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{{Short description|Railway line in Japan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox rail line
 | box_width   =
 | name        = Tadami Line
 | native_name = 只見線
 | color       = 1E90FF <!-- DodgerBlue -->	
 | logo        =
 | logo_width  =
 | image       = Find47 Fukushima-Autumn leaves train (No. 1 Tadami River Bridge, Mishima Town)-m.jpg
 | image_width = 300px
 | caption     = Tadamigawa Bridge No. 1, November 2020
 | type        = [[Heavy rail]]
 | system      =
 | status      = In operation
 | locale      = [[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]], [[Niigata Prefecture|Niigata]] Prefectures
 | start       = {{STN|Aizu-Wakamatsu|x}}
 | end         = {{STN|Koide|x}}
 | stations    = 36
 | routes      =
 | daily_ridership   =
 | open        = 1928
 | close       =
 | owner       = JR East
 | operator    = [[File:JR logo (east).svg|20px]] [[JR East]]
 | character   = Rural and scenic
 | depot       =
 | stock       = [[KiHa 110 series]], [[KiHa E120]], AT-350 series, AT-400 series, AT-500 series, AT-600 series, AT-700 series DMU
 | linelength  = {{convert|135.2|km|mi|abbr=on}}
 | tracklength = 
 | tracks     = Entire line single tracked
 | gauge       = {{RailGauge|1067mm}}
 | electrification          = None
 | speed       = 65 km/h (40 mph)
 | elevation   =
 | map         = [[File:JR Tadami Line linemap.svg|200px]]
 | map_state   = collapsed
}}
The {{nihongo|'''Tadami Line'''|只見線|Tadami-sen}} is a {{convert|135|km|adj=on}} scenic railway line in Japan operated by [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East). It connects [[Aizu-Wakamatsu Station]] at [[Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima|Aizuwakamatsu]] in [[Fukushima Prefecture]] with [[Koide Station]] at [[Uonuma, Niigata|Uonuma]] in [[Niigata Prefecture]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ana.co.jp/en/gb/japan-travel-planner/fukushima/0000025.html |title=Tadami Line |work=Japan Travel Planner |publisher=[[All Nippon Airways|ANA]] |access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref>

The line opened in discontinuous stages between 1928 and 1971.  Because of trouble financing rainstorm damage repairs, the line had no rail service between {{STN|Aizu-Kawaguchi|x}} and {{STN|Tadami|x}} station from July 2011 until October 2022.<ref>{{cite press release |title=只見線全線運転再開につい て|url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2021/sendai/20220518_s02.pdf|publisher=East Japan Railway Company|date=18 May 2022|access-date=15 August 2022|lang=ja|trans-title=Regarding the resumption of operation of the entire Tadami Line}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kushida |first=Izumi |date=2022-10-01 |title=JR只見線｢11年ぶり｣復活､地元住民たちの執念 |trans-title=JR Tadami Line reopens after 11 years |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/622606 |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=Toyo Keizai Online |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-10-05 |title=Scenic Tadami Line reopens after storm damage |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/scenic-tadami-line-reopens-after-storm-damage/62702.article |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=Railway Gazette International |language=en}}</ref> During this time, a [[Bustitution|replacement bus]] operated between Aizu-Kawaguchi and Tadami.<ref name=uw>{{cite web |url=https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/1267502/manuals/UnionWorkShop_-_Tadami_Line_User_Manual_-_EN.pdf?t=1595595594 |title=Tadami Line User Manual |publisher=Union Workshop |access-date=5 July 2022 |archive-date=7 July 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707105850/https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/1267502/manuals/UnionWorkShop_-_Tadami_Line_User_Manual_-_EN.pdf?t=1595595594}}</ref><ref name=resume>{{Cite web |last= |date=18 May 2022 |title=只見線、2022年10月1日全線運転再開へ |trans-title=Tadami Line to resume operation on October 1, 2022 |url=https://tetsudo-ch.com/12423239.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518063243/https://tetsudo-ch.com/12423239.html |archive-date=18 May 2022 |access-date=18 May 2022 |website=tetsudo.ch |language=ja}}</ref> Full service on the line resumed on 1 October 2022.

==Services==
[[File:Linemap of Tadami Line with Stations.svg|thumb|300px|Linemap]]
All trains are local (all-stations) services, with approximately eight to nine trains in each direction per day. Only three round-trips operate over the entire line, and some seasonal trains operate through onto the line from the [[Ban'etsu West Line|Ban'etsu West]] and [[Jōetsu Line|Jōetsu]] lines. Due to the many curves on the line trains take over four hours to traverse its 135.2&nbsp;km (84.0 mi) length.<ref>JR Timetable, December 2010 issue</ref>

== Station list ==
* All trains stop at every station.
* Trains can pass each other at stations marked "◇", "∨", "∧"; they cannot pass at those marked "｜".

