Uetsu Main Line

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File:Wakigawa, Murakami, Niigata Prefecture 959-3661, Japan - panoramio (1).jpg
The Uetsu Main Line runs along the Sea of Japan. One of the tunnels on the right is for the Uetsu Main Line, and the other Japan National Route 345.

The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a railway line in the Tohoku and Chubu regions of Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it connects Niitsu Station in the city of Niigata and Akita Station in Akita. The name "Uetsu" refers to the ancient provinces of Dewa (出羽) and Echigo (越後), which the line connects.[1]

Route data

Services

Limited express, Rapid

Template:As of, the following services are operated.

Name Route Service frequency (daily)
Limited Express Inaho (Template:STN) – Template:STN – Template:STN/Akita 7 return trips
Rapid Kairi (Niigata) – Shibata – Sakata 1 return trip (weekends only)
Rapid Rakuraku Train Murakami (Niigata) – Shibata – Template:STN 1 down trip
Rapid Benibana (Niigata) – Shibata – Template:STN – (Template:STN) 1 return trip
Local
Niitsu – Shibata: every 60-180 minutes
Shibata – Murakami: every 60-120 minutes
Murakami – Sakata: every 60-180 minutes
Sakata – Akita: every 60-180 minutes

Between Shibata and Murakami, most of the local trains travel through to/from Template:STN via Hakushin Line.

Stations

A: Limited Express Inaho
B: Rapid Kairi
C: Rapid Rakuraku Train Murakami, Benibana and other Rapid service trains
Trains stop at stations marked "O", skip at stations marked "|".
Station Japanese Distance (km) A B C Transfers   DC/AC Location
Between
stations 		Total
Template:STN 新津 - 0.0 Via
Hakushin Line 		Template:Plainlist ∨ 1,500 V
DC 		Akiha-ku, Niigata Niigata
Template:STN 京ヶ瀬 6.1 6.1   ◇ Agano
Template:STN 水原 4.1 10.2   ◇
Template:STN 神山 3.7 13.9   ｜
Template:STN 月岡 3.9 17.8   ◇ Shibata
Template:STN 中浦 3.7 21.5   ｜
Template:STN 新発田 4.5 26.0 O O O Template:ColorbullHakushin Line (some trains through to Murakami) ^
Template:STN 加治 4.3 30.3 | | |[* 1]   ∥
Template:STN 金塚 5.0 35.3 | | |   ∨
Template:STN 中条 3.8 39.1 O O O   ^ Tainai
Template:STN 平木田 5.6 44.7 | | |   ∥
Template:STN 坂町 3.3 48.0 O O O Template:ColorbullYonesaka Line (Operation suspended due to rainstorm damage) ∥ Murakami
Template:STN 平林 3.6 51.6 | | |   ∨
Template:STN 岩船町 3.6 55.2 | | |   ◇
Template:STN 村上 4.2 59.4 O O O   ^
Template:STN 間島 7.1 66.5 | |     ∨ 20 kV
AC
50 Hz
Template:STN 越後早川 4.9 71.4 | |     ^
Template:STN 桑川 6.9 78.3 | O     ∨
Template:STN 今川 4.3 82.6 | |     ◇
Template:STN 越後寒川 4.9 87.5 | |     ^
Template:STN 勝木 5.3 92.8 | |     ∨
Template:STN 府屋 3.1 95.9 O |     ^
Template:STN 鼠ヶ関 5.1 101.0 | |     ∥ Tsuruoka Yamagata
Template:STN 小岩川 4.4 105.4 | |     ∨
Template:STN あつみ温泉 4.4 109.8 O O     ^
Template:STN 五十川 5.9 115.7 | |     ∥
Template:STN 小波渡 4.4 120.1 | |     ∥
Template:STN 三瀬 3.1 123.2 | |     ∥
Template:STN 羽前水沢 5.7 128.9 | |     ∥
Template:STN 羽前大山 4.5 133.4 | |     ∨
Template:STN 鶴岡 6.0 139.4 O O     ◇
Template:STN 藤島 6.6 146.0 | |     ^
Template:STN 西袋 5.1 151.1 | |     ∥ Shōnai, Higashitagawa
Template:STN 余目 3.6 154.7 O O   Template:ColorbullRikuu West Line[* 2] (Operation suspended until 2024/2025) ∥
Template:STN 北余目 2.7 157.4 | |     ∥
Template:STN 砂越 3.0 160.4 | |     ∥ Sakata
Template:STN 東酒田 3.3 163.7 | |     ∥
Sakata 酒田 3.2 166.9 O O   JR Freight Uetsu Freight Branch Line
(to Sakata-Minato) 		∥
Template:STN 本楯 6.4 173.3 |       ∨
Template:STN 南鳥海 2.6 175.9 |       ◇
Template:STN 遊佐 3.2 179.1 O       ^ Yuza, Akumi
Template:STN 吹浦 7.0 186.1 |       ∨
Template:STN 女鹿 3.6 189.7 |       ◇
Template:STN 小砂川 5.1 194.8 |       ◇ Nikaho Akita
Template:STN 上浜 3.7 198.5 |       ◇
Template:STN 象潟 4.9 203.4 O       ◇
Template:STN 金浦 5.8 209.2 |       ^
Template:STN 仁賀保 5.5 214.7 O       ∨
Template:STN 西目 8.4 223.1 |       ^ Yurihonjō
Template:STN 羽後本荘 5.8 228.9 O   O Template:ColorbullYuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line ∥
Template:STN 羽後岩谷 7.1 236.0 |   O   ∥
Template:STN 折渡 4.7 240.7 |   ↓   ∨
Template:STN 羽後亀田 3.0 243.7 |   O   ◇
Template:STN 岩城みなと 6.5 250.2 |   ↓   ｜
Template:STN 道川 1.6 251.8 |   ↓   ^
Template:STN 下浜 6.6 258.4 |   ↓   ∨ Akita
Template:STN 桂根 3.4 261.7 |   ↓   ◇
Template:STN 新屋 4.0 265.7 |   O   ◇
Template:STN 羽後牛島 3.3 269.0 |   O   ◇
Template:STN 秋田 2.7 271.7 O   O Template:Plainlist ^
  1. ↑ Only 1 up rapid service in the morning stops
  2. ↑ Most trains from Rikuu West Line terminate at Sakata Station

