Uetsu Main Line

{{Infobox rail line

|name = Uetsu Main Line

| native_name = 羽越本線

| native_name_lang = ja

| color = 16c0e9

|image = きらきらうえつ東酒田～砂越間にて撮影 20120815 1617.jpg

|image_width = 300px

|caption = Kirakira Uetsu (Joyful Train)

|type = Heavy rail

|system = JR East

|status = Operating

|locale = Niigata, Yamagata, Akita Prefectures

|start = Niitsu Station

|end = Akita Station

|stations = 61

|routes =

|daily_ridership =

|open = {{start date and age|1912|09|02|df=y}}

|close =

|owner = 20px JR East

|operator = 20px JR East, 20px JR Freight

|stock =

|linelength =

|tracklength = 274.4 km (170.5 mi)

|tracks = Sections of double track and single track

|gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm}}
{{RailGauge|1435mm}}

|electrification = 1,500 V DC, 20 kV AC 50 Hz

|speed = {{convert|120|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}

|elevation =

|map =Image:JR Uetsu Line linemap.svg

}}

File:Wakigawa,_Murakami,_Niigata_Prefecture_959-3661,_Japan_-_panoramio_(1).jpg. One of the tunnels on the right is for the Uetsu Main Line, and the other Japan National Route 345.]]

The {{nihongo|Uetsu Main Line|羽越本線|Uetsu-hon-sen}} is a railway line in the Tohoku and Chubu regions of Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it connects Niitsu Station in the city of Niigata and Akita Station in Akita. The name "Uetsu" refers to the ancient provinces of Dewa (出羽) and Echigo (越後), which the line connects.{{Cite web|title=Uetsu Main line (Rail Enthusiasts)|url=https://www.tsjapanrail.com/uetsu-main-line-train-enthusiasts|access-date=2021-07-25|website=TS Japan Rail|language=en}}

Route data

Total length: 274.4 km (170.5 mi) (Fukushima–Aomori, Tsuchizaki–Akitakō)
Operators, distances:
20px East Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
Niitsu — Akita: 271.7 km (168.8 mi)
20px Japan Freight Railway Company (Services and tracks)
Sakata — Sakata-Minato: 2.7 km (1.7 mi)
20px Japan Freight Railway Company (Services)
Niitsu — Akita: 271.7 km (168.8 mi)
Tracks:
See station list for details
Electrification:
Niitsu — Murakami: 1,500 V DC
Murakami — Akita: 20 kV AC, 50 Hz
Railway signalling:
Maximum speed:
Niitsu — Murakami: 120 km/h (75 mph)
Murakami — Imagawa: 100 km/h (62 mph)
Imagawa — Sanze: 95 km/h (59 mph)
Sanze — Sakata: 120 km/h (75 mph)
Sakata — Akita: 95 km/h (59 mph)

Services

;Limited express, Rapid

{{As of|2020|03}}, the following services are operated.

class="wikitable"

!Name

!Route

!Service frequency (daily)

style="background:#fce;"

| style="text-align:right;" |Limited Express Inaho

|({{STN|Niigata|x}}) – {{STN|Shibata|x|Niigata}} – {{STN|Sakata|x|Yamagata}}/Akita

|7 return trips

style="background:#cff;"

| style="text-align:right;" |Rapid [https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/joyful/kairi.html Kairi]

|(Niigata) – Shibata – Sakata

|1 return trip (weekends only)

style="background:#dfb;"

|style="text-align:right;" |Rapid Rakuraku Train Murakami

|(Niigata) – Shibata – {{STN|Murakami|x|Niigata}}

|1 down trip

style="background:#dfb;"

| style="text-align:right;" |Rapid Benibana

|(Niigata) – Shibata – {{STN|Sakamachi|x}} – ({{STN|Yonezawa|x}})

|1 return trip

;Local

:Niitsu – Shibata: every 60-180 minutes

:Shibata – Murakami: every 60-120 minutes

:Murakami – Sakata: every 60-180 minutes

:Sakata – Akita: every 60-180 minutes

Between Shibata and Murakami, most of the local trains travel through to/from {{STN|Niigata|x}} via Hakushin Line.