{| class="wikitable" rules="all"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Station
!rowspan="2"|Japanese
!colspan="2"|Distance (km)
!rowspan="2"|Transfers
!rowspan="2"|&nbsp;
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Location
|-
!Between<br />stations
!Total
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Wakamatsu|x}}
|会津若松
|style="text-align:right;"| –
|style="text-align:right;"|0.0
|{{Colorbull|Sienna}}[[Ban'etsu West Line]]
|∨
|rowspan="4"|[[Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima|Aizuwakamatsu]]
|rowspan="28" style="text-align:center; width:1em;"|[[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]]
|-
|{{STN|Nanukamachi|x}}
|七日町
|style="text-align:right;"|1.3
|style="text-align:right;"|1.3
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Nishi-Wakamatsu|x}}
|西若松
|style="text-align:right;"|1.8
|style="text-align:right;"|3.1
|{{Colorbull|YellowGreen}}[[Aizu Railway Aizu Line]]<ref group="*">All Aizu Line trains run through to Aizu-Wakamatsu Station.</ref>
|◇
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Hongō|x}}
|会津本郷
|style="text-align:right;"|3.4
|style="text-align:right;"|6.5
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Takada|x}}
|会津高田
|style="text-align:right;"|4.8
|style="text-align:right;"|11.3
|&nbsp;
|｜
|rowspan="3"|[[Aizumisato, Fukushima|Aizumisato]], [[Ōnuma District, Fukushima|Ōnuma District]]
|-
|{{STN|Negishi|x|Fukushima}}
|根岸
|style="text-align:right;"|3.5
|style="text-align:right;"|14.8
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Niitsuru|x}}
|新鶴
|style="text-align:right;"|2.0
|style="text-align:right;"|16.8
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Wakamiya|x}}
|若宮
|style="text-align:right;"|2.1
|style="text-align:right;"|18.9
|&nbsp;
|｜
|rowspan="4"|[[Aizubange, Fukushima|Aizubange]], [[Kawanuma District, Fukushima|Kawanuma District]]
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Bange|x}}
|会津坂下
|style="text-align:right;"|2.7
|style="text-align:right;"|21.6
|&nbsp;
|◇
|-
|{{STN|Tōdera|x}}
|塔寺
|style="text-align:right;"|4.4
|style="text-align:right;"|26.0
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Sakamoto|x}}
|会津坂本
|style="text-align:right;"|3.7
|style="text-align:right;"|29.7
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Yanaizu|x}}
|会津柳津
|style="text-align:right;"|3.6
|style="text-align:right;"|33.3
|&nbsp;
|｜
|rowspan="3"|[[Yanaizu, Fukushima|Yanaizu]], Kawanuma District
|-
|{{STN|Gōdo|x|Fukushima}}
|郷戸
|style="text-align:right;"|3.6
|style="text-align:right;"|36.9
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Takiya|x}}
|滝谷
|style="text-align:right;"|2.7
|style="text-align:right;"|39.6
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Hinohara|x}}
|会津桧原
|style="text-align:right;"|1.9
|style="text-align:right;"|41.5
|&nbsp;
|｜
|rowspan="4"|[[Mishima, Fukushima|Mishima]], Ōnuma District
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Nishikata|x}}
|会津西方
|style="text-align:right;"|2.2
|style="text-align:right;"|43.7
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Miyashita|x}}
|会津宮下
|style="text-align:right;"|1.7
|style="text-align:right;"|45.4
|&nbsp;
|◇
|-
|{{STN|Hayato|x|Fukushima}}
|早戸
|style="text-align:right;"|5.8
|style="text-align:right;"|51.2
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Mizunuma|x}}
|会津水沼
|style="text-align:right;"|3.9
|style="text-align:right;"|55.1
|&nbsp;
|｜
|rowspan="7"|[[Kaneyama, Fukushima|Kaneyama]], Ōnuma District
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Nakagawa|x}}
|会津中川
|style="text-align:right;"|3.2
|style="text-align:right;"|58.3
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Kawaguchi|x}}
|会津川口
|style="text-align:right;"|2.5
|style="text-align:right;"|60.8
|&nbsp;
|◇
|-
|{{STN|Honna|x}}
|本名
|style="text-align:right;"|2.8
|style="text-align:right;"|63.6
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Kosugawa|x}}
|会津越川
|style="text-align:right;"|6.4
|style="text-align:right;"|70.0
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Yokota|x}}
|会津横田
|style="text-align:right;"|3.2
|style="text-align:right;"|73.2
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Ōshio|x}}
|会津大塩
|style="text-align:right;"|2.2
|style="text-align:right;"|75.4
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Shiozawa|x}}
|会津塩沢
|style="text-align:right;"|5.5
|style="text-align:right;"|80.9
|&nbsp;
|｜
|rowspan="3"|[[Tadami, Fukushima|Tadami]], [[Minamiaizu District, Fukushima|Minamiaizu District]]
|-
|{{STN|Aizu-Gamō|x}}
|会津蒲生
|style="text-align:right;"|3.0
|style="text-align:right;"|83.9
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Tadami|x}}
|只見
|style="text-align:right;"|4.5
|style="text-align:right;"|88.4
|&nbsp;
|◇
|-
|{{STN|Tagokura|x}}
|田子仓 
|style="text-align:right;"|6.8
|style="text-align:right;"|90.7
|&nbsp;
|◇
|-
|{{STN|Ōshirakawa|x}}
|大白川
|style="text-align:right;"|19.5
|style="text-align:right;"|109.2
|&nbsp;
|◇
|rowspan="8"|[[Uonuma, Niigata|Uonuma]]
|rowspan="8" style="text-align:center; width:1em;"|[[Niigata Prefecture|Niigata]]
|-
|{{STN|Kakinoki|x}}
|柿ノ木
|style="text-align:right;"|3.2
|style="text-align:right;"|112.4
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Irihirose|x}}
|入広瀬
|style="text-align:right;"|6.4
|style="text-align:right;"|115.6
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Kamijō|x|Niigata}}
|上条
|style="text-align:right;"|3.1
|style="text-align:right;"|118.7
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Echigo-Suhara|x}}
|越後須原
|style="text-align:right;"|4.4
|style="text-align:right;"|123.1
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Uonuma-Tanaka|x}}
|魚沼田中
|style="text-align:right;"|3.9
|style="text-align:right;"|127.0
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Echigo-Hirose|x}}
|越後広瀬
|style="text-align:right;"|2.5
|style="text-align:right;"|129.5
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Yabukami|x}}
|藪神
|style="text-align:right;"|2.1
|style="text-align:right;"|131.6
|&nbsp;
|｜
|-
|{{STN|Koide|x}}
|小出
|style="text-align:right;"|3.6
|style="text-align:right;"|135.2
|{{Colorbull|DeepSkyBlue}}[[Jōetsu Line]]
|∧
|}
{{Reflist|group="*"}}

