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Railway line in Tohoku, Japan

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Kitakami Line

KiHa 100 series DMU at Ainono

Overview

Native name

北上線

Status

In operation

Owner

JR East

Locale

Iwate, Akita prefectures

Termini

Stations

Service

Type

Heavy rail

Operator(s)

JR East

Rolling stock

KiHa 100 series DMU

History

Opened

1924

Technical

Line length

61.6 km (38.3 mi)

Number of tracks

Entire line single tracked

Character

Rural

Track gauge

1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Electrification

None

Operating speed

85 km/h (53 mph)

Route map

Kitakami Line

Legend

Tōhoku Shinkansen

Tōhoku Main Line

0.0

Kitakami

Waga Light Rail Line

2.1

Yanagihara

5.2

8.4

12.1

14.3

Waga River

18.1

Iwasawa

20.3

Waka-Sennin (second)

former line
(partly submerged)

closed
1962

Utamori tunnel

625m

21.6

Waga-Sennin (first)

Yuda Dam

Sennin tunnel (first)

Sennin tunnel (second)

1,514m

Ōarasawa bridge

81m

Ōarasawa tunnel No.1

174m

Koarasawa bridge

104m

Ōarasawa tunnel No.2

628m

25.3

Ōarasawa

26.4

Ōarasawa Signal

1962-

1970

Ōarasawa tunnel No.3

129m

Itashikino tunnel

1,321m

Minami-Honnaigawa bridge

145m

28.8

Yudakinshūko

Rikuchū-Ōishi (second)

29.8

Rikuchū-Ōishi (first)

Iwanamezawa bridge

100m

Washinosugawa bridge

153m

Tsubaki tunnel

555m

Wagagawa bridge No.1

506m

Lake Kinshu

Hasamadogawa bridge

204m

Kawajiri tunnel

280m

Wagagawa bridge No.2

248m

35.2

39.1

44.3

49.6

51.6

53.4

56.6

Ōu Main Line

Ugo Transport Ōshō Line

61.1

Yokote

Ōu Main Line

The Kitakami Line (北上線, Kitakami-sen) is a railway line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it connects Kitakami Station in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture to Yokote Station in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, acting as a connecting line between the Ōu Main Line to the Tōhoku Main Line. It connects with the Tōhoku Shinkansen 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 15 km (9.3 mi) deviation was built in conjunction with the construction of the Yuda Dam, which added 0.8 km (0.50 mi) 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

Station	Japanese	Distance (km) (from Kitakami)	Local	Rapid	Transfers	Location
Kitakami	北上	0.0	●	●	Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line	Kitakami	Iwate Prefecture
Yanagihara	柳原	2.1	●	●
Ezuriko	江釣子	5.2	●	●
Fujine	藤根	8.4	●	●
Tatekawame	立川目	12.1	●	●
Yokokawame	横川目	14.3	●	●
Iwasawa	岩沢	18.1	●	●
Waka-Sennin	和賀仙人	20.3	●	●
Yudakinshūko	ゆだ錦秋湖	28.8	●	●		Nishiwaga
Hottoyuda	ほっとゆだ	35.2	●	●
Yudakōgen	ゆだ高原	39.1	●	●
Kurosawa	黒沢	44.3	●	●		Yokote	Akita Prefecture
Komatsukawa	小松川	49.6	●	\|
Ainono	相野々	53.4	●	●
Yokote	横手	61.1	●	●	Ōu Main Line

Rolling stock

KiHa 100 series DMUs

References

Sone, Satoru (2009). "No.21 釜石線・山田線・岩泉線・北上線・八戸線". 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線国鉄・JR (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun: 23.
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Misplaced Pages

External links

Media related to Kitakami Line at Wikimedia Commons

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