East Ban'etsu Line
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The East Ban'etsu Line (磐越東線 Ban'etsu-tousen) is a rail line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs from Iwaki Station in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture to Kōriyama Station in Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. The name "Ban'etsu" refers to the Meiji-era province of Iwaki (磐城) and the ancient province of Echigo (越後), which the East and West Lines together connect. "Tou" means "east" in Japanese. East Ban'etsu Line is nicknamed "Yūyū Abukuma Line", taken from Abukuma River.
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Route data
- Total distance: 85.6 km
- Stations: 16
- Tracks: Single
- Rail gauge: 1,067 mm
- Electrification: none
Hisotry
This line was planned on the Railway Construction Act in 1892, and Japanese Government Railways served its first section in 1914, as "West Heigun Line". The west and east lines were connected in 1917, and JGR renamed the line as "East Ban'etsu Line" till now.
Station list
| Station | in Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location in Fukushima | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| from Iwaki | |||||
| Iwaki | ja:いわき駅 | 0.0 | JR East: Jōban Line | Iwaki | |
| Akai | ja:赤井駅 | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| Ogawagō | ja:小川郷駅 | 5.5 | 10.3 | ||
| Eda | ja:江田駅 | 8.0 | 18.3 | ||
| Kawamae | ja:川前駅 | 8.0 | 26.3 | ||
| Natsui | ja:夏井駅 | 10.4 | 36.7 | Ono | |
| Ononiimachi | ja:小野新町駅 | 3.4 | 40.1 | ||
| Kanmata | ja:神俣駅 | 6.5 | 46.6 | Tamura | |
| Sugaya | ja:菅谷駅 | 3.3 | 49.9 | ||
| Ōgoe | ja:大越駅 | 4.4 | 54.3 | ||
| Iwaki-Tokiwa | ja:磐城常葉駅 | 4.4 | 58.7 | ||
| Funehiki | ja:船引駅 | 3.8 | 62.5 | ||
| Kanameta | ja:要田駅 | 7.0 | 69.5 | ||
| Miharu | ja:三春駅 | 4.2 | 73.7 | Miharu | |
| Mōgi | ja:舞木駅 | 6.1 | 79.8 | Kōriyama | |
| Kōriyama | ja:郡山駅 | 5.8 | 85.6 | JR East:Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line, West Ban'etsu Line, Suigun Line [1] | |
- ↑ Run through from Asakanagamori Station.
Rolling stock
As of February 2009, the following rolling stock is used on the West Ban'etsu Line.
- KiHa 110 series DMUs
Operation
Passeners between Iwaki and Koriyama often use bus services on the Ban-etsu Expressway, along with this line, and JR East makes not frequent, expecially between Iwaki (or Ogawagō) and Ononiimachi. At Kōriyama, it runs once about one or two hours. Only local trains run in daily, about 90 minutes between two terminals. But also there is a rapid "Abukuma", runs on some of holidays.
References
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