Native name 米坂線 Stations 20 Line length 90.7 km (56.4 mi) | Type Regional rail Opened 1936 | |
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Locale Yamagata Prefecture, Japan Owner East Japan Railway Company Terminis Yonezawa Station, Sakamachi Station | ||
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The Yonesaka Line (米坂線, Yonesaka-sen) is a railway line in Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Yonezawa Station in Yamagata Prefecture to Sakamachi Station in Niigata Prefecture. At Yonezawa, connections to the Yamagata Shinkansen and Ōu Main Line can be made; while the Uetsu Main Line connects at Sakamachi Station. The line takes its name from the first kanji of Yonezawa (米沢) and Sakamachi (坂町).
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Trains can only pass each other at Uzen-Komatsu, Imaizumi, Uzen-Tsubaki, Oguni, Echigo-Kanamaru, and Echigo-Shimoseki stations.
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Stations
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Rolling stock
As of October 2016, the following rolling stock is used on the Yonesaka Line. All are based at Niitsu Depot.
On May 15, 2015, JR East announced that it was placing an order for new diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains to be introduced from fiscal 2017.
Past
Until 2009, the following rolling stock was used on the Yonesaka Line. All were based at Niitsu Depot.
History
The Yonezawa to Oguni section was opened in stages between 1926 and 1935. The Sakamachi to Echigo-Kanamaru section was opened between 1931 and 1933. The line was completed with the opening of the Oguni to Echigo-Kanamaru section in 1936.