West Ban'etsu Line

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West Ban'etsu Line 719 series train at Kōriyama Station, March 2008
West Ban'etsu Line 719 series train at Kōriyama Station, March 2008

The West Ban'etsu Line (磐越西線 Ban'etsu-saisen?) is a rail line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs from Kōriyama Station in Kōriyama in Fukushima Prefecture to Niitsu Station in Niigata Prefecture.

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[edit] Route data

  • Total distance: 175.6 km
  • Stations: 44
  • Tracks: Single
  • Rail gauge: 1,067 mm
  • Electrification: Kōriyama - Kitakata (20 kV AC 50Hz)
  • Block system: Special Automatic Block System

[edit] Station list

Station Japanese Distance (km)
from Kōriyama		 Transfers Location
Kōriyama 郡山 0.0 Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line, Suigun Line, East Ban'etsu Line Kōriyama Fukushima
Prefecture
Kikuta 喜久田 7.9
Akogashima 安子ヶ島 11.8
Bandai-Atami 磐梯熱海 15.4
Nakayamajuku 中山宿 20.8
Jōko 上戸 27.3 Inawashiro
Inawashirokohan 猪苗代湖畔 29.3
Sekito 関都 31.0
Kawageta 川桁 33.4
Inawashiro 猪苗代 36.7
Okinashima 翁島 41.1
Bandaimachi 磐梯町 51.2 Bandai
Higashi-Nagahara 東長原 57.2 Aizuwakamatsu
Hirota 広田 60.0
Aizuwakamatsu 会津若松 64.6 Tadami Line
Dōjima 堂島 70.1
Oikawa 笈川 73.2 Yugawa
Shiokawa 塩川 75.1 Kitakata
Ubadō 姥堂 77.5
Kitakata 喜多方 81.2
Yamato 山都 91.1
Ogino 荻野 97.2
Onobori 尾登 101.0 Nishiaizu
Nozawa 野沢 106.2
Kaminoziri 上野尻 111.3
Tokusawa 徳沢 118.0
Toyomi 豊実 121.3 Aga Niigata
Prefecture
Hideya 日出谷 128.4
Kanose 鹿瀬 133.6
Tsugawa 津川 137.0
Mikawa 三川 144.4
Igashima 五十島 148.6
Higashi-Gejō 東下条 152.5
Sakihana 咲花 155.6 Gosen
Maoroshi 馬下 158.4
Saruwada 猿和田 161.9
Gosen 五泉 165.7
Kita-Gosen 北五泉 167.5
Shinseki 新関 170.0 Niigata
Higashi-Niitsu 東新津 172.8
Niitsu 新津 175.6 Uetsu Main Line, Shin'etsu Main Line

[edit] Rolling stock

485 series Aizu Liner at Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, March 2007
485 series Aizu Liner at Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, March 2007

[edit] Present

  • 719 series (since June 2007)
  • 485 series (Aizu Liner services)

[edit] Past

  • 455 series EMUs (from 1967 until March 2008)
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