Kitakami Line

Kitakami Line
Terminus of the Kitakami Line at Kitakami Station
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Iwate, Akita prefectures
Termini	Kitakami Yokote
Stations	17
Operation
Opened	1924
Operator(s)	JR East
Technical
Line length	61.6 km (38.3 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	non
Operating speed	85 kilometres per hour (53 mph)
Route map

The Kitakami Line (北上線 Kitakami-sen) is a rail line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it connects Kitakami Station in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture to Yokote Station in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, acting as a connecting line between the Ōu Main Line to the Tōhoku Main Line. It connects with the Tōhoku Shinkansen and Tohoku Main Line at Kitakami Station, and the Ōu Main Line at Yokote Station.

History

The line opened in sections from both Kitakami and Yokote between 1920 and 1924.

In 1962 a 15km deviation was built in conjunction with the construction of the Yuda Dam, which added 0.8km to the length of the line.

CTC signalling was commissioned in 1994, and Freight services ceased in 2010.

Station list

Station	Japanese	Distance (km) (from Kitakami)	Transfers	Location
Kitakami	北上	0.0	Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line	Kitakami	Iwate Prefecture
Yanagihara	柳原	2.1
Ezuriko	江釣子	5.2
Fujine	藤根	8.4
Tatekawame	立川目	12.1
Yokokawame	横川目	14.3
Iwasawa	岩沢	18.1
Waka-Sennin	和賀仙人	20.3
Yudakinshūko	ゆだ錦秋湖	28.8		Nishiwaga
Hottoyuda	ほっとゆだ	35.2
Yudakōgen	ゆだ高原	39.1
Kurosawa	黒沢	44.3		Yokote	Akita Prefecture
Komatsukawa	小松川	49.6
Hiraishi	平石	51.6
Ainono	相野々	53.4
Yabitsu	矢美津	56.6
Yokote	横手	61.1	Ōu Main Line

Rolling stock

• KiHa 100 series DMUs

References

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

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