Editing Iida Line (section)

{{Short description|Railway line in Japan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name                            = Iida Line
| color                           = {{rcr|JR Central|Iida}}
| logo                            = JR Central Iida Line.svg
| logo_width                      = 50px
| image                           = Iida-Line 313-R101 Nakatagiri-River.jpg
| caption                         = JR Central 313 Series train crossing the Nakatagiri River, near Tagiri Station
| image_width                     = 300px
| system                          = 
| type                            = [[Heavy rail]]
| status                          = 
| locale                          = [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]], [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]] prefectures
| start                           = {{STN|Toyohashi|x}}
| end                             = {{STN|Tatsuno|x|Nagano}} (through to {{STN|Okaya|x}})
| stations                        = 94
| routes                          = 
| daily_ridership                 = 
| open                            = {{start date and age|1897|07|15|df=y}}
| lastextension                   = {{start date and age|1937|08|20|df=y}}
| close                           = 
| owner                           = {{ric|JR Central|name=y}}
| operator                        = 
| character                       = 
| depot                           = 
| stock                           = 
| linelength                      = {{convert|195.7|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| tracklength                     = 
| tracks                          = 
| maxincline                      = 4.0%
| trainprotection                 = [[Automatic train stop|ATS-PT]]
| gauge                           = {{track gauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
| electrification                 = {{1,500 V DC}} ([[overhead catenary]])
| speed                           = {{cvt|85|km/h}} (maximum)<br>{{cvt|40|-|50|km/h}} (curves)<br>{{cvt|25|-|35|km/h}} (diverging junctions)
| elevation                       = 
| map                             = [[Image:Routemap JRiidaline.svg|200px]]
| map_state                       = collapsed
}}

The {{nihongo|'''Iida Line'''|飯田線|Iida-sen|}} is a Japanese railway line connecting [[Toyohashi Station]] in [[Toyohashi, Aichi]] with [[Tatsuno Station (Nagano)|Tatsuno Station]] in [[Tatsuno, Nagano]], operated by [[Central Japan Railway Company]] (JR Central). The line links eastern Aichi Prefecture and southern Nagano Prefecture through northwestern Shizuoka Prefecture. It goes through steep mountains as well as cities such as [[Iida, Nagano|Iida]] and [[Ina, Nagano|Ina]]. The line was originally of four different private railway lines, the first of which opened in 1897.

The line has an unusually high number of so-called [[Hikyō station]]s, or ''hikyo-eki'', which have since lost their nearby communities due to depopulation.<ref name="AsahiShimbum2018Aug" /> There are 94 total stations along the route.<ref name="AsahiShimbum2018Aug" /> A number of these stations have become Hikyō stations over the years. The line has been described as the "holy land for those who love touring hikyo-eki".<ref name="AsahiShimbum2018Aug">{{cite news |last1=KOIZUMI |first1=SHINICHI |title=Remote stations have great views if you know where to look：The Asahi Shimbun |url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201808020007.html |access-date=11 August 2018 |work=The Asahi Shimbun |date=2 August 2018 |archive-date=27 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227041043/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201808020007.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The phrase was coined in 1999 by Takanobu Ushiyama and friends, for [[railroad stations]] that are isolated and little used.<ref name="AsahiShimbum2018Aug" />

Traveling the entire length of the 195.7&nbsp;km (121.6&nbsp;mi) line by local trains takes six hours.<ref name="AsahiShimbum2018Aug" />