Aterazawa Line

Aterazawa Line
A KiHa 101 DMU on the Aterazawa Line
Overview
Native name	左沢線
Type	Regional rail
Locale	Yamagata Prefecture
Termini	Kita-Yamagata Aterazawa
Stations	11
Operation
Opened	1921
Owner	JR East
Rolling stock	KiHa 101 DMUs
Technical
Line length	24.3 km (15.10 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Route map

The Aterazawa Line (左沢線 Aterazawa-sen) is a railway line in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Kita-Yamagata Station in Yamagata with Aterazawa Station in Ōe. All trains run through to and from Yamagata Station.

Station list

• All stations are located in Yamagata Prefecture.
• All trains stop at every station.
• Trains can pass one another at stations marked "◇", "v", and "^".

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers		Location
		Between stations	From Kita-Yamagata
Yamagata	山形	-	-1.9	Yamagata Shinkansen, Ōu Main Line (for Yonezawa)	v	Yamagata
Kita-Yamagata	北山形	1.9	0.0	Ōu Main Line (for Shinjō), Senzan Line*	◇
Higashi-Kanai	東金井	3.1	3.1		｜
Uzen-Yamabe	羽前山辺	3.4	6.5		◇	Yamanobe, Higashimurayama District
Uzen-Kanezawa	羽前金沢	3.0	9.5		｜	Nakayama, Higashimurayama District
Uzen-Nagasaki	羽前長崎	1.5	11.0		｜
Minami-Sagae	南寒河江	2.5	13.5		｜	Sagae
Sagae	寒河江	1.8	15.3		◇
Nishi-Sagae	西寒河江	1.1	16.4		｜
Uzen-Takamatsu	羽前高松	2.9	19.3		｜
Shibahashi	柴橋	3.0	22.3		｜
Aterazawa	左沢	2.0	24.3		｜	Ōe, Nishimurayama District

Rolling stock

• KiHa 101 DMUs

History

The line was opened to Uzen-Nagasaki in 1921, and extended to Aterazawa the following year. CTC signalling was commissioned on the line in 1982.

Former connecting lines

The Sanzan Electric Railway operated an 11 km line from Uzen-Takamatsu Station to Mazawa, electrified at 600 V DC, between 1926 and 1974.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

• Stations of the Aterazawa Line (JR East) (Japanese)