Toyama Station Track Plan

[Darklighter]

Hi,

 

I'm searching for a track plan of (JR West) Toyama Station as I'm planning to model a similar situation (double track line, electrified + single track line, not electrified). All I have found is a pamphlet concerning the conversion to an elevated station. And I don't think that the tracks/turnouts shown in Google Maps really are correct.

Any ideas where I can find a track plan of this station?

[bill937ca]

Try this City of Toyama map.  Unfortunately it does not expand.

 

http://www.city.toyama.toyama.jp/division/toshiseibi/toyamaeki/kukakuseiri/kukakuseiri.html#

 

This site has a wiring map as of February 2006 that shows 1500v and 20000v 60 Hz.

 

http://deadsection.image.coocan.jp/dead_sec/toyama/toyama.htm

[Mudkip Orange]

This site has a wiring map as of February 2006 that shows 1500v and 20000v 60 Hz.

Wow, that makes almost no sense at all.

[bill937ca]

This station has two different lines.  The Toyama Chitetsu operates at 1500v and the JR Hokuriku Main Line operates at 20000v 60Hz.

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dentetsu_toyama_sta02s4592.jpg

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokuriku_Main_Line

[Mudkip Orange]

This station has two different lines.  The Toyama Chitetsu operates at 1500v and the JR Hokuriku Main Line operates at 20000v 60Hz.

 

But that doesn't explain the 1500V tracks on the north side of the station. Unless that's Portram from before Portram became Portram. But it would be odd for JR to have a little spur line electrified at a different voltage then the only main line it connects to.

[bikkuri bahn]

Unless that's Portram from before Portram became Portram.

 

That appears to be the case. Before the start of the Portram, the JR Toyama Port line was closed, and the section of track between Toyama station and Toyamaguchi (the dotted section in the map linked below), was abandoned.  There are also pictures of the old platform 6/7 and workers ripping up track.

 

http://deadsection.image.coocan.jp/dead_sec/toyamakousen/toyamakousen.htm

[marknewton]

Unless that's Portram from before Portram became Portram.

 

Yes, it is. The Portram line has a convoluted history. It opened in 1924 as the Fugan Railway, was taken over by the Toyama Chiho Railway in 1941, nationalised in 1943, becoming the JNR Iwasehama line, and had its line voltage increased from 600v to 1500v in 1967. Goods service was withdrawn in 1986, and the line through Toyamaguchi relocated in 1987.

 

But it would be odd for JR to have a little spur line electrified at a different voltage then the only main line it connects to.

 

It was more common than you might think. There are a couple of ex-interurban railways now operated by JR that are 1500v lines connecting with AC-powered main lines.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[David]

The E531 used on the Joban line (which seems to be popular around here) being one example.

[Mudkip Orange]

Everything I've read says the outer Joban Line is only A/C because the stray current from the DC would screw up readings of the earths magnetic field being conducted by some scientific science institute of science somewhere out there...

[bill937ca]

Joban trains between Ueno and Toride  use E231 series trains which run on DC.

 

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=42708032&postcount=323

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dban_Line

[scott]

some scientific science institute of science somewhere out there...

 

Uh...Bill?

[Mudkip Orange]

It'd be cool if someone had a YouTube video of a Joban E531 coasting from the DC section into the AC section...

[stevenh]

I'm searching for a track plan of (JR West) Toyama Station as I'm planning to model a similar situation (double track line, electrified + single track line, not electrified)....

 

And you get the bonus upgrade to Hokuriku Shinkansen in a few years!!

[Darklighter]

Try this City of Toyama map.  Unfortunately it does not expand.

 

http://www.city.toyama.toyama.jp/division/toshiseibi/toyamaeki/kukakuseiri/kukakuseiri.html#

 

This site has a wiring map as of February 2006 that shows 1500v and 20000v 60 Hz.

 

http://deadsection.image.coocan.jp/dead_sec/toyama/toyama.htm

 

Thanks for these links! Unfortunately the wiring map shows only the eastern side of the station. However, I found a larger version of the map from the first link:

 

http://www.city.toyama.toyama.jp/division/toshiseibi/toyamaekijimu/keikakuzuh21.pdf

 

and another pamphlet, which shows how the station will look like:

 

http://www.pref.toyama.jp/cms_sec/1516/00004514/00218565.pdf

 

Now I think I will include the Shinkansen tracks/station in my planning. 

[scott]

With any luck, you might finish construction before JR does!

 

(That's an impressive station, and I like the tram connection that runs underneath, but boy they need to plant some more trees!)