The is a railway line of a Japanese private railway operator . The line traverses the northeastern side of the Yōrō Mountains and connects Kuwana Station in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture and Ibi Station in Ibigawa, Gifu Prefecture. The northern portion of the section is locally and unofficially called , as Ōgaki is a reversing station. Kintetsu Railway, one of largest private railway companies in Japan, owns the tracks and rolling stocks of the line whereon Yōrō Railway (II), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kintetsu operates trains as of October 1, 2007. Descriptions Company: Yōrō Railway (Category-2), Kintetsu Railway (Category-3) Length: Gauge: Power: Electric 1500 V DC No. of stations: 27 incl. both ends Track: single Maximum speed: Operation: All Local trains History Initially steam powered, the line was constructed by Yōrō Railway (I) and opened in 1913 between - - , in 1919 present line was completed with extensions of Yōrō - and Ikeno - . In 1922 Yōrō Railway merged with and the following year the line was electrified (1500 V DC). In 1928 its railway was transferred to . Since then the operator has changed several times, namely in 1929 the , in 1936 , in 1940 , in 1941 , finally in 1944 which is the present Kintetsu. Following typhoon damage in 1959, the Kintetsu Nagoya Line was regauged to , the Kintetsu standard which enables through trains to Osaka, but the Yōrō Line remained partly due to through freight trains to the then Japanese National Railways (JNR) at Ōgaki and Kuwana, because the line is shorter between these stations than JNR lines and used as the shortcut. With accumulating deficit, Kintetsu Corporation decided to split off the operation of the Yōrō Line in 2007. Local governments along the line made an agreement of financial aid to the Yōrō Railway until 2010. Stations Connections At Kintetsu: Nagoya Line Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central): Kansai Main Line At JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line (the main line and the "Mino-Akasaka branch line") Tarumi Railway: Tarumi Line References This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia External links Official website Rail transport in Mie Prefecture Rail transport in Gifu Prefecture Kintetsu Railway 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1913 1913 establishments in Japan