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Uetsu Main Line
羽越本線Overview Type Heavy rail System JR East Status Operating Locale Niigata, Yamagata, Akita Prefectures Termini Niitsu Station
Akita StationStations 61 Operation Opened September 2, 1912 Owner JR East Operator(s) JR East, JR Freight Technical Track length 274.4 km Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Electrification 1,500 V DC, 20 kV AC 50Hz Operating speed 120 km/h (75 mph) Route map 
The Uetsu Main Line (羽越本線 Uetsu-hon-sen) is a railway in the Tōhoku and Chūbu 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.
Contents
Route data
- Total length: 274.4 km (Fukushima–Aomori, Tsuchizaki–Akitakō)
- Operators, distances:
- East Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
- Niitsu — Akita: 271.7 km
- Japan Freight Railway Company (Services and tracks)
- Sakata — Sakata-Minato: 2.7 km
- Japan Freight Railway Company (Services)
- Niitsu — Akita: 271.7 km
- East Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
- 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
- Murakami — Imagawa: 100 km/h
- Imagawa — Sanze: 95 km/h
- Sanze — Sakata: 120 km/h
- Sakata — Akita: 95 km/h
Stations
Station Japanese Distance between
stations (km)Distance
(km)Rapid DC/AC Transfers Track Location Niitsu 新津駅 - 0.0 Via Hakushin Line 1,500 V
DCShin'etsu Main Line, Ban'etsu West Line ∨ Akiha-ku, Niigata Niigata Kyōgase 京ヶ瀬駅 6.1 6.1 ◇ Agano Suibara 水原駅 4.1 10.2 ◇ Kamiyama 神山駅 3.7 13.9 ｜ Tsukioka 月岡駅 3.9 17.8 ◇ Shibata Nakaura 中浦駅 3.7 21.5 ｜ Shibata 新発田駅 4.5 26.0 ● Hakushin Line (some trains through to Murakami) ^ Kaji 加治駅 4.3 30.3 ｜ ∥ Kanazuka 金塚駅 5.0 35.3 ｜ ∨ Nakajō 中条駅 3.8 39.1 ● ^ Tainai Hirakida 平木田駅 5.6 44.7 ｜ ∥ Sakamachi 坂町駅 3.3 48.0 ● Yonesaka Line ∥ Murakami Hirabayashi 平林駅 3.6 51.6 ｜ ∨ Iwafunemachi 岩船町駅 3.6 55.2 ｜ ◇ Murakami 村上駅 4.2 59.4 ● ^ Majima 間島駅 7.1 66.5 20 kV
AC
50 Hz∨ Echigo-Hayakawa 越後早川駅 4.9 71.4 ^ Kuwagawa 桑川駅 6.9 78.3 ∨ Imagawa 今川駅 4.3 82.6 ◇ Echigo-Kangawa 越後寒川駅 4.9 87.5 ^ Gatsugi 勝木駅 5.3 92.8 ∨ Fuya 府屋駅 3.1 95.9 ^ Nezugaseki 鼠ヶ関駅 5.1 101.0 ∥ Tsuruoka Yamagata Koiwagawa 小岩川駅 4.4 105.4 ∨ Atsumi Onsen あつみ温泉駅 4.4 109.8 ^ Iragawa 五十川駅 5.9 115.7 ∥ Kobato 小波渡駅 4.4 120.1 ∥ Sanze 三瀬駅 3.1 123.2 ∥ Uzen-Mizusawa 羽前水沢駅 5.7 128.9 ∥ Uzen-Ōyama 羽前大山駅 4.5 133.4 ∨ Tsuruoka 鶴岡駅 6.0 139.4 ◇ Fujishima 藤島駅 6.6 146.0 ^ Nishibukuro 西袋駅 5.1 151.1 ∥ Shōnai, Higashitagawa Amarume 余目駅 3.6 154.7 Rikuu West Line[* 1] ∥ Kita-Amarume 北余目駅 2.7 157.4 ∥ Sagoshi 砂越駅 3.0 160.4 ∥ Sakata Higashi-Sakata 東酒田駅 3.3 163.7 ∥ Sakata 酒田駅 3.2 166.9 JR Freight Uetsu Freight Branch Line (to Sakata-Minato) ∥ Mototate 本楯駅 6.4 173.3 ∨ Minamichōkai 南鳥海駅 2.6 175.9 ◇ Yuza 遊佐駅 3.2 179.1 ^ Yuza, Akumi Fukura 吹浦駅 7.0 186.1 ∨ Mega 女鹿駅 3.6 189.7 ◇ Kosagawa 小砂川駅 5.1 194.8 ◇ Nikaho Akita Kamihama 上浜駅 3.7 198.5 ◇ Kisakata 象潟駅 4.9 203.4 ◇ Konoura 金浦駅 5.8 209.2 ^ Nikaho 仁賀保駅 5.5 214.7 ∨ Nishime 西目駅 8.4 223.1 ^ Yurihonjō Ugo-Honjō 羽後本荘駅 5.8 228.9 ● Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line ∥ Ugo-Iwaya 羽後岩谷駅 7.1 236.0 ● ∥ Oriwatari 折渡駅 4.7 240.7 ↓ ∨ Ugo-Kameda 羽後亀田駅 3.0 243.7 ● ◇ Iwaki-Minato 岩城みなと駅 6.5 250.2 ↓ ｜ Michikawa 道川駅 1.6 251.8 ↓ ^ Shimohama 下浜駅 6.6 258.4 ↓ ∨ Akita Katsurane 桂根駅 3.4 261.7 ↓ ◇ Araya 新屋駅 4.0 265.7 ↓ ◇ Ugo-Ushijima 羽後牛島駅 3.3 269.0 ↓ ◇ Akita 秋田駅 2.7 271.7 ● Akita Shinkansen, Ōu Main Line, Oga Line[* 2] ^ - ^ Most trains from Rikuu West Line terminate at Sakata Station
- ^ The official beginning of the Oga Line is at Oiwake Station, but all trains terminate at Akita Station.
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
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 350 kilometres (220 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.
References
- (in Japanese) JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) (Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)). Tokyo, Japan: 文春文庫 (Bunshun Bunko). September 1988. pp. pp 236-248. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.
External links
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