Stations

:A: Limited Express Inaho

:B: Rapid Kairi

:C: Rapid Rakuraku Train Murakami, Benibana and other Rapid service trains

:Trains stop at stations marked "O", skip at stations marked "|".

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2" style="width:2em;\|Station !rowspan="2" style="width:2em;\|Japanese !colspan="2"\|Distance (km) !rowspan="2" style="width:1em;\|A !rowspan="2" style="width:1em;\|B !rowspan="2" style="width:1em;\|C !rowspan="2" style="width:10em;\|Transfers !rowspan="2" style="width:1em;\| !rowspan="2" style="width:1.5em;\|DC/AC !rowspan="2" colspan="2"\|Location
style="width:1em;\|Between stations !style="width:1em;\|Total
{{STN\|Niitsu\|x}} \|新津 \|style="text-align:center;"\| - \|style="text-align:right;"\|0.0 \|rowspan="6" colspan="3" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"\|Via Hakushin Line \|{{Plainlist\| {{Colorbull\|DeepSkyBlue}}Shin'etsu Main Line {{Colorbull\|Sienna}}Ban'etsu West Line }} \|style="text-align:center;"\|∨ \|rowspan="15" style="width:1em; background:#9cf; color:#000; text-align:center;"\|1,500 V DC \|style="width:1em; white-space:nowrap;"\|Akiha-ku, Niigata \|rowspan="22" style="text-align:center; width:1em; line-height:2;"\|Niigata
{{STN\|Kyōgase\|x}} \|京ヶ瀬 \|style="text-align:right;"\|6.1 \|style="text-align:right;"\|6.1 \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇ \|rowspan="3"\|Agano
{{STN\|Suibara\|x}} \|水原 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.1 \|style="text-align:right;"\|10.2 \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇
{{STN\|Kamiyama\|x}} \|神山 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.7 \|style="text-align:right;"\|13.9 \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|｜
{{STN\|Tsukioka\|x\|Niigata}} \|月岡 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.9 \|style="text-align:right;"\|17.8 \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇ \|rowspan="5"\|Shibata
{{STN\|Nakaura\|x}} \|中浦 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.7 \|style="text-align:right;"\|21.5 \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|｜
{{STN\|Shibata\|x\|Niigata}} \|新発田 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.5 \|style="text-align:right;"\|26.0 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|O \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|O \|{{Colorbull\|HotPink}}Hakushin Line (some trains through to Murakami) \|style="text-align:center;"\|^
{{STN\|Kaji\|x}} \|加治 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.3 \|style="text-align:right;"\|30.3 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|\|Only 1 up rapid service in the morning stops \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥
{{STN\|Kanazuka\|x}} \|金塚 \|style="text-align:right;"\|5.0 \|style="text-align:right;"\|35.3 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|\| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∨
{{STN\|Nakajō\|x}} \|中条 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.8 \|style="text-align:right;"\|39.1 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|O \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|O \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|^ \|rowspan="2"\|Tainai
{{STN\|Hirakida\|x}} \|平木田 \|style="text-align:right;"\|5.6 \|style="text-align:right;"\|44.7 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|\| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥
{{STN\|Sakamachi\|x}} \|坂町 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.3 \|style="text-align:right;"\|48.0 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|O \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|O \|{{Colorbull\|MediumPurple}}Yonesaka Line (Operation suspended due to rainstorm damage) \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥ \|rowspan="11"\|Murakami
{{STN\|Hirabayashi\|x\|Niigata}} \|平林 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.6 \|style="text-align:right;"\|51.6 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|\| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∨
{{STN\|Iwafunemachi\|x}} \|岩船町 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.6 \|style="text-align:right;"\|55.2 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|\| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇
{{STN\|Murakami\|x\|Niigata}} \|村上 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.2 \|style="text-align:right;"\|59.4 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|O \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|O \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|^
