title: Sangi Railway
text: # Sangi Railway
  
  Sangi Railway Co., Ltd. (三岐鉄道株式会社, Sangi Tetsudō) is a private railway company in Mie Prefecture, Japan, which also operates bus lines. The company was founded in 1928 and its initial line, the Sangi Line, originally functioned as a freight line transporting cement, but in recent years it became important as a commuter railway line for Yokkaichi. The Hokusei Line was transferred from Kintetsu ownership in 2003, when Kintetsu abandoned the line. Whereas the Sangi Line has a track gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), the Hokusei Line is one of only a few 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge lines remaining in the country.
  
  ## History
  
  The Sangi Line was opened by Onoda Cement in 1931 as a freight-only line to service its cement plant at Nishi-Fujiwara. Passenger services were introduced in 1952, and in 1954, the line was electrified at 1,500 V DC, and the company purchased an electric locomotive from JNR to haul its cement trains. CTC signalling was commissioned on the line in 1974.
  
  ## Rolling stock
  
  ### Sangi Line
  
  **EMUs**
  
  * 801 series - Former Seibu 701 series trains acquired in 1989
  * 101 series - Former Seibu 401 series trains acquired in 1990
  * 851 series - Former Seibu 701 series trains acquired in 1995
  * 751 series 3-car EMUs - Former Seibu 101 series trains acquired in 2009
  * 801 series
  * 101 series
  * 751 series
  
  **Electric locomotives**
  
  * Class ED45: Since 1954 (includes former Tobu Railway locomotives)
  * Class ED301: Former Nankai Class ED5201 acquired in 1984
  * Class DeKi 200: Former Chichibu Railway Class DeKi 200 acquired in July 2000 and withdrawn in March 2011
  * ED45 class ED45 1
  * DeKi 203
  
  ### Hokusei Line
  
  **EMUs**
  
  * 130 series - Built in 1954
  * 200 series - Built in 1959
  * 140 series - Built in 1960
  * 270 series - Built in 1977
  * Hokusei Line 270 series train
  