Native name 大糸線 Stations 42 Line length 105.4 km (65.5 mi) | Type Heavy rail Opened 1915 | |
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Locale Nagano, Niigata prefectures Owners East Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company Terminis Matsumoto Station, Itoigawa Station | ||
The Ōito Line (大糸線, Ōito-sen) is a railway line in Japan which connects Matsumoto Station in Nagano Prefecture with Itoigawa Station in Niigata Prefecture. There are two operators on the line: East Japan Railway Company (JR East) operates the section south of Minami-Otari Station in Otari, Nagano Prefecture, and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) operates the remaining section.
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Route data
JR East section
As of March 2017, the following services are operated.
JR West section
JR East section
JR East section
All stations are within Nagano Prefecture.
A: Limited Express Azusa B: Limited Express Shinano C: Rapid Moonlight Shinshu D: Rapid Resort View Furusato E: Rapid Trains stop at stations marked "O", skip at stations marked "|".History
The section between Matsumoto and Shinano-Ōmachi was built between 1915 and 1916 by the Shinano Railway (信濃鉄道, Shinano Tetsudō), which electrified the line in 1926. The company was nationalised in 1937 and was not the same entity as the present Shinano Railway.
The rest of the line was built by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) and the Japanese National Railways (JNR) between 1929 and 1957. The Shinano-Ōmachi to Minami Otari section was electrified between 1959 and 1967. CTC signalling was commissioned in 1983, and freight services ceased in 1987.
Following privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the line was divided and assigned to JR East and JR West.
Station numbering was introduced on the line by JR East from 12 December 2016, with stations numbered in sequence from 9 (Minami-Otari) to 42 (Matsumoto).