Yuri Kogen Railway Chokai Sanroku Line
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ese railway line between Ugo-Honjō
Ugo-Honjo Station
is a railway station located in Yurihonjō, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company .-Lines:* Uetsu Main Line. Runs north-south along the coast.* Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line. Small line running from Honjo to Yashima....
and Yashima
Yashima Station (Akita)
is a train station in Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture, Japan.-Lines:* Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line. Runs from Yashima to ....
, all within Yurihonjō
Yurihonjo, Akita
is a city located in Akita, Japan.The city was founded on March 22, 2005 from the merger of the former city of Honjō and the former towns of Chōkai, Higashiyuri, Iwaki, Nishime, Ōuchi, Yashima and Yuri...
, Akita
Akita Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region of northern Honshu, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Akita.- History :The area of Akita has been created from the ancient provinces of Dewa and Mutsu....
. This is the only railway line operated by . The third sector company (in Japanese sense) took the former Japanese National Railways
Japanese National Railways
, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...
line in 1985.
Basic data
- Distance: 23.0 km
- GaugeRail gaugeTrack gauge or rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Sixty percent of the world's railways use a standard gauge of . Wider gauges are called broad gauge; smaller gauges, narrow gauge. Break-of-gauge refers...
: 1,067 mm - Stations: 12
- Track: Single
- Power: Internal combustion
- Railway signallingRailway signallingRailway signalling is a system used to control railway traffic safely, essentially to prevent trains from colliding. Being guided by fixed rails, trains are uniquely susceptible to collision; furthermore, trains cannot stop quickly, and frequently operate at speeds that do not enable them to stop...
- Ugo-Honjō — Maegō: StaffToken (railway signalling)In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a locomotive driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track. The token is clearly endorsed with the name of the section it belongs to...
token - Maegō — Yashima: TabletToken (railway signalling)In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a locomotive driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track. The token is clearly endorsed with the name of the section it belongs to...
token
- Ugo-Honjō — Maegō: Staff
Stations
| Station | Japanese | Distance between stations (km) |
Distance (km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 羽後本荘駅 | - | 0.0 | |
| Yakushidō | 薬師堂駅 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Koyoshi | 子吉駅 | 2.3 | 4.5 |
| Ayukawa | 鮎川駅 | 2.9 | 7.4 |
| Kurosawa | 黒沢駅 | 2.1 | 9.5 |
| Magarisawa | 曲沢駅 | 0.8 | 10.3 |
| Maegō | 前郷駅 | 1.4 | 11.7 |
| Kubota | 久保田駅 | 1.9 | 13.6 |
| Nishitakisawa | 西滝沢駅 | 2.1 | 15.7 |
| Yoshizawa | 吉沢駅 | 1.4 | 17.1 |
| Kawabe | 川辺駅 | 3.0 | 20.1 |
| Yashima Yashima Station (Akita) is a train station in Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture, Japan.-Lines:* Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line. Runs from Yashima to .... |
矢島駅 | 2.9 | 23.0 |