==History==
===Openings===
The eastern section of the line from {{STN|Aizu-Wakamatsu|x}} to {{STN|Aizu-Yanaizu|x}} opened in 1928. The eastern section was extended to {{STN|Aizu-Miyashita|x}} in 1941 and to {{STN|Aizu-Kawaguchi|x}} in 1956. At that time, the [[Tagokura Dam]] was under construction and a light railway was built to link Aizu-Kawaguchi with the construction site in order to transport construction material. In 1963, after the dam was completed, the construction railway was upgraded and opened to {{STN|Tadami|x}} as part of the eastern section.<ref name=uw/>

In the meantime, the western section of the line, from {{STN|Koide|x}} to {{STN|Oshirakawa|x}}, had opened in 1942. In 1971, the two sections were connected with the opening of the passenger only line between Oshirakawa and Tadami.<ref name=uw/>

===Closures===
Freight services ceased between 1980 and 1982.{{cite needed|date=July 2022}} 

Damage from heavy rain storms in July 2011 forced the section of the line between {{STN|Aizu-Kawaguchi|x}} and {{STN|Ōshirakawa|x}} to be closed. The section between {{STN|Tadami|x}} and Ōshirakawa was reopened on 1 October 2012, but the restoration of the remaining section between Aizu-Kawaguchi and Tadami proved more problematic.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/news/120913/ngt12091302020001-n1.htm|script-title= ja:ＪＲ只見線 全線早期再開は困難|trans-title= JR Tadami Line: Early reopening of the entire line difficult|date= 13 September 2012|work= MSN Sankei News|publisher= The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital|location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120916104412/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/news/120913/ngt12091302020001-n1.htm|archive-date= 16 September 2012|access-date= 26 February 2013|url-status= dead}}</ref> Eventually, JR East reached an agreement with Fukushima Prefecture under which the prefecture would buy the rail infrastructure and land while hiring out its operation to JR East.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://globalvoices.org/2022/02/24/japans-local-rail-lines-become-the-latest-pandemic-victim/ |title=Japan's local rail lines become the latest pandemic victim |work=Global Voices |first=Justin |last=Aukema |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref> After 11 years with a replacement bus service, the closed section resumed operations on 1 October 2022.<ref name=resume/>

