Jōhana Line

• Operating Company: West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
• Distance: 29.9 km (18.6 mi)
• Track gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
• Stations: 14
• Double-track: None
• Electrification: Not electrified
• Railway signalling: Special automatic occlusive (track circuit detection type)

The line was opened in 1897^{[citation needed]} by the Chūetsu Railway (中越鉄道) as the Chūetsu Line (中越線) between Fushiki (on the present-day Himi Line) and Jōhana via Takaoka.^[2] The line was nationalised on 1 September 1920.^[2] The Chūetsu Line was renamed the Jōhana Line from 1 August 1942 following the incorporation of the Fushiki to Takaoka section into the Himi Line.^[2]

CTC signalling was commissioned over the entire line in 1983.^{[citation needed]}

From 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, the Jōhana Line came under the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).^[2]

On 14 March 2015, Shin-Takaoka station opened on the line to coincide with the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kanazawa Station.^[3]

• Fukuno Station: The Tonami Railway opened a 7 km line to Tsuzawa in 1915, including a connection to the Hokuriku Main Line at Isurugi. The company merged with the Kaetsu Railway in 1919, which extended the line 13 km to Shogawa-Cho in 1922. The entire line was closed on 16 September 1972.^[4]

• List of railway lines in Japan

• Johanna and Himi Line information (in Japanese)