is a third-sector railway transportation company headquartered in

Date, Fukushima is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 59,625 in 22,843 households and a population density of 220 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Date occupies the eastern half of the F ...

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History

AbukumaExpress was founded on April 5, 1984, as a third-sector railway for the purpose of taking over operation of

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

' Marumori Line, which ran 17.4 km and linked

Marumori Station is a railway station in the town of Marumori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator AbukumaExpress Lines Marumori Station is served by the Abukuma Express Line, and is located 37.5 rail kilometers from the o ...

Tsukinoki Station is a junction railway station in the town of Shibata, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector AbukumaExpress. Lines Tsukinoki Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is ...

. The Marumori Line was reopened as the

Abukuma Express Line The is a railway line in Japan, owned and operated by the third sector operator AbukumaExpress. The line connects Fukushima Station in Fukushima Prefecture and Tsukinoki Station in Miyagi Prefecture. Both of these stations are also on the ...

on July 1, 1986, operated by AbukumaExpress. The Abukuma Express Line was extended to Fukushima Station in the south from July 1, 1988.

Operations

AbukumaExpress operates the Abukuma Express Line, which runs 54.9 km from Fukushima Station in the south to Tsukinoki Station in the north.

Rolling stock

* (1986–1988) * (former ; October 2008 – March 2016) * (since 1988) *

AB900 series The is an AC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on services in the Sendai area of Japan since February 2007. Variants * E721-0 series 2-car sets, since February 2007 * E721-500 series 2-c ...

(since July 2019) File:Abukuma Kyuko A417 in Tomino.jpg, A417 series File:Abukumakyuko-A8100.JPG, 8100 series File:Abukuma-kyuko-AB900-AB1-20190221-133537.jpg, AB900 series

Ownership

The

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of AbukumaExpress consist primarily of local and prefectural governments.

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