Rikuu East Line

Rikuu East Line
300px A Rikuu East Line diesel train
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Miyagi and Yamagata Prefectures, Japan
Termini	Kogota Shinjō
Stations	27
Operation
Opened	1913
Owner	JR East
Technical
Line length	94.1 km (58.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Route map 200px

The Rikuu East Line (陸羽東線, Rikuu-tō-sen) is a rail line in Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Kogota Station in Misato, Miyagi Prefecture to Shinjō Station in Shinjō, Yamagata Prefecture, acting as a connector between the Tōhoku Main Line, Ōu Main Line, and Tōhoku Shinkansen in the southern Tōhoku region, and provides access to north-western Miyagi Prefecture and north-eastern Yamagata Prefecture. It connects with the Ishinomaki Line and Tōhoku Main Line in Misato, the Tōhoku Shinkansen in Ōsaki, and the Ōu Main Line and Yamagata Shinkansen in Shinjō. Its name refers to the ancient provinces of Mutsu (陸奥) and Dewa (出羽) (or alternatively, the Meiji period provinces of Rikuzen (陸前) and Uzen (羽前)), which the line connects.

History

The Kogata - Naruko-Onsen section was opened in stages between 1913 and 1915, with the Shinjo - Naruko-Onsen section opened in stages between 1915 and 1917.

CTC signalling was commissioned in 1983, and freight services ceased in 1987.

Former connecting lines

• Nishi-Furukawa station - A 762mm (2'6") gauge line ultimately extending 44km to Tori-Machi, and connecting to the Senzen Line at Toshogu station, was opened by the Sendai City Council between 1922 and 1929. It closed in sections between 1937 and 1960.

Station list

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Kogota	小牛田	0.0	Tōhoku Main Line, Ishinomaki Line	Misato	Miyagi Prefecture
Kitaura	北浦	4.5
Rikuzen-Yachi	陸前谷地	6.6
Furukawa	古川	9.4	Tōhoku Shinkansen	Ōsaki
Tsukanome	塚目	12.1
Nishi-Furukawa	西古川	15.9
Higashi-Ōsaki	東大崎	19.1
Nishi-Ōsaki	西大崎	21.9
Iwadeyama	岩出山	24.8
Yūbikan	有備館	25.8
Kaminome	上野目	28.6
Ikezuki	池月	32.4
Kawatabi-Onsen	川渡温泉	38.8
Naruko-Gotenyu	鳴子御殿湯	42.7
Naruko-Onsen	鳴子温泉	44.9
Nakayamadaira-Onsen	中山平温泉	50.0
Sakaida	境田	55.3		Mogami	Yamagata Prefecture
Akakura-Onsen	赤倉温泉	61.1
Tachikōji	立小路	62.8
Mogami	最上	65.6
Ōhori	大堀	69.5
Usugi	鵜杉	71.5
Semi-Onsen	瀬見温泉	75.0
Higashi-Nagasawa	東長沢	81.0		Funagata
Nagasawa	長沢	82.8
Minami-Shinjō	南新庄	89.2		Shinjō
Shinjō	新庄	94.1	Yamagata Shinkansen, Ōu Main Line, Rikuu West Line

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.