Ishinomaki Line

Ishinomaki Line

KiHa 48 DMU on a local train, November 2014
Overview
Native name 石巻線
Type Regional rail
Locale Miyagi Prefecture
Termini Kogota
Onagawa
Stations 14
Operation
Opened 1912
Owner JR East
Technical
Line length 44.9 km (27.9 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification None

The Ishinomaki Line (石巻線 Ishinomaki-sen) is a railway line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Kogota Station in Misato with Onagawa Station in Onagawa, acting as a spur line from the Tōhoku Main Line to the central coast of Miyagi Prefecture. It connects with the Rikuu East Line and Tōhoku Main Line at Kogota Station, the Kesennuma Line at Maeyachi Station, and the Senseki Line at Ishinomaki Station, both in Ishinomaki, Miyagi. The line was damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and the damage was so severe that service between Urushuku and Onagawa was not reinstated until 21 March 2015.

Station list

Station name Japanese Distance Transfers Location
Kogota 小牛田 0.0 Tōhoku Main Line, Rikuu East Line Misato, Miyagi
Kami-Wakuya 上涌谷 3.5 Wakuya, Miyagi
Wakuya 涌谷 6.2
Maeyachi 前谷地 12.8 Kesennuma Line Ishinomaki, Miyagi
Kakeyama 佳景山 17.1
Kanomata 鹿又 21.2
Sobanokami 曽波神 23.7
Ishinomaki 石巻 27.9 Senseki Line
Rikuzen-Inai 陸前稲井 30.9
Watanoha 渡波 35.9
Mangoku-Ura 万石浦 37.0
Sawada 沢田 38.3
Urashuku 浦宿 42.4 Onagawa, Miyagi
Onagawa 女川 44.9

History

The remains of a train hit by the tsunami that hit in March 2011

The Senpoku Light Railway opened a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line from Kogata to Ishinomaki in 1912. The line was nationalised in 1919 and converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge in 1920. The Oshika Light Railway opened a 762 mm gauge horse-drawn tramway from Ishinomaki to Watanoha in 1915, and extended it to Onagawa in 1924. A petrol-driven locomotive was introduced in 1926. The line was nationalised in 1939 and converted to 1,067 mm gauge the same year.

In 1958, the line was extended 1.4 km to the Onagawa Port, but that extension closed in 1980.

The line was severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011; the Kogata - Ishinomaki section being out of service for two months, the Ishinomaki - Watanoha section for a year, and the Watanoha - Urushuku section for two years. The final section from Urushuku to Onagawa reopened on 21 March 2015.[1]

See also

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

  1. ↑ ２０１５年３月ダイヤ改正について [March 2015 timetable revision details] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 19 December 2014. p. 9. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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