Ishinomaki Line

TheIshinomaki Line(Thạch quyển tuyến,Ishinomaki-sen)is a railway line inMiyagi Prefecture,Japan, operated byEast Japan Railway Company(JR East). It connectsKogota StationinMisatowithOnagawa StationinOnagawa,acting as a spur line from theTōhoku Main Lineto the central coast of Miyagi Prefecture. It connects with theRikuu East LineandTōhoku Main Lineat Kogota Station, theKesennuma LineatMaeyachi Station,and theSenseki Lineat Ishinomaki Station, both inIshinomaki, Miyagi.The line was damaged by the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami,and the damage was so severe that service betweenUrashuku StationandOnagawa Stationwas not reinstated until 21 March 2015.

Ishinomaki Line
KiHa 48 DMU on a local service, November 2014
Overview
Native name	Thạch quyển tuyến
Status	In operation
Owner	JR East
Locale	Miyagi Prefecture
Termini	Kogota Onagawa
Stations	14
Service
Type	Regional rail
Operator(s)	JR East
Rolling stock	KiHa 110 seriesDMU,HB-E210 seriesDMU
History
Opened	28 October 1912(1912-10-28)
Technical
Line length	44.7 km (27.8 mi)
Number of tracks	Entirelysingle-track
Character	Urban and rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	85 km/h (53 mph)
Signalling	Automatic closed block
Train protection system	ATS-SN
Route map Rikuu East Line 0.0 Kogota Tōhoