Kitakami Line

{{Infobox rail line

| box_width =

| name = Kitakami Line

| native_name = 北上線

| color = 9966FF

| logo =

| logo_width =

| image = Winter Train - panoramio.jpg

| image_width = 300px

| caption = KiHa 100 series DMU at {{STN|Ainono|x}}

| type = Heavy rail

| system =

| status = In operation

| locale = Iwate, Akita prefectures

| start = {{STN|Kitakami|x}}

| end = {{STN|Yokote|x}}

| stations = 15

| routes =

| daily_ridership =

| open = 1924

| close =

| owner = JR East

| operator = JR East

| character = Rural

| depot =

| stock = KiHa 100 series DMU

| linelength = {{convert|61.6|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| tracklength =

| tracks = Entire line single tracked

| gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}

| electrification = None

| speed = 85 km/h (53 mph)

| elevation =

| map = File:Kitakami Line map.svg

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The {{nihongo|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 {{cvt|15|km}} deviation was built in conjunction with the construction of the Yuda Dam, which added {{cvt|0.8|km}} 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

class=wikitable

! style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Station

!! style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Japanese

!! style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Distance (km)
(from Kitakami)

!! style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Local

!! style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Rapid

!! style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Transfers

!colspan=2 style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Location

Kitakami

|align=center|北上

|align=center|0.0

|align=center|●

|Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line

|rowspan=8|Kitakami

|rowspan=11|Iwate Prefecture

Yanagihara

|align=center|柳原

|align=center|2.1

|align=center|●

!

Ezuriko

|align=center|江釣子

|align=center|5.2

|align=center|●

!

Fujine

|align=center|藤根

|align=center|8.4

|align=center|●

!

Tatekawame

|align=center|立川目

|align=center|12.1

|align=center|●

!

Yokokawame

|align=center|横川目

|align=center|14.3

|align=center|●

!

Iwasawa

|align=center|岩沢

|align=center|18.1

|align=center|●

!

Waka-Sennin

|align=center|和賀仙人

|align=center|20.3

|align=center|●

!

Yudakinshūko

|align=center|ゆだ錦秋湖

|align=center|28.8

|align=center|●

!

|rowspan=3|Nishiwaga

Hottoyuda

|align=center|ほっとゆだ

|align=center|35.2

|align=center|●

!

Yudakōgen

|align=center|ゆだ高原

|align=center|39.1

|align=center|●

!

Kurosawa

|align=center|黒沢

|align=center|44.3

|align=center|●

!

|rowspan=4|Yokote

|rowspan=4|Akita Prefecture

Komatsukawa

|align=center|小松川

|align=center|49.6

|align=center|●

|align=center| |

!

Ainono

|align=center|相野々

|align=center|53.4

|align=center|●

!

Yokote

|align=center|横手

|align=center|61.1

|align=center|●

|Ōu Main Line

Rolling stock

File:Kitakami-Station-platform 0.jpg

KiHa 100 series DMUs

References

{{cite journal|last=Sone|first=Satoru|year=2009|title=No.21 釜石線・山田線・岩泉線・北上線・八戸線|journal=週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線国鉄・JR|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|pages=23|language=Japanese}}
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

External links

Category: Lines of East Japan Railway Company

Category: Rail transport in Akita Prefecture

Category: Rail transport in Iwate Prefecture

Category:1067 mm gauge railways in Japan