Gonō Line

The is a railway line in Japan linking Higashi-Noshiro Station in Akita Prefecture with Kawabe Station in Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Honshu. The line stretches 147.2 km (91.5 mi) along the Sea of Japan coast with a total of 43 stations. The Gonō Line is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

File:The Gonō Line in Akita Prefecture.jpg

The scenery from the train window

Station list

• For the Resort Shirakami rapid service, please see its article.
• Trains may pass at stations marked "◇", "v", or "^".

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)			Transfers		Location
		Between stations	Total	Rapid
Template:STN	東能代	-	0.0	●	Ōu Main Line	v	Noshiro	Akita
Template:STN	能代	3.9	3.9	●		◇
Template:STN	向能代	2.2	6.1	↑		｜
Template:STN	北能代	3.2	9.3	↑		｜
Template:STN	鳥形	1.9	11.2	↑		｜
Template:STN	沢目	2.9	14.1	↑		｜	Happō, Yamamoto District
Template:STN	東八森	3.9	18.0	↑		｜
Template:STN	八森	4.7	22.7	↑		｜
Template:STN	滝ノ間	1.8	24.5	↑		｜
Template:STN	あきた白神	1.6	26.1	●		｜
Template:STN	岩館	3.0	29.1	●		◇
Template:STN	大間越	10.8	39.9	↑		｜	Fukaura, Nishitsugaru District	Aomori
Template:STN	白神岳登山口	2.4	42.3	↑		｜
Template:STN	松神	2.4	44.7	↑		｜
Template:STN	十二湖	1.9	46.6	●		｜
Template:STN	陸奥岩崎	4.3	50.9	↑		｜
Template:STN	陸奥沢辺	2.7	53.6	↑		｜
Template:STN	ウェスパ椿山	2.4	56.0	●		｜
Template:STN	艫作	1.9	57.9	↑		｜
Template:STN	横磯	3.5	61.4	↑		｜
Template:STN	深浦	5.5	66.9	●		◇
Template:STN	広戸	3.9	70.8	↑		｜
Template:STN	追良瀬	2.1	72.9	↑		｜
Template:STN	驫木	3.1	76.0	↑		｜
Template:STN	風合瀬	3.0	79.0	↑		｜
Template:STN	大戸瀬	4.9	83.9	↑		｜
Template:STN	千畳敷	2.1	86.0	●		｜
Template:STN	北金ヶ沢	4.6	90.6	●		◇
Template:STN	陸奥柳田	2.7	93.3	↑		｜
Template:STN	陸奥赤石	4.1	97.4	↑		｜	Ajigasawa, Nishitsugaru District
Template:STN	鰺ヶ沢	6.4	103.8	●		◇
Template:STN	鳴沢	4.5	108.3	●		｜
Template:STN	越水	2.7	111.0	●		｜	Tsugaru
Template:STN	陸奥森田	3.4	114.5	●		｜
Template:STN	中田	2.4	116.9	●		｜
Template:STN	木造	2.6	119.5	●		｜
Template:STN	五所川原	5.2	125.7	●	Tsugaru Railway Line (Template:STN)	◇	Goshogawara
Template:STN	陸奥鶴田	6.0	131.7	●		｜	Tsuruta, Kitatsugaru District
Template:STN	鶴泊	2.4	134.1	●		｜
Template:STN	板柳	4.8	138.9	●		◇	Itayanagi, Kitatsugaru District
Template:STN	林崎	3.0	141.9	●		｜	Fujisaki, Minamitsugaru District
Template:STN	藤崎	2.8	144.7	●		｜
Template:STN	川部	2.5	147.2	●	Ōu Main Line	^	Inakadate, Minamitsugaru District
Most trains have through service to Template:STN station on the Ōu Main Line

Rolling stock

• Kiha 40 series
  Kiha 40 series
• HB-E300 series "Resort Shirakami"
  HB-E300 series "Resort Shirakami"
• GV-E400 series
  GV-E400 series

• KiHa 40 series DMU
• HB-E300 series DMU
• GV-E400 series DMU

History

The first section of the Gonō Line was opened by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) from Higashi-Noshiro to Noshiro in 1908. When every JGR railway line was assigned a line name on October 12, 1909, this short railway was named the . In 1926 it was extended to Iwadate and in 1932 extended to Template:STN.

The private began operations on September 25, 1918 linking Kawabe with Template:STN. The line was extended to Template:STN on October 21, 1924 with the extension called the . The line was extended to Template:STN on May 15, 1925. The company was nationalized in 1927, with the Goshogawara Line being absorbed into the Mutsu Railway. The line was extended to Template:STN on November 26, 1929 and connected to the Gonō Line on July 30, 1936, at which time the entire line adopted its current name.

A CTC system was installed in 1986. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor of JGR) on April 1, 1987, the Gonō Line came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

External links

• JR East website Template:In lang