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Yahiko Line

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Native name
  
弥彦線

Locale
  
Niigata Prefecture

Track gauge
  
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Line length
  
17.5 km (10.9 mi)

Type
  
Regional rail

Opened
  
1916

Stations
  
8

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Rolling stock
  
115 series/E127 series/E129 series

Owner
  
East Japan Railway Company

Terminis
  
Higashi-Sanjō Station, Yahiko Station

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The Yahiko Line (弥彦線, Yahiko-sen) is a Japanese railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) which connects Yahiko Station in the village of Yahiko and Higashi-Sanjō Station in the city of Sanjo, both in Niigata Prefecture. The line shares its name with both Yahiko Village and nearby Mt. Yahiko.

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Stations

Symbols:

  • | - Single-track
  • ◇ - Single-track; station where trains can pass

    • Rolling stock

  • E127 series 2-car EMUs (since March 2015)
  • E129 series 2/4-car EMUs (since March 2015)
  • 115-1000 series 3-car EMUs

    • New E129 series EMUs were introduced on local services on the line from fiscal 2014.

    Former

  • 115-500 series 2 car EMUs (until March 2015)

    • History

    The Echigo Railway opened the Yahiko to Yoshida section in 1916 and extended the line to Higashi-Sanjo in 1926. The company was nationalised in 1927.

    Freight services ceased in 1960, and the line was electrified in 1984.

    Former connecting lines

  • Tsubame Station: The Niigata Kotsu opened a 34 km line electrified at 1,500 V DC to Sekiya on the Echigo Line in 1933. Freight services ceased in 1982, and the line closed between 1993 and 1999.
  • Higashi-Sanjo station: An 8 km line to Echigo Nagasawa operated between 1927 and 1985.

    • References

    Yahiko Line Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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