Yonesaka Line

Yonesaka Line

JR East KiHa E120 DMU at Imaizumi Station, July 2009
Overview
Native name 米坂線
Type Regional rail
Locale Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Termini Yonezawa
Sakamachi
Stations 20
Operation
Opened 1936
Owner JR East
Technical
Line length 90.7 km (56.4 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification None
Route map

The Yonesaka Line (米坂線 Yonesaka-sen) is a railway line in Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Yonezawa Station in Yamagata Prefecture to Sakamachi Station in Niigata Prefecture. At Yonezawa, connections to the Yamagata Shinkansen and Ōu Main Line can be made; while the Uetsu Main Line connects at Sakamachi Station. The line takes its name from the first kanji of Yonezawa () and Sakamachi ().

Trains can only pass each other at Uzen-Komatsu, Imaizumi, Uzen-Tsubaki, Oguni, Echigo-Kanamaru, and Echigo-Shimoseki stations.

Stations

Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
Yonezawa 米沢 0.0 Yamagata Shinkansen, Ōu Main Line Yonezawa Yamagata
Prefecture
Minami-Yonezawa 南米沢 3.1
Nishi-Yonezawa 西米沢 6.5
Narushima 成島 9.6
Chūgun 中郡 12.5 Kawanishi
Uzen-Komatsu 羽前小松 16.9
Inukawa 犬川 19.4
Imaizumi 今泉 23.0 Flower Nagai Line Nagai
Hagyū 萩生 27.3 Iide
Uzen-Tsubaki 羽前椿 30.1
Tenoko 手ノ子 34.7
Uzen-Numazawa 羽前沼沢 43.9 Oguni
Isaryō 伊佐領 50.0
Uzen-Matsuoka 羽前松岡 54.7
Oguni 小国 58.3
Echigo-Kanamaru 越後金丸 67.8 Sekikawa Niigata
Prefecture
Echigo-Katakai 越後片貝 73.1
Echigo-Shimoseki 越後下関 79.7
Echigo-Ōshima 越後大島 83.5
Sakamachi 坂町 90.7 Uetsu Main Line Murakami

Rolling stock

As of February 2009, the following rolling stock is used on the Yonesaka Line. All are based at Niitsu Depot.

On May 15, 2015, JR East announced that it was placing an order for new diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains to be introduced from fiscal 2017.[2]

History

The Yonezawa to Oguni section was opened in stages between 1926 and 1935. The Sakamachi to Echigo-Kanamaru section was opened between 1931 and 1933. The line was completed with the opening of the Oguni to Echigo-Kanamaru section in 1936.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

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