The is a railway line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it connects

Kitakami Station is a junction railway station in the city of Kitakami, Iwate, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with a freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). Lines Kitakami Station is served by t ...

in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture to Yokote Station in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, acting as a connecting line between the

Ōu Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Fukushima Station through Akita Station to Aomori Station. Since the opening of the Yamagata Shinkansen on July 1, 1992, the Fukushima–Yama ...

to 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 ...

. It connects with the

Tōhoku Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line, connecting Tokyo with Aomori in Aomori Prefecture in a route length of , making it Japan's longest Shinkansen line. It runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku region of Japan's main ...

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 deviation was built in conjunction with the construction of the Yuda Dam, which added to the length of the line. CTC signalling was commissioned in 1994, and freight services ceased in 2010.

Station list

● - All trains stop ｜ - All trains pass

Rolling stock

KiHa 100 series The are diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains operated since 1990 by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on non-electrified rural lines in Japan. A total of 247 vehicles were built between 1989 and 1999 by Fuji Heavy Industries and Niigata Transy ...

DMUs

References

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

External links

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