{{STN\|Majima\|x}} \|間島 \|style="text-align:right;"\|7.1 \|style="text-align:right;"\|66.5 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∨ \|rowspan="46" style="width:1em; background:#fbc; color:#000; text-align:center;"\|20 kV AC 50 Hz
{{STN\|Echigo-Hayakawa\|x}} \|越後早川 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.9 \|style="text-align:right;"\|71.4 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|^
{{STN\|Kuwagawa\|x}} \|桑川 \|style="text-align:right;"\|6.9 \|style="text-align:right;"\|78.3 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|O \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∨
{{STN\|Imagawa\|x\|Niigata}} \|今川 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.3 \|style="text-align:right;"\|82.6 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇
{{STN\|Echigo-Kangawa\|x}} \|越後寒川 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.9 \|style="text-align:right;"\|87.5 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|^
{{STN\|Gatsugi\|x}} \|勝木 \|style="text-align:right;"\|5.3 \|style="text-align:right;"\|92.8 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∨
{{STN\|Fuya\|x}} \|府屋 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.1 \|style="text-align:right;"\|95.9 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|^
{{STN\|Nezugaseki\|x}} \|鼠ヶ関 \|style="text-align:right;"\|5.1 \|style="text-align:right;"\|101.0 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥ \|rowspan="10"\|Tsuruoka \|rowspan="21" style="text-align:center; width:1em; line-height:3;"\|Yamagata
{{STN\|Koiwagawa\|x}} \|小岩川 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.4 \|style="text-align:right;"\|105.4 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∨
{{STN\|Atsumi Onsen\|x}} \|あつみ温泉 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.4 \|style="text-align:right;"\|109.8 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|O \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|^
{{STN\|Iragawa\|x}} \|五十川 \|style="text-align:right;"\|5.9 \|style="text-align:right;"\|115.7 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥
{{STN\|Kobato\|x}} \|小波渡 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.4 \|style="text-align:right;"\|120.1 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥
{{STN\|Sanze\|x}} \|三瀬 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.1 \|style="text-align:right;"\|123.2 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥
{{STN\|Uzen-Mizusawa\|x}} \|羽前水沢 \|style="text-align:right;"\|5.7 \|style="text-align:right;"\|128.9 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥
{{STN\|Uzen-Ōyama\|x}} \|羽前大山 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.5 \|style="text-align:right;"\|133.4 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∨
{{STN\|Tsuruoka\|x}} \|鶴岡 \|style="text-align:right;"\|6.0 \|style="text-align:right;"\|139.4 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|O \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇
{{STN\|Fujishima\|x}} \|藤島 \|style="text-align:right;"\|6.6 \|style="text-align:right;"\|146.0 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|^
{{STN\|Nishibukuro\|x}} \|西袋 \|style="text-align:right;"\|5.1 \|style="text-align:right;"\|151.1 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥ \|rowspan="3"\|Shōnai, Higashitagawa
{{STN\|Amarume\|x}} \|余目 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.6 \|style="text-align:right;"\|154.7 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|O \| \|{{Colorbull\|LightGreen}}Rikuu West LineMost trains from Rikuu West Line terminate at Sakata Station (Operation suspended until 2024/2025) \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥
{{STN\|Kita-Amarume\|x}} \|北余目 \|style="text-align:right;"\|2.7 \|style="text-align:right;"\|157.4 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥
{{STN\|Sagoshi\|x}} \|砂越 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.0 \|style="text-align:right;"\|160.4 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥ \|rowspan="5"\|Sakata
{{STN\|Higashi-Sakata\|x}} \|東酒田 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.3 \|style="text-align:right;"\|163.7 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|\| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥
Sakata \|酒田 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.2 \|style="text-align:right;"\|166.9 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"\|O \| \|JR Freight Uetsu Freight Branch Line (to Sakata-Minato) \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥
