Rikuu West Line

Rikuu West Line
DMU train on the Rikuu West Line crossing the Tsunokawa River in Tozawa, Yamagata, Japan.
Overview
Native name	陸羽西線
Locale	Yamagata Prefecture
Termini	Shinjō Amarume
Stations	10
Operation
Opened	1913
Owner	JR East
Depot(s)	Kogota
Rolling stock	KiHa 110 series
Technical
Line length	43.0 km (26.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	95 km/h (60 mph)
Route map Legend Ou Main Line （Yamagata Shinkansen） Rikuu East Line 0.0 Shinjō Ou Main Line 7.5 Masukata 10.6 Uzen-Zennami Sakegawa River 12.9 Tsuya Mogami River 17.0 Furukuchi Tsunokawa River Kutsuodaki Tunnel 24.8 Takaya Haramaki Tunnel 31.1 Kiyokawa 34.9 Karikawa 38.9 Minamino Uetsu Main Line 43.0 Amarume Uetsu Main Line Sakata

Line map
Red: Rikuu West Line
Blue: Uetsu Main Line (Amarume - Sakata)

The Rikuu West Line (陸羽西線, Rikuu-sai-sen) is a railway line in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Shinjō Station to Amarume Station, and trains continue on to Sakata Station, even though it is not officially a part of the Rikuu West Line.

Its name refers to the ancient provinces of Mutsu (陸奥) and Dewa (出羽) (or alternatively, the Meiji-era provinces of Rikuzen (陸前) and Uzen (羽前)), although strictly speaking, only the Rikuu East Line connects both areas.

Station list

• All stations are located in Yamagata Prefecture.

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

Rolling stock

• KiHa 110 series DMUs

History

The line was opened in sections between 1913 and 1914. Freight services ceased in 1987, and CTC signalling was commissioned in 1991.

References

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rikuu West Line.

• JR East website with stations listing (Japanese)

JR East lines
Shinkansen	Hokuriku Jōetsu Tōhoku Akita Yamagata
Main	Chūō Ōu Shin'etsu Sōbu Tōhoku Tōkaidō Uetsu
Local	Agatsuma Aterazawa Ban'etsu East Ban'etsu West Echigo Gonō Hachikō Hachinohe Hakushin Hanawa Iiyama Ishinomaki Itō Itsukaichi Jōban Jōetsu Kamaishi Karasuyama Kashima Kawagoe Keiyō Kesennuma Kitakami Koumi Kururi Mito Musashino Nambu Narita Negishi Nikkō Ōfunato Oga Ōito Ōme Ōminato Rikuu East Rikuu West Ryōmō Sagami Senseki Senzan Shinonoi Sotobō Suigun Tadami Takasaki Tazawako Tōgane Tsugaru Tsurumi Uchibō Utsunomiya Yahiko Yamada Yamanote Yokohama Yokosuka Yonesaka
Others	Chūō Rapid Chūō-Sōbu Gala-Yuzawa Keihin-Tōhoku Saikyō (incl. Akabane) Senseki-Tōhoku Shōnan-Shinjuku Sōbu Rapid Ueno-Tōkyō
Past	Aizu Ashio Iwaizumi Kihara Marumori Mōka Nagai Shin'etsu Main (Shinano / Echigo Tokimeki) Tōhoku Main (Aoimori / Iwate Galaxy)