Kurobe Gorge Railway
黒部峡谷トロッコ
Usual hours and prices, checked 2026-10-06 against the sources under “What this place is”. They can change for holidays and events — confirm before you go. Official site
Our guide
The Kurobe Gorge Railway, Kurotetsu for short, runs the narrow-gauge (762 mm) Kurobe Gorge Main Line along the Kurobe River in Toyama. It was built to serve construction of Kansai Electric Power's Kurobe dam, completed in 1963; it was spun off from the power company in June 1971 but remains its wholly owned subsidiary. At its far end the line connects with the Kurobe Senyō Railway, which is not open to the general public.
Unazuki Onsen is mapped to practically the same point, about 250 m from Unazukionsen Station on the Toyama Chihō Railway. We have not checked the timetable, fares or the operating season, so check before you go.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Kurobe Gorge Railway 07 — Hiroyuki Mori from Nishinomiya, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source · resized
- Kurobe Gorge Railway 01 — Hiroyuki Mori from Nishinomiya, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source · resized
- Kurobe Gorge Railway 03 — Hiroyuki Mori from Nishinomiya, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source · resized
- Kurobe Gorge Railway 04 — Hiroyuki Mori from Nishinomiya, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source · resized
- Kurobe Gorge Railway 08 — Hiroyuki Mori from Nishinomiya, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source · resized
- Kurobe truck 001 — Yones · Public domain · source · resized
- Kurobe Gorge Railway passageway of winter — Yasu ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Kurobe Gorge Railway (14894581628) — foooomio · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
- Kurobe gorge railway EDR33 and EDM29 — Toshinori baba · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kurobe Gorge Railway in 1956 — 岩波書店編集部 · Public domain · source · resized
What this place is
The Kurobe Gorge Railway (黒部峡谷鉄道株式会社, Kurobe Kyōkoku Tetsudō Kabushiki gaisha), 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 the general public. As of 2006, the company operated 25 locomotives, 139 passenger carriages and 204 freight wagons.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-06 · Official visitor information · Official visitor information · Official visitor information
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Lakes & falls
Nearby station
Nearby station: Unazukionsen (Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line), about 250 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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