East Rikuu Line

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The East Rikuu Line (陸羽東線, Rikuu 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 Prefecture to Shinjō Station in Shinjō, Yamagata Prefecture, acting as a connector between the Tōhoku Main Line, Ōu Main Line, and Tōhoku Shinkansen in the southern Tōhoku region, 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 Rikuu Line