Tsugaru Line

Tsugaru Line

Tsugaru Line along Mutsu Bay
Overview
Type Heavy rail Passenger
Termini Aomori
Minmaya
Stations 18
Operation
Opened 1951
Owner JR East
Rolling stock KiHa 100 series
Technical
Line length 58.4 km (36.3 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 20 kV AC, 50 Hz (Aomori to Shin Naka-Oguni Signal)
Route map
Route diagram
 Aoimori Railway Line
0.0 Aomori
0.9 Takeuchi Signal

Ōu Main Line
Seikan Ferry
 4.4 Shin-Aburakawa Signal
 6.0 Aburakawa
 9.7 Tsugaru-Miyata
 11.5 Okunai
 13.1 Hidariseki
 14.7 Ushirogata
 16.8 Nakasawa
 19.1 Yomogita
 21.1 Gōsawa
 23.4 Seheji
 27.0 Kanita
 31.4 Naka-Oguni
 33.7 Shin Naka-Oguni Signal
Kaikyō Line (Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line)
↓non-electrified
35.0 Ōdai
46.6 Tsugaru-Futamata
Tsugaru-Imabetsu
48.6 Ōkawadai
 51.0 Imabetsu
 52.7 Tsugaru-Hamana
 55.8 Minmaya

The Tsugaru Line (津軽線 Tsugaru-sen) is a railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Aomori Station and Minmaya Station on the Tsugaru Peninsula in western Aomori Prefecture.

The section of the line between Aomori Station and Naka-Oguni Station is a part of the Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line connecting Honshu and Hokkaido.

Station list

Station Japanese Distance (km) Limited express Transfers Location
Between
stations		 Total
Aomori 青森 - 0.0 ● Ōu Main Line
Aoimori Railway Line		 Aomori Aomori
Prefecture
Aburakawa 油川 6.0 6.0 ｜  
Tsugaru-Miyata 津軽宮田 3.7 9.7 ｜  
Okunai 奥内 1.8 11.5 ◇  
Hidariseki 左堰 1.6 13.1 ｜  
Ushirogata 後潟 1.6 14.7 ｜  
Nakasawa 中沢 2.1 16.8 ｜  
Yomogita 蓬田 2.3 19.1 ｜   Yomogita
Gōsawa 郷沢 2.0 21.1 ◇  
Seheji 瀬辺地 2.3 23.4 ｜  
Kanita 蟹田 3.6 27.0 ◇   Sotogahama
Naka-Oguni 中小国 3.4 31.4 ｜ (Kaikyō Line)
Ōdai 大平 3.6 35.0 ｜  
Tsugaru-Futamata 津軽二股 11.6 46.6 ｜ Kaikyō Line/Hokkaido Shinkansen (Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station) Imabetsu
Ōkawadai 大川平 2.0 48.6 ｜  
Imabetsu 今別 2.4 51.0 ｜  
Tsugaru-Hamana 津軽浜名 1.7 52.7 ｜  
Minmaya 三厩 3.1 55.8 ●  
Legend
◇ - Trains can pass each other at this station
｜ - Trains cannot pass

The portion from Aomori and Naka-Oguni is electrified.

History

Plans existed to link the prefectural capital of Aomori with the northern tip of the Tsugaru Peninsula from the time of the Meiji period Railway Construction Act. In 1930, the privately held Tsugaru Railway began operations on the western side of Tsugaru Peninsula, and surveying work was completed by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) to build a government-operated line on the eastern side of Tsugaru Peninsula. These plans were postponed by the outbreak of World War II, and were only resumed in the 1950s under the Japanese National Railways (JNR).

On December 5, 1951, the first segment of the Tsugaru Line was completed from Aomori to Kanita. This was extended by October 21, 1958 to the present northern terminus at Minmaya. Additional intermediate stations were added in 1959 and 1960.

All scheduled freight operations were suspended on December 10, 1984. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the line came under the operational control of JR East. From March 13, 1988, the tracks between Aomori Station and the Shin Naka-Oguni Signal are jointly used by JR East, JR Hokkaido's Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

In 1988 the Aomori - Shin Naka-Oguni section was electrified in conjunction with the opening of the Seikan Tunnel and associated Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line.

See also

References

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

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