino-Tsuya
28.8
Yōrō
31.8
Mino-Takada
34.5
Karasue
Makita River Bridge
over Makita River
36.0
Ōtoba
37.4
Tomoe
39.4
Mino-Yanagi
41.2
Nishi-Ōgaki
Ogaki Depot
Shin-Muro
43.0
Ōgaki
44.1
Muro
44.5
Shiken-ya
45.4
Kita-Ōgaki
Gama
closed 1974
47.5
Higashi-Akasaka
50.3
Hiro-Gōdo
51.9
Kita-Gōdo
53.5
Ikeno
54.4
Kita-Ikeno
55.2
Mino-Hongō
57.5
Ibi
km

The Yōrō Line (養老線, Yōrō-sen) is a railway line of a Japanese private railway operator Yōrō Railway (養老鉄道, Yōrō Tetsudō). The line traverses the northeastern side of the Yōrō Mountains and connects Kuwana Station in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture and Ibi Station in Ibigawa, Gifu Prefecture.

The northern portion of the Ōgaki section is locally and unofficially called the Ibi Line (揖斐線, Ibi-sen), as Ōgaki is a reversing station.

Kintetsu Railway, one of largest private railway companies in Japan, owns the tracks and rolling stocks of the line whereon Yōrō Railway (a Class II railway), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kintetsu, operated trains until 2018.