Symbols:

  • | - Single-track
  • ◇ - Single-track; station where trains can pass
  • ^ - Double-track section starts from this point
  • ∥ - Double-track
  • ∨ - Single-track section starts from this point

Rolling stock

Present

Local

Inaho/Rakuraku Train Murakami

Kairi

Former

History

The line was opened in sections between 1912 and 1924, and electrified in 1972, the same year CTC signalling was commissioned.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Work to double-track the line in sections commenced in 1957, and continued for 25 years until being suspended due to capital expenditure restrictions in 1983, at which time 51% of the route was double-tracked.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

On July 28, 2022, JR East announced that ridership in some sectors was less than 2000 persons/day, the deficit for the sector between Murakami Station to Tsuruoka Station being 4,990 billion yen, the largest deficit within the JR East system.[2][3]

Accidents

On December 25, 2005, all six cars of a limited express train Inaho No.14 on the Uetsu Line derailed in Yamagata prefecture, about Template:Convert north of Tokyo. The train was headed south towards Kita-Amarume Station. Three of the cars turned over, causing the deaths of five people and injuring 33 others. Three other persons were originally reported missing, but authorities later discovered that they had disembarked from the train before the accident. It is likely that the event was caused by a tornado although it is uncertain whether or not a tornado was involved with this accident.[4]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

References

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External links

Template:Akita transit Template:Niigata transit Template:East Japan Railway Company Lines

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