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The is a railway line in Japan, owned and operated by the third sector operator
The entire line was opened and electrified between Tsukino and Fukushima from 1 July 1988.
On 14 February 2021, all services were suspended due to the 2021 Fukushima earthquake.
Video
of the "Masamune Date ni Kuru" anime themed train wrapping in 2016 {{Sendai transit 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1968 1968 establishments in Japan Japanese third-sector railway lines Rail transport in Miyagi Prefecture Rail transport in Yamagata Prefecture
AbukumaExpress
is a third-sector railway transportation company headquartered in Date, Fukushima, Japan.
History
AbukumaExpress was founded on April 5, 1984, as a third-sector railway for the purpose of taking over operation of Japanese National Railways' Mar ...
. The line connects Fukushima Station in Fukushima Prefecture and Tsukinoki Station in Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the nort ...
. Both of these stations are also on the Tōhoku Main Line
The Tōhoku Main Line ( ja, 東北本線, ) is a long railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Utsunomiya, Fuku ...
operated by East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
(JR East).
Station list
History
The line first opened on 1 April 1968 as the , operated byJapanese 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 ...
(JNR) between Tsukinoki and Marumori. The original plan was to create a bypass route to relieve overcrowding on the Tōhoku Main Line
The Tōhoku Main Line ( ja, 東北本線, ) is a long railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Utsunomiya, Fuku ...
, but work to extend the line was suspended following the quadrupling of tracks on the Tōhoku Main Line.
In September 1981, the line was proposed for possible closure.
Ownership of the line was transferred to the third-sector Abukuma Express operator from 1 July 1986, initially using former JNR KiHa 22 diesel trains.
The entire line was opened and electrified between Tsukino and Fukushima from 1 July 1988.
On 14 February 2021, all services were suspended due to the 2021 Fukushima earthquake.
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*Video
of the "Masamune Date ni Kuru" anime themed train wrapping in 2016 {{Sendai transit 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1968 1968 establishments in Japan Japanese third-sector railway lines Rail transport in Miyagi Prefecture Rail transport in Yamagata Prefecture