Tsugaru Forest Railway
| Tsugaru Forest Railway | |
|---|---|
Tsugaru Forest Railway starting point, Aomori lumberyard | |
| Overview | |
| Native name | 津軽森林鉄道 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Locale | Aomori Prefecture, Japan |
| Service | |
| Type | Forest railway |
| Operator(s) | Forestry Agency (and predecessors) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1908 |
| Closed | 1960s–1970s |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | Narrow gauge, 762mm (2ft, 6in) |
Tsugaru Forest Railway Tsugaru Shinrin Tetsudō (Japanese: 津軽森林鉄道) was a network of narrow-gauge forest railways in the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The Tsugaru Forest Railway is recognized as Japan’s first formal, state-administered forest railway, distinguishing it from earlier private or ad hoc logging tramways. This forest railway was constructed primarily to transport timber from mountainous forest areas to processing and distribution points and was one of Japan’s earliest and longest government-operated forest railway systems.