Iiyama Line

Template:Short description The is a railway line in Japan linking Toyono Station in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture and Echigo-Kawaguchi Station in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Stations

Station	Japanese	km	Connections	Location
Template:STN	長野	–	Template:Plainlist	Nagano City	Nagano Prefecture
Template:STN	豊野	0.0	File:Shinano Railway Symbolmark.svg Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line
Template:STN	信濃浅野	2.2
Template:STN	立ヶ花	3.9
Template:STN	上今井	6.9		Nakano City
Template:STN	替佐	8.8
Template:STN	蓮	14.6		Iiyama City
Template:STN	飯山	19.2	File:Shinkansen jre.svgHokuriku Shinkansen
Template:STN	北飯山	20.5
Template:STN	信濃平	23.8
Template:STN	戸狩野沢温泉	27.5
Template:STN	上境	31.1
Template:STN	上桑名川	35.4
Template:STN	桑名川	37.6
Template:STN	西大滝	39.7
Template:STN	信濃白鳥	41.8		Sakae Village, Shimominochi District
Template:STN	平滝	44.7
Template:STN	横倉	46.6
Template:STN	森宮野原	49.7
Template:STN	足滝	52.5		Tsunan Town, Nakauonuma District	Niigata Prefecture
Template:STN	越後田中	54.9
Template:STN	津南	57.9
Template:STN	越後鹿渡	62.1
Template:STN	越後田沢	64.5		Tōkamachi City
Template:STN	越後水沢	67.5
Template:STN	土市	70.4
Template:STN	十日町	75.3	Template:ColorbullHokuhoku Line
Template:STN	魚沼中条	78.4
Template:STN	下条	82.8
Template:STN	越後岩沢	88.1		Ojiya City
Template:STN	内ヶ巻	93.2
Template:STN	越後川口	96.7	Template:ColorbullJōetsu Line	Nagaoka City

Rolling stock

File:Iiyama line and Iiyama Station home.JPG

KiHa 110 series (Iiyama Station)

• KiHa 110 series DMUs

History

The Iiyama Railway Co. opened the first section from Toyono to its namesake town in 1921, and extended the line in sections to Tokamachi in 1929, where it connected to the Japanese Government Railways line from Echigo-Kawaguchi which had opened in 1927.

The Iiyama Railway Co. was nationalised in 1944, and freight services ceased in 1987.

The line sees much snow in the winter. The line uses avalanche fences along steep slopes, snow sheds and has a melting system at level crossings to deal with the snow. A record 7.85m of snow fell at Mori-Miyanohara Station in February 1945, an event that is remembered with a pole just outside the station marking the vast amount of snow.

External links

• Iiyama Line Timetable (in Japanese)