{{STN\|Mototate\|x}} \|本楯 \|style="text-align:right;"\|6.4 \|style="text-align:right;"\|173.3 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∨
{{STN\|Minamichōkai\|x}} \|南鳥海 \|style="text-align:right;"\|2.6 \|style="text-align:right;"\|175.9 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇
{{STN\|Yuza\|x}} \|遊佐 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.2 \|style="text-align:right;"\|179.1 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|^ \|rowspan="3"\|Yuza, Akumi
{{STN\|Fukura\|x}} \|吹浦 \|style="text-align:right;"\|7.0 \|style="text-align:right;"\|186.1 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∨
{{STN\|Mega\|x\|Yamagata}} \|女鹿 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.6 \|style="text-align:right;"\|189.7 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇
{{STN\|Kosagawa\|x}} \|小砂川 \|style="text-align:right;"\|5.1 \|style="text-align:right;"\|194.8 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇ \|rowspan="5"\|Nikaho \|rowspan="17" style="text-align:center; width:1em; line-height:2;"\|Akita
{{STN\|Kamihama\|x}} \|上浜 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.7 \|style="text-align:right;"\|198.5 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇
{{STN\|Kisakata\|x}} \|象潟 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.9 \|style="text-align:right;"\|203.4 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇
{{STN\|Konoura\|x}} \|金浦 \|style="text-align:right;"\|5.8 \|style="text-align:right;"\|209.2 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|^
{{STN\|Nikaho\|x}} \|仁賀保 \|style="text-align:right;"\|5.5 \|style="text-align:right;"\|214.7 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∨
{{STN\|Nishime\|x}} \|西目 \|style="text-align:right;"\|8.4 \|style="text-align:right;"\|223.1 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \| \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|^ \|rowspan="7"\|Yurihonjō
{{STN\|Ugo-Honjō\|x}} \|羽後本荘 \|style="text-align:right;"\|5.8 \|style="text-align:right;"\|228.9 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|O \|{{Colorbull\|DarkRed}}Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥
{{STN\|Ugo-Iwaya\|x}} \|羽後岩谷 \|style="text-align:right;"\|7.1 \|style="text-align:right;"\|236.0 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|O \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∥
{{STN\|Oriwatari\|x}} \|折渡 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.7 \|style="text-align:right;"\|240.7 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|↓ \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∨
{{STN\|Ugo-Kameda\|x}} \|羽後亀田 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.0 \|style="text-align:right;"\|243.7 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|O \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇
{{STN\|Iwaki-Minato\|x}} \|岩城みなと \|style="text-align:right;"\|6.5 \|style="text-align:right;"\|250.2 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|↓ \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|｜
{{STN\|Michikawa\|x}} \|道川 \|style="text-align:right;"\|1.6 \|style="text-align:right;"\|251.8 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|↓ \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|^
{{STN\|Shimohama\|x}} \|下浜 \|style="text-align:right;"\|6.6 \|style="text-align:right;"\|258.4 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|↓ \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|∨ \|rowspan="5"\|Akita
{{STN\|Katsurane\|x}} \|桂根 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.4 \|style="text-align:right;"\|261.7 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|↓ \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇
{{STN\|Araya\|x\|Akita}} \|新屋 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.0 \|style="text-align:right;"\|265.7 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|O \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇
{{STN\|Ugo-Ushijima\|x}} \|羽後牛島 \|style="text-align:right;"\|3.3 \|style="text-align:right;"\|269.0 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|\| \| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|O \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|◇
{{STN\|Akita\|x}} \|秋田 \|style="text-align:right;"\|2.7 \|style="text-align:right;"\|271.7 \|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"\|O \| \|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"\|O \|{{Plainlist\| 18px Akita Shinkansen {{Colorbull\|DarkOrange}}Ōu Main Line {{Colorbull\|Green}}Oga LineThe official beginning of the Oga Line is at Oiwake Station, but all trains terminate at Akita Station. }} \|style="text-align:center;"\|^

