page_title: Kurobe Gorge Railway
hierarchical_section_title: Kurobe Gorge Railway
caption_attribution_description: English: Kurobe Gorge Railway.
context_page_description: The Kurobe Gorge Railway, or Kurotetsu for short, is a private, 762 mm narrow gauge railway company operating the Kurobe Gorge Main Line along the Kurobe River in the Kurobe gorge area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The railway was built to serve the construction of the Kurobe dam for the Kansai Electric Power Company, which was completed in 1963; Kurotetsu was spun off from the power company in June 1971, but remains a wholly owned subsidiary. At its terminus, the Main Line links to Kurobe Senyō Railway, which is not open to general public.
  In 2008 the company operated 27 locomotives, 138 passenger carriages and 322 freight wagons.
context_section_description: The Kurobe Gorge Railway (黒部峡谷鉄道株式会社, Kurobe Kyōkoku Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha), or Kurotetsu (黒鉄) for short, is a private, 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway company operating the Kurobe Gorge Main Line along the Kurobe River in the Kurobe gorge area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The railway was built to serve the construction of the Kurobe dam for the Kansai Electric Power Company, which was completed in 1963; Kurotetsu was spun off from the power company in June 1971, but remains a wholly owned subsidiary. At its terminus, the Main Line links to Kurobe Senyō Railway, which is not open to general public.
  In 2008 the company operated 27 locomotives, 138 passenger carriages and 322 freight wagons.
caption: Kurobe Gorge Railway
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