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Native name
  
羽越本線

System
  
JR East

Opened
  
September 2, 1912

Stations
  
61

Type
  
Heavy rail

Status
  
Operating

Operator(s)
  
JR East, JR Freight

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Owner
  
East Japan Railway Company

Terminis
  
Akita Station, Niitsu Station

Locale
  
Niigata Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture

Japan railway uetsu main line


The Uetsu Main Line (羽越本線, Uetsu-hon-sen) 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.

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Route data

  • Total length: 274.4 km (Fukushima–Aomori, Tsuchizaki–Akitakō)
  • Operators, distances:
  • East Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
  • Niitsu — Akita: 271.7 km
  • Japan Freight Railway Company (Services and tracks)
  • Sakata — Sakata-Minato: 2.7 km
  • Japan Freight Railway Company (Services)
  • Niitsu — Akita: 271.7 km
  • Tracks:
  • See station list for details
  • Electrification:
  • Niitsu — Murakami: 1,500 V DC
  • Murakami — Akita: 20 kV AC, 50 Hz
  • Railway signalling:
  • Maximum speed:
  • Niitsu — Murakami: 120 km/h
  • Murakami — Imagawa: 100 km/h
  • Imagawa — Sanze: 95 km/h
  • Sanze — Sakata: 120 km/h
  • Sakata — Akita: 95 km/h

    • Services

    Limited express, Rapid

    As of March 2017, the following services are operated.

    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 Niigata via Hakushin Line.

    Stations

    A: Limited Express Inaho B: Rapid Kirakira Uetsu C: Rapid Rakuraku Train Murakami, Benibana and other Rapid service trains Trains stop at stations marked "O", skip at stations marked "|".

    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

    • Local

  • 115 series 3-car DC EMUs (Shibata—Murakami)
  • E129 series 2/4-car DC EMUs (Niitsu—Murakami, since December 2014)
  • 701 series 2/3-car AC EMUs (Tsuruoka—Akita)
  • KiHa 40/47/48 series DMUs (Niitsu—Sakata)
  • KiHa110 series / KiHa E120 DMUs (Niitsu—Sakata)

    • Limited Express / Rapid

  • E653-1000 series 7-car DC/AC EMUs (Inaho limited express, since September 2013)

    • Former

  • E127-0 series 2-car DC EMUs (Shibata—Murakami, until March 2015)
  • 485 series 6-car DC/AC EMUs (Inaho, until July 2014)
  • KiHa 58 series
  • KiHa 52 series

    • History

    The line was opened in sections between 1912 and 1924, and electrified in 1972, the same year CTC signalling was commissioned.

    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.

    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 350 kilometres (220 mi) 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.

    References

    Uetsu Main Line Wikipedia
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