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rowspan="2" style="width:2em;|Station

!rowspan="2" style="width:2em;|Japanese

!colspan="2"|Distance (km)

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;|A

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;|B

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;|C

!rowspan="2" style="width:10em;|Transfers

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;|

!rowspan="2" style="width:1.5em;|DC/AC

!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Location

style="width:1em;|Between
stations

!style="width:1em;|Total

|新津

|style="text-align:center;"| -

|style="text-align:right;"|0.0

|rowspan="6" colspan="3" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|Via
Hakushin Line

|{{Plainlist|

{{Colorbull|DeepSkyBlue}}Shin'etsu Main Line
{{Colorbull|Sienna}}Ban'etsu West Line

}}

|style="text-align:center;"|∨

|rowspan="15" style="width:1em; background:#9cf; color:#000; text-align:center;"|1,500 V
DC

|style="width:1em; white-space:nowrap;"|Akiha-ku, Niigata

|rowspan="22" style="text-align:center; width:1em; line-height:2;"|Niigata

|京ヶ瀬

|style="text-align:right;"|6.1

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|rowspan="3"|Agano

|水原

|style="text-align:right;"|4.1

|style="text-align:right;"|10.2

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|神山

|style="text-align:right;"|3.7

|style="text-align:right;"|13.9

|style="text-align:center;"|｜

|月岡

|style="text-align:right;"|3.9

|style="text-align:right;"|17.8

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|rowspan="5"|Shibata

|中浦

|style="text-align:right;"|3.7

|style="text-align:right;"|21.5

|style="text-align:center;"|｜

|新発田

|style="text-align:right;"|4.5

|style="text-align:right;"|26.0

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|O

|{{Colorbull|HotPink}}Hakushin Line (some trains through to Murakami)

|style="text-align:center;"|^

|加治

|style="text-align:right;"|4.3

|style="text-align:right;"|30.3

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"||Only 1 up rapid service in the morning stops

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|金塚

|style="text-align:right;"|5.0

|style="text-align:right;"|35.3

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∨

|中条

|style="text-align:right;"|3.8

|style="text-align:right;"|39.1

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|O

|style="text-align:center;"|^

|rowspan="2"|Tainai

|平木田

|style="text-align:right;"|5.6

|style="text-align:right;"|44.7

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|坂町

|style="text-align:right;"|3.3

|style="text-align:right;"|48.0

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|O

|{{Colorbull|MediumPurple}}Yonesaka Line (Operation suspended due to rainstorm damage)

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|rowspan="11"|Murakami

|平林

|style="text-align:right;"|3.6

|style="text-align:right;"|51.6

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∨

|岩船町

|style="text-align:right;"|3.6

|style="text-align:right;"|55.2

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|村上

|style="text-align:right;"|4.2

|style="text-align:right;"|59.4

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|O

|style="text-align:center;"|^

|間島

|style="text-align:right;"|7.1

|style="text-align:right;"|66.5

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∨

|rowspan="46" style="width:1em; background:#fbc; color:#000; text-align:center;"|20 kV
AC
50 Hz

|越後早川

|style="text-align:right;"|4.9

|style="text-align:right;"|71.4

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|^

|桑川

|style="text-align:right;"|6.9

|style="text-align:right;"|78.3

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"|O

|style="text-align:center;"|∨

|今川

|style="text-align:right;"|4.3

|style="text-align:right;"|82.6

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|越後寒川

|style="text-align:right;"|4.9

|style="text-align:right;"|87.5

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|^

|勝木

|style="text-align:right;"|5.3

|style="text-align:right;"|92.8

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∨

|府屋

|style="text-align:right;"|3.1

|style="text-align:right;"|95.9

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|^

|鼠ヶ関

|style="text-align:right;"|5.1

|style="text-align:right;"|101.0

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|rowspan="10"|Tsuruoka

|rowspan="21" style="text-align:center; width:1em; line-height:3;"|Yamagata

|小岩川

|style="text-align:right;"|4.4

|style="text-align:right;"|105.4

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∨

|あつみ温泉

|style="text-align:right;"|4.4

|style="text-align:right;"|109.8

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"|O

|style="text-align:center;"|^

|五十川

|style="text-align:right;"|5.9

|style="text-align:right;"|115.7

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|小波渡

|style="text-align:right;"|4.4

|style="text-align:right;"|120.1

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|三瀬

|style="text-align:right;"|3.1

|style="text-align:right;"|123.2

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|羽前水沢

|style="text-align:right;"|5.7

|style="text-align:right;"|128.9

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|羽前大山

|style="text-align:right;"|4.5

|style="text-align:right;"|133.4

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∨

|鶴岡

|style="text-align:right;"|6.0

|style="text-align:right;"|139.4

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"|O

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|藤島

|style="text-align:right;"|6.6

|style="text-align:right;"|146.0

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|^

|西袋

|style="text-align:right;"|5.1

|style="text-align:right;"|151.1

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|rowspan="3"|Shōnai, Higashitagawa

|余目

|style="text-align:right;"|3.6

|style="text-align:right;"|154.7

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"|O

|{{Colorbull|LightGreen}}Rikuu West LineMost trains from Rikuu West Line terminate at Sakata Station (Operation suspended until 2024/2025)

