Muroran Main Line
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#Muroran_Main_Line
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#Railway_lines_opened_in_1892
The Muroran Main Line （室蘭本線, Muroran Honsen） is a railway line in Hokkaido operated by Hokkaido Railway Company （JR Hokkaido）, between Oshamambe Station in Oshamambe and Iwamizawa Station in Iwamizawa,
approximately paralleling the coast of Iburi Subprefecture.
There also is a branch line within Muroran, between Higashi-muroran and Muroran Station.
The 28.
7 km （17.8 mi） section between Shiraoi and Numanohata is the longest straight railway section in Japan.
On 19 November 2016, JR Hokkaido's President announced plans to rationalise the network by up to 1,237 km, or ~50% of the current network,
including the proposed conversion to Third Sector operation of the Tomakomai - Iwamizawa section of the Muroran Main Line,
but if local governments are not agreeable, the section may face closure.
A Super Hokuto limited express train The section between Oshamambe and Numanohata is the part of the main link route between Sapporo and Hakodate.
As such, the limited express trains Super Hokuto and Hokuto run between two cities once per 1 to 2 hours, as well as Suzuran between Sapporo and Muroran.
As for the local service, the line is roughly divided into four sections, namely the section between Oshamambe and Higashi-Muroran, between Higashi-Muroran and Muroran, between Higashi-Muroran and Tomakomai, and between Tomakomai and Iwamizawa.
The last section was once an important freight route, but became a quiet local line after coal mines closed.
Prior to the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, there were also sleeping car trains between Honshu and Hokkaido, such as the Hokutosei, Cassiopeia, Twilight Express, and Hamanasu.
Muroran Station In 1892, the Hokkaido Colliery and Railway Company opened the line from Muroran （now Higashi-Muroran） to Iwamizawa.
The line was built to link coal mines in the Iwamizawa-Asahikaw...