In 2013, [[Tagokura Station]], between Ōshirakawa and {{STN|Tadami|x}}, was closed.<ref name="jreast20130225">{{cite web |date=25 February 2013 |script-title=ja:只見線田子倉駅廃止について |trans-title=Closure of Tagokura Station on the Tadami Line |url=http://www.jr-sendai.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/press_20130225-tagokuraeki.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619210320/http://www.jr-sendai.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/press_20130225-tagokuraeki.pdf |archivedate=2013-06-19 |accessdate=26 February 2013 |work=Press release |publisher=East Japan Railway Company - Sendai Branch |location=Japan |language=Japanese}}</ref> And in 2015, [[Kakinoki Station]], between {{STN|Irihirose|x}} and {{STN|Ōshirakawa|x}}, was also closed.<ref name="mainichi20150309">{{cite web |url= http://mainichi.jp/articles/20150309/ddl/k15/040/071000c|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151221153708/http://mainichi.jp/articles/20150309/ddl/k15/040/071000c|url-status= dead|archive-date= 21 December 2015|script-title=ja: ありがとう、柿ノ木駅 １４日に廃止、市民団体が集い|trans-title=Thank you, Kakinoki Station, closing on 14th|date= 9 March 2015|work= Mainichi Shimbun|publisher= The Mainichi Newspapers |location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 21 December 2015}}</ref> Both of these closures were due to very low usage.

==Rolling stock==
* [[KiHa E120]] - Since March 2020
* [[KiHa 110 series]] - Since July 2020<ref name="Nippo200714">{{Cite news |date=2020-07-14 |title=秘境の旅路彩り40年 最後の勇姿 魚沼 只見線キハ40系引退 |language=ja |trans-title=Tadami Line KiHa 40 series retired after 40 years |publisher=Niigata Nippo |url=https://www.niigata-nippo.co.jp/news/local/20200714555479.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717141855/https://www.niigata-nippo.co.jp/news/local/20200714555479.html |archive-date=2020-07-17}}</ref>

===Former===
* [[KiHa 40 series]] - Until July 2020<ref name="Nippo200714"/>
* [[KiHa 58 series]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:JNR C11 289 on Tadami line 19731103 001.jpg|[[JNR Class C11|C11]] 289 between Aizu-Nishikata and Aizu-Hibara, November 1973
File:JNR C11 289 on Tadami line 19731103 002.jpg|[[JNR Class C11|C11]] 289 between Aizu-Miyashita and Aizu-Nishikata, November 1973
キハE120 1 東北地域本社色.jpg|KiHa E120, [[Aizu-Bange Station]] - [[Wakamiya Station]], in March 2020
Kiha40-500 Tadami-line.jpg|KiHa 40, [[Aizu-Takada Station]] - [[Negishi Station (Fukushima)|Negishi Station]], in May 2018
Oshirakawa, Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture 946-0303, Japan - panoramio (2).jpg|KiHa 47 and 40, [[Oshirakawa Station]], September 2012
只見駅 - panoramio (2).jpg|Minibus departure from [[Tadami Station]], June 2014
Tadami-Line-Third-Bridge-Summer.jpg|Tadamigawa Bridge No. 3
只見線.jpg|Tadamigawa Bridge No. 4
JR Tadami Line Tadamigawa No.5 Bridge.jpg|Tadamigawa Bridge No. 5
JR Tadami Line Tadamigawa No.8 Bridge.jpg|Tadamigawa Bridge No. 8
File:Tadami-Line-First-Bridge-Winter.jpg|Tadamigawa Bridge No. 1 in winter
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
;Travel
* [http://www.okuaizu.net/wp-content/themes/okuaizu/pdf/tadami_line_english.pdf Pamphlet "Travel by Tadami Line"] (Tadami River Power Source Region Promotion Association)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By3-QL7PLyc Video "Travel around Oku Aizu"] (YouTube)
* [https://www.tadami-net.com/category/tadamiline JR Tadami Line] (Tadami Town Tourism Institute Planning Society)
* [https://www.aizubus.com/sightseeing/bus/okuaizu_burari_en Oku-Aizu Bu-Ra-Ri Journey] (Aizu Bus)

;Timetable
* [https://tadami-line.jp/digital_book/pht_tadami-line_guidebook2020/HTML5/pc.html#/page/31 Timetable of Tadami Line, as of April 2020] (Tadami Line Portal Website) {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://www.town.kaneyama.fukushima.jp/site/tadamisen/daikoubasu3.html Timetable of bus-operated section (Aizu-Kawaguchi - Tadami)] (Kaneyama Town Government) {{in lang|ja}}

;Station list
* [http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/result.aspx?mode=2&rosen=45=1=%E5%8F%AA%E8%A6%8B%E7%B7%9A Stations of the Tadami Line] (JR East) {{in lang|ja}}

{{Niigata transit}}
{{East Japan Railway Company Lines}}

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