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Rikuu East Line

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Type
  
Heavy rail

Depot(s)
  
Kogota

Line length
  
94.1 km (58.5 mi)

Stations
  
27

Opened
  
1913

Rolling stock
  
KiHa 110 series

Track gauge
  
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

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Owner
  
East Japan Railway Company

Terminis
  
Kogota Station, Shinjō Station

Locale
  
Miyagi Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture

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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.

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Its name refers to the ancient provinces of Mutsu (陸奥) and Dewa (出羽) (or alternatively, the Meiji period provinces of Rikuzen (前) and Uzen (前)), which the line connects.

Station list

Symbols:

  • | - Single-track
  • ◇ - Single-track; station where trains can pass
  • ∨ - Single-track section starts from this point
  • Rolling stock

  • KiHa 110 series DMUs
  • Resort Minori
  • 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 Senzan Line at Toshogu station, was opened by the Sendai City Council between 1922 and 1929. It closed in sections between 1937 and 1960.
  • References

    Rikuu East Line Wikipedia


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