Tazawako Line
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Akita Shinkansen Komachi trains travel over the line, which was regauged in 1997 from Template:RailGauge to Template:RailGauge.
History
The section from Morioka to Shizukuishi opened on 25 June 1921, as the Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and was extended to Hashiba on 2 September 1922.[1] Services to Hashiba Station ended in the 1940s.
The Omagari - Jindai section was opened in 1921 and extended to Tazawako in 1923.
In 1964, the Shizukuishi to Akabuchi section opened, and upon completion of the Script error: No such module "convert". Sengan Tunnel, the Akabuchi to Tazawako section opened on 20 October 1966, completing the line.[1]
Freight services ceased in 1982, the year the entire line was electrified.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 1997, the line was converted to Template:RailGauge gauge, and became part of the Akita Shinkansen, with standard-gauge electric multiple unit (EMU) trains providing local services on the line.
In January 2022 it was announced that Maegata Station would be added between Morioka Station and Ōkama Station.[2] Maegata station opened for service on 18 March 2023.
Station list
| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) from Morioka |
Transfers | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:STN | 盛岡 | 0.0 | Akita Shinkansen, Tohoku Shinkansen, Tohoku Main Line, Yamada Line Iwate Galaxy Railway Line |
v | Morioka | Iwate |
| Template:STN | 前潟 | 3.4 | ｜ | |||
| Template:STN | 大釜 | 6.0 | ◇ | Takizawa | ||
| Template:STN | 小岩井 | 10.5 | ◇ | |||
| Template:STN | 雫石 | 16.0 | Akita Shinkansen | ◇ | Shizukuishi | |
| Template:STN | 春木場 | 18.7 | ｜ | |||
| Template:STN | 赤渕 | 22.0 | ◇ | |||
| Template:STN | 田沢湖 | 40.1 | Akita Shinkansen | ◇ | Senboku | Akita |
| Template:STN | 刺巻 | 44.4 | ◇ | |||
| Template:STN | 神代 | 52.8 | ◇ | |||
| Template:STN | 生田 | 55.3 | ｜ | |||
| Template:STN | 角館 | 58.8 | Akita Shinkansen, Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway Akita Nairiku Line | ◇ | ||
| Template:STN | 鶯野 | 61.6 | ｜ | Daisen | ||
| Template:STN | 羽後長野 | 64.6 | ◇ | |||
| Template:STN | 鑓見内 | 67.9 | ｜ | |||
| Template:STN | 羽後四ツ屋 | 70.2 | ◇ | |||
| Template:STN | 北大曲 | 72.0 | ｜ | |||
| Template:STN | 大曲 | 75.6 | Ōu Main Line, Akita Shinkansen (for Template:STN) | ^ | ||
- Passing loops
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Rolling stock
As of 2022, 701-5000 series trains belonging to Akita General Rolling Stock Center are used on this line.
References
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External links
Template:East Japan Railway Company Lines Template:Akita transit Template:Authority control