Ban'etsu East Line

Ban'etsu East Line
Ban'etsu East Line
	AKiHa 110 seriesDMU nearKanmata Station,September 2018
Overview
Native name	Bàn việt đông tuyến
Status	In operation
Owner	JR East
Locale	Fukushima Prefecture
Termini	Iwaki; Kōriyama;
Stations	16
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR East
Depot(s)	Kōriyama
Rolling stock	KiHa 110 seriesDMU
History
Opened	1915;109 years ago
Technical
Line length	85.6 km (53.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map
Route map

TheBan'etsu East Line(Bàn việt đông tuyến,Ban'etsu-tō-sen)is a railway line inFukushima Prefecture,Japanoperated byEast Japan Railway Company(JR East). It connectsIwaki StationinIwakiandKōriyama StationinKōriyama.The name "Ban'etsu" is taken from the firstcharactersof the names of the ancientprovincesofIwaki(BànThành)andEchigo(ViệtHậu),which the Ban'etsu East andBan'etsu Westlines connect. "Tō"(Đông)means "east" in Japanese.

The line's nickname is theYūyū Abukuma Line(ゆうゆうあぶくまライン),taken from theAbukuma Riverthat flows nearby.

A Ban'etsu East Line train arriving atMōgi Station,2017.

Service

All trains are operated as local services in 2-, 3-, or 5-car formations. Service between Kōriyama and Ononiimachi is provided once every 30 minutes to two hours, but between Ononiimachi and Iwaki, there is a period of five hours where no trains operate. One reason for the few continuous services between Iwaki and Kōriyama is the opening of the parallelBan-etsu Expresswayin 1995; as a result, most long distance passengers use highway bus services.

The last express service,Iwaki,stopped running in 1982. During peak holiday periods such asGolden Week,Obon,andNew Year,the rapidAbukumamakes a single round trip with a 2-car train.

Station list

All stations are located inFukushima Prefecture.
Trains can pass one another at stations marked "◇", "∨", or "∧". Trains cannot pass at stations marked "｜".

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Rapid Abukuma	Transfers		Location
Station	Japanese	Between stations	Total	Rapid Abukuma	Transfers		Location
Iwaki	いわき	-	0.0	●	Jōban Line	∨	Iwaki
Akai	Xích tỉnh	4.8	4.8	｜		｜
Ogawagō	Tiểu xuyên hương	5.5	10.3	●		◇
Eda	Giang điền	8.0	18.3	｜		｜
Kawamae	Xuyên tiền	8.0	26.3	｜		◇
Natsui	Hạ tỉnh	10.4	36.7	｜		｜	Ono,Tamura District
Ononiimachi	Tiểu dã tân đinh	3.4	40.1	●		◇	Ono,Tamura District
Kanmata	Thần vũ	6.5	46.6	●		◇	Tamura
Sugaya	Gian cốc	3.3	49.9	｜		｜
Ōgoe	Đại việt	4.4	54.3	●		◇
Iwaki-Tokiwa	Bàn thành thường diệp	4.4	58.7	｜		◇
Funehiki	Thuyền dẫn	3.8	62.5	●		◇
Kanameta	Yếu điền	7.0	69.5	｜		◇
Miharu	Tam xuân	4.2	73.7	●		◇	Miharu,Tamura District
Mōgi	Vũ mộc	6.1	79.8	｜		◇	Kōriyama
Kōriyama	Quận sơn	5.8	85.6	●	Tōhoku Shinkansen,Yamagata Shinkansen,Tōhoku Main Line,Ban'etsu West Line,Suigun Line^{[* 1]}	∧	Kōriyama

^Although the official start of the Suigun Line isAsakanagamori,all trains run through to/from Kōriyama.

Rolling stock

As of February 2009, the following rolling stock is used on the East Ban'etsu Line.

KiHa 110 seriesDMUs

History

The line was planned by theRailway Construction Actin 1892. TheJapanese Government Railwaysopened the first section as the Heigun West Line(Bình quận tây tuyến)between Koriyama and Miharu in 1914. The Iwaki - Ogawagō opened in 1915 as the Heigun East Line(Bình quận đông tuyến),the same year Miharu - Ononiimachi section opened. When the two sections were connected in 1917, the line became the Ban'etsu East Line.

Freight services ceased in 1987.

References

External links

Media related toBan'etsu East Lineat Wikimedia Commons

Stations of the Ban'etsu East Line(JR East)(in Japanese)

[1] Although the official start of the Suigun Line isAsakanagamori,all trains run through to/from Kōriyama.

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