{"id":8724,"date":"2015-04-12T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morigen.net\/blog\/?p=8724"},"modified":"2018-08-30T23:35:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T14:35:26","slug":"utashinai-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morigen.net\/blog\/?p=8724&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Utashinai Line"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\r\nSunagawa City (\u7802\u5ddd\u5e02, sunagawa shi) locate between Sapporo City (\u672d\u5e4c\u5e02, sapporo shi) and Asahikawa City (\u65ed\u5ddd\u5e02, asahikawa shi). This city located in Ishikari Plain which made by the largest river in Hokkaido Ishikari River (\u77f3\u72e9\u5ddd, ishikari gawa) , many coal mines in Ishikari coal-field in east mountains, coal mine towns there are along tributaries of Ishikari river. One of these towns, Utashinai City (\u6b4c\u5fd7\u5185\u5e02, utashinai shi) had many population enough to become city, Hokkaido Colliery & Steamship (\u5317\u70ad, hokutan) and Sumiseki Materials (\u4f4f\u53cb, sumitomo) et cetera major companies mined in this city.

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\r\nJR Sunagawa station east entrance. Is it front or back, answer is back. The reason why I’m here, Utashinai line start No.1 platform, this near back side. Around east entrance is redeveloped in 2000s, so no vestige here. Rail profile is remaining on ground of the station square, but it’s ruin of Kamisunagawa branch line (\u4e0a\u7802\u5ddd\u652f\u7dda, kamisunagawa sisen) to Kamisunagawa station. Not Utashinai line’s ruin.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI saw the yard of Sunagawa station from the overbridge. The trains of Utashinai line stop here, and go north.\r\n\r\nKamisunagawa branch line that starts from Sunagawa station went reverse direction from the more east platform. It went to Kamisunagawa town side by side 1 km south of Utashinai line. <\/P>\r\n

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\r\nDouble-track start Sunagawa station is Hakodate main line (\u51fd\u9928\u672c\u7dda, hakodate honsen), parallel Utashinai line ceases at before the bridge that across Penkesuna river. Single spanned plate girder habe remained but rail is nothing.\r\nUtashinai line opened in 1891, this time Hakodate main line has not open yet, Utashinai line was main line. The main position fall soon, Utashinai line abolished antecedently.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI come 1 km north from Sunagawa station with Hakodate main line, at length Utashinai line split and go east.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI treid to walk on the bank, as you see there are only bushes and trees of 27 years. No rails, no railroad ties, no signs, I find ballast little.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nPlaces that across Penkeutashinai river. This sentence has faulty expression, the river completed after the line abolished, certainly it didn’t have bridge. Bofore refurbishment Penkeutashinai river connected to Penkesuna river. Penkesuna river’s width and depth is not enough for quantity of water. This refurbishment reformed meandering of Penkeutashinai river, at the time of flooding, it can accept water from Pankeutashinai river via underground waterway.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nAfter drawing an arc, I facing east and go straigt in the woods.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThe bridge of Kita-koshinosawa river had removed already. \r\nAcross the river, through under Yakeyama aqueduct bridge (\u713c\u5c71\u6c34\u8def\u6a4b), further I’ll go straight.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI trace bank side of the road, I find gradient post here. 1 arm break away, I couldn’t read the numbers. But if you came for Utashinai line, you should check it out. Because it’s no ruin of railway after this.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nDuring a moment, the road is side by side with the railway, it reformed not only the river but also the road, the railroad is filled under the road.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThe bank appears again near intersection. It vanishes again leave 50 m bank, intact railway doesn’t appears never again. <\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThe site of Yakeyama station (\u713c\u5c71\u99c5, yakeyama eki) . It’s only one station in Sunagawa city with the exception of starting point. Old days, wildfire was happening often around here by steam locomotive. Place name Yakeyama (\u713c\u5c71, means “burnt mountain” in Japanese) made in such reason. In map of printed in the Taisho period (1912-1926), Yakeyama was written already. 1891 Utashinai line opened year is 13 years after of first railway in Hokkaido, Horonai line. It previous year that Utashinai connect Muroran port (\u5ba4\u862d\u6e2f, muroran k\u014d, it’s an coal export port). Place name based railway indicate that it has an old history. <\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThe site of the railway was remade to cycling road, ahead Yakeyama station. Cycling road continues to end poin Utashinai station, so it’s an informatino of cyclingroad rather than Utashinai line.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI go through the center of calm field.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThe bridge that across Higuchi river may rebuilt, because the nameplate said it build in 1996. Like this, henceforth all briges was rebuilt.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI see spiral bridge on right side. I can’t understand why there is too great bridge here. It enough with hairpin turns, nevertheless spiral bridge, and handrail has reliefs. But it’s rough handling, for example road closures in winter, nameplate is nothing. Did the ordering party have too much money?<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI watch Utashinai line from the looks fruitless bridge to Sunagawa direction. Yes, this bridge useful for Look down at Utashinai line.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nLandscape of Utashinai direction. Mountain of both sides to narrow, I feel it’s mountainous.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI enter into Utashinai city from Sunagawa city, at Sakaisawa river (\u30b5\u30ab\u30a4\u6ca2\u5ddd, sakaisawa gawa).\r\nPlace name Sunagawa and Utashinai result from ota-ush-nai (\u30aa\u30bf\u30b7<\/SMALL>\u30ca\u30a4, means “sand shore appertain river” in Ainu language), so the difference is only transliteration or liberal translation. Further append, Utashinai separated from Sunagawa (it’s colled Nae village (\u5948\u6c5f\u6751, naemura) at that time), these are same not only name but also autonomy.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nNear boundary, cycling road is meandering for no reason. I stare a aerial photograph, it seems to be the railway was washed out by Penkeutashinai river.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI enter urban area of Utashinai. It’s Utashinai “village”. Someone derided so, population has fell, but this city has very little flat area, so railway site diverted to various uses.\r\n<\/P>\r\n

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