The is a railway route operated by the Japanese

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Aomori Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori (city), Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is border ...

, from Chūō-Hirosaki Station in

Hirosaki is a Cities of Japan, city located in western Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 163,639 in 71,044 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Hirosaki developed as a jōkamachi, ca ...

to Ōwani Station in Ōwani.

History

On July 25, 1949, the was established, and connected Ōwani Station with Chuo-Hirosaki Station by January 26, 1952. The company was founded by a combination of capital from the Hirosaki city government, and

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, with the line intended by Mitsubishi to be a test platform for future local train systems. On October 1, 1970, the Hirosaki Electric Railway was acquired by the Kōnan Railway Company, and its line became the Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line. At the same time all freight operations were suspended. A new automatic block signal system became operational from November 1, 2003. Express services were suspended from November 2006. Station numbering was introduced on the Ōwani Line on October 5, 2020. The line will cease operations at the end of fiscal 2027 (March 2028).

Station list

Line Data

* Length: * Number of stations: 14 (including termini) * Tracks: single track *

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: Automatic Block Signal

References

* Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. ''Jane's World Railways 2008-2009''. Jane's Information Group (2008).

External links

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