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{{Short description|Railway line in Tohoku, Japan}}
{{no footnotes|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox rail line
 | box_width   =
 | name        = Kitakami Line
 | native_name = 北上線
 | color       = 9966FF
 | logo        =
 | logo_width  =
 | image       = Winter Train - panoramio.jpg
 | image_width = 300px
 | caption     = [[KiHa 100 series]] DMU at {{STN|Ainono|x}}
 | type        = Heavy rail
 | system      =
 | status      = In operation
 | locale      = [[Iwate Prefecture|Iwate]], [[Akita Prefecture|Akita]] prefectures
 | start       = {{STN|Kitakami|x}}
 | end         = {{STN|Yokote|x}}
 | stations    = 15
 | routes      =
 | daily_ridership   =
 | open        = 1924
 | close       =
 | owner       = JR East
 | operator    = [[JR East]]
 | character   = Rural
 | depot       =
 | stock       = [[KiHa 100 series]] DMU
 | linelength  = {{convert|61.6|km|mi|abbr=on}}
 | tracklength = 
 | tracks     = Entire line single tracked
 | gauge       = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
 | electrification          = None
 | speed       = 85 km/h (53 mph)
 | elevation   =
 | map         = [[File:Kitakami Line map.svg|256px|none]]
 | map_state   =
}}
{{Kitakami Line RDT}}

The {{nihongo|'''Kitakami Line'''|北上線|Kitakami-sen}} is a railway line in [[Japan]]. Part of the [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East) system, it connects [[Kitakami Station]] in [[Kitakami, Iwate|Kitakami]], [[Iwate Prefecture]] to [[Yokote Station]] in [[Yokote, Akita|Yokote]], [[Akita Prefecture]], acting as a connecting line between the [[Ōu Main Line]] to the [[Tōhoku Main Line]].  It connects with the [[Tōhoku Shinkansen]] and [[Tohoku Main Line]] at Kitakami Station, and the Ōu Main Line at Yokote Station.

==History==
The line opened in sections from both Kitakami and Yokote between 1920 and 1924.

In 1962 a {{cvt|15|km}} deviation was built in conjunction with the construction of the [[Yuda Dam]], which added {{cvt|0.8|km}} to the length of the line.

CTC signalling was commissioned in 1994, and freight services ceased in 2010.

==Station list==
● - All trains stop
｜ - All trains pass
{|class=wikitable
! style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Station
!! style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Japanese
!! style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Distance (km)<br />(from Kitakami)
!! style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Local
!! style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Rapid
!! style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Transfers
!colspan=2 style="border-bottom:3px brown;" |Location
|-
|[[Kitakami Station|Kitakami]]
|align=center|北上
|align=center|0.0
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
|[[Tōhoku Shinkansen]], [[Tōhoku Main Line]]
|rowspan=8|[[Kitakami, Iwate|Kitakami]]
|rowspan=11|[[Iwate Prefecture]]
|-
|[[Yanagihara Station (Iwate)|Yanagihara]]
|align=center|柳原
|align=center|2.1
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
!
|-
|[[Ezuriko Station|Ezuriko]]
|align=center|江釣子
|align=center|5.2
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
!
|-
|[[Fujine Station (Iwate)|Fujine]]
|align=center|藤根
|align=center|8.4
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
!
|-
|[[Tatekawame Station|Tatekawame]]
|align=center|立川目
|align=center|12.1
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
!
|-
|[[Yokokawame Station|Yokokawame]]
|align=center|横川目
|align=center|14.3
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
!
|-
|[[Iwasawa Station|Iwasawa]]
|align=center|岩沢
|align=center|18.1
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
!
|-
|[[Waka-Sennin Station|Waka-Sennin]]
|align=center|和賀仙人
|align=center|20.3
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
!
|-
|[[Yudakinshūko Station|Yudakinshūko]]
|align=center|ゆだ錦秋湖
|align=center|28.8
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
!
|rowspan=3|[[Nishiwaga, Iwate|Nishiwaga]]
|-
|[[Hottoyuda Station|Hottoyuda]]
|align=center|ほっとゆだ
|align=center|35.2
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
!
|-
|[[Yudakōgen Station|Yudakōgen]]
|align=center|ゆだ高原
|align=center|39.1
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
!
|-
|[[Kurosawa Station (Akita, Yokote)|Kurosawa]]
|align=center|黒沢
|align=center|44.3
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
!
|rowspan=4|[[Yokote, Akita|Yokote]]
|rowspan=4|[[Akita Prefecture]]
|-
|[[Komatsukawa Station|Komatsukawa]]
|align=center|小松川
|align=center|49.6
|align=center|●
|align=center| |
!
|-
|[[Ainono Station|Ainono]]
|align=center|相野々
|align=center|53.4
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
!
|-
|[[Yokote Station|Yokote]]
|align=center|横手
|align=center|61.1
|align=center|●
|align=center|●
|[[Ōu Main Line]]
|}

==Rolling stock==
[[File:Kitakami-Station-platform 0.jpg|thumb|Terminus of the Kitakami Line at {{STN|Kitakami|x}} Station]]
* [[KiHa 100 series]] DMUs

==References==
*{{cite journal|last=Sone|first=Satoru|year=2009|title=No.21 釜石線・山田線・岩泉線・北上線・八戸線|journal=週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 国鉄・JR|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|pages=23|language=Japanese}}
*This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

==External links==
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{{East Japan Railway Company Lines}}
{{Akita transit}}

[[Category:Kitakami Line| ]]
[[Category: Lines of East Japan Railway Company]]
[[Category: Rail transport in Akita Prefecture]]
[[Category: Rail transport in Iwate Prefecture]]
[[Category:1067 mm gauge railways in Japan]]


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