East Riku'u Line

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The East Riku'u Line (陸羽東線 Riku'u Tō-sen) is a rail line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it runs from Kogota Station in Misato, Miyagi to Shinjo Station in Shinjō, Yamagata, acting as a connector between the Tōhoku Main Line, Ōu Main Line, and Tōhoku Shinkansen in southern Tōhoku, and provides access to north-western Miyagi Prefecture and north-eastern Yamagata Prefecture. It connects with the Ishinomaki Line and Tōhoku Main Line in Misato, the Tōhoku Shinkansen in Ōsaki, and the Ōu Main Line and Yamagata Shinkansen in Shinjō.

[edit] Station List

Station	Japanese	Distance (km) (from Kogota Station)	Transfers	Location
Kogota	小牛田	0.0	Tōhoku Main Line, Ishinomaki Line	Misato	Miyagi Prefecture
Kitaura	北浦	4.5
Rikuzen-Yachi	陸前谷地	6.6
Furukawa	古川	9.4	Tōhoku Shinkansen	Ōsaki
Tsukanome	塚目	12.1
Nishi-Furukawa	西古川	15.9
Higashi-Ōsaki	東大崎	19.1
Nishi-Ōsaki	西大崎	21.9
Iwadeyama	岩出山	24.8
Yūbikan	有備館	25.8
Kaminome	上野目	28.6
Ikezuki	池月	32.4
Kawatabi-Onsen	川渡温泉	38.8
Naruko-Gotenyu	鳴子御殿湯	42.7
Naruko-Onsen	鳴子温泉	44.9
Nakayamadaira-Onsen	中山平温泉	50.0
Sakaida	境田	55.3		Mogami	Yamagata Prefecture
Akakura-Onsen	赤倉温泉	61.1
Tachikōji	立小路	62.8
Mogami	最上	65.6
Ōhori	大堀	69.5
Usugi	鵜杉	71.5
Semi-Onsen	瀬見温泉	75.0
Higashi-Nagasawa	東長沢	81.0		Funagata
Nagasawa	長沢	82.8
Minami-Shinjō	南新庄	89.2		Shinjō
Shinjō	新庄	94.1	Yamagata Shinkansen, Ōu Main Line, West Riku'u Line