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|北余目

|style="text-align:right;"|2.7

|style="text-align:right;"|157.4

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|砂越

|style="text-align:right;"|3.0

|style="text-align:right;"|160.4

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|rowspan="5"|Sakata

|東酒田

|style="text-align:right;"|3.3

|style="text-align:right;"|163.7

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

Sakata

|酒田

|style="text-align:right;"|3.2

|style="text-align:right;"|166.9

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#cff;"|O

|JR Freight Uetsu Freight Branch Line
(to Sakata-Minato)

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|本楯

|style="text-align:right;"|6.4

|style="text-align:right;"|173.3

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∨

|南鳥海

|style="text-align:right;"|2.6

|style="text-align:right;"|175.9

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|遊佐

|style="text-align:right;"|3.2

|style="text-align:right;"|179.1

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center;"|^

|rowspan="3"|Yuza, Akumi

|吹浦

|style="text-align:right;"|7.0

|style="text-align:right;"|186.1

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|∨

|女鹿

|style="text-align:right;"|3.6

|style="text-align:right;"|189.7

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|小砂川

|style="text-align:right;"|5.1

|style="text-align:right;"|194.8

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|rowspan="5"|Nikaho

|rowspan="17" style="text-align:center; width:1em; line-height:2;"|Akita

|上浜

|style="text-align:right;"|3.7

|style="text-align:right;"|198.5

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|象潟

|style="text-align:right;"|4.9

|style="text-align:right;"|203.4

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|金浦

|style="text-align:right;"|5.8

|style="text-align:right;"|209.2

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|^

|仁賀保

|style="text-align:right;"|5.5

|style="text-align:right;"|214.7

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center;"|∨

|西目

|style="text-align:right;"|8.4

|style="text-align:right;"|223.1

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center;"|^

|rowspan="7"|Yurihonjō

|羽後本荘

|style="text-align:right;"|5.8

|style="text-align:right;"|228.9

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|O

|{{Colorbull|DarkRed}}Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|羽後岩谷

|style="text-align:right;"|7.1

|style="text-align:right;"|236.0

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|O

|style="text-align:center;"|∥

|折渡

|style="text-align:right;"|4.7

|style="text-align:right;"|240.7

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|↓

|style="text-align:center;"|∨

|羽後亀田

|style="text-align:right;"|3.0

|style="text-align:right;"|243.7

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|O

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|岩城みなと

|style="text-align:right;"|6.5

|style="text-align:right;"|250.2

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|↓

|style="text-align:center;"|｜

|道川

|style="text-align:right;"|1.6

|style="text-align:right;"|251.8

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|↓

|style="text-align:center;"|^

|下浜

|style="text-align:right;"|6.6

|style="text-align:right;"|258.4

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|↓

|style="text-align:center;"|∨

|rowspan="5"|Akita

|桂根

|style="text-align:right;"|3.4

|style="text-align:right;"|261.7

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|↓

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|新屋

|style="text-align:right;"|4.0

|style="text-align:right;"|265.7

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|O

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|羽後牛島

|style="text-align:right;"|3.3

|style="text-align:right;"|269.0

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|O

|style="text-align:center;"|◇

|秋田

|style="text-align:right;"|2.7

|style="text-align:right;"|271.7

|style="text-align:center; background:#fce;"|O

|style="text-align:center; background:#dfb;"|O

|{{Plainlist|

18px Akita Shinkansen
{{Colorbull|DarkOrange}}Ōu Main Line
{{Colorbull|Green}}Oga LineThe official beginning of the Oga Line is at Oiwake Station, but all trains terminate at Akita Station.

}}

|style="text-align:center;"|^

Symbols:

| - Single-track
◇ - Single-track; station where trains can pass
^ - Double-track section starts from this point
∥ - Double-track
∨ - Single-track section starts from this point

Rolling stock

=Present=

==Local==

E129 series 2/4-car DC EMUs (Niitsu—Murakami, since December 2014)
701 series 2/3-car AC EMUs (Sakata—Akita)
KiHa 110 series (Niitsu - Nezugaseki)
GV-E400 series (Niitsu-Sakata, since August 2019)

==''Inaho''/''Rakuraku Train Murakami''==

E653-1000 series 7-car DC/AC EMUs (since September 2013)

==Kairi==

HB-E300 series

OmonogawaBridge.jpg|701 series passing Omonogawa Bridge

E653-1000_U104_Inaho_5_20140731.jpg|E653 series Inaho, near Higashi-Sakata Station

JR_East_HB-E300-KAIRI_Shibata_20200404.jpg|Kairi at Shibata Station, April 2020

=Former=

115 series DC EMUs (Niitsu—Murakami, until March 2018)
E127-0 series 2-car DC EMUs (Shibata—Murakami, until March 2015)
KiHa 40/47/48 series DMUs (Until March 2020)
KiHa E120 DMUs (Niitsu—Sakata, until March 2018)
KiHa 58 series DMUs
KiHa 52 DMUs
485 series DC/AC EMUs (until July 2014) - Inaho, Hakucho, Rakuraku Train Murakami

村上駅_-_panoramio_-_くろふね.jpg|E127 series and 115 series at Murakami Station, March 2009

Uetsu line Type47.jpg|KiHa 40/47/48 series, Amarume - Nishibukuro, March 2017

JRE Kiha47-513.jpg|KiHa 40/47/48 series, Tsuruoka - Fujishima, October 2016

KihaE120-1_Kiha110.jpg|KiHa E120 and 110 at Sakamachi Station, July 2009

JNR_485_kanimuttari_hakucho_at_akita.jpg|485 series Hakucho limited espress, Akita Station, 1987

UetsuhonsenInaho485Series3000.JPG|485-3000 series Inaho limited express, Kosagawa - Kamihama, March 2014

History

The line was opened in sections between 1912 and 1924, and electrified in 1972, the same year CTC signalling was commissioned.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

Work to double-track the line in sections commenced in 1957, and continued for 25 years until being suspended due to capital expenditure restrictions in 1983, at which time 51% of the route was double-tracked.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

On July 28, 2022, JR East announced that ridership in some sectors was less than 2000 persons/day, the deficit for the sector between Murakami Station to Tsuruoka Station being 4,990 billion yen, the largest deficit within the JR East system.{{Cite web|language=Japanese |title=ＪＲ東のローカル３５路線、全区間で赤字…バス転換など自治体と協議へ |url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/economy/20220728-OYT1T50218/ |website=読売新聞 |date=2022-07-28 |access-date=2022-07-29}}{{Cite web|language=Japanese |title=66区間の赤字は計693億円 JR東日本「持続可能な交通議論を」 |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20220728/k00/00m/020/261000c |website=毎日新聞 |access-date=2022-07-29 |date=2022-07-28}}

Accidents

On December 25, 2005, all six cars of a limited express train Inaho No.14 on the Uetsu Line derailed in Yamagata prefecture, about {{convert|350|km|mi}} north of Tokyo. The train was headed south towards Kita-Amarume Station. Three of the cars turned over, causing the deaths of five people and injuring 33 others. Three other persons were originally reported missing, but authorities later discovered that they had disembarked from the train before the accident. It is likely that the event was caused by a tornado although it is uncertain whether or not a tornado was involved with this accident.{{Cite web |title=気象庁 {{!}} 竜巻等の突風データベース |url=https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/data/bosai/tornado/2005122502/list.html |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=www.data.jma.go.jp}}{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

References

{{JapanTrainCite1988|236-248}}

External links

[http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/routemaps/inaho_kamoshika.html Inaho - JR East] {{in lang|en}}
[https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/joyful/kairi.html Kairi - JR East] {{in lang|en}}
[https://discoveruetsu.com/en/ Discover Uetsu, tourist website] {{in lang|en}}

Category:Lines of East Japan Railway Company

Category:Rail transport in Niigata Prefecture

Category:Rail transport in Yamagata Prefecture

Category:Rail transport in Akita Prefecture

Category:1067 mm gauge railways in Japan

Category:Standard-gauge railways in Japan

Category:Railway lines opened in 1912

Category:1912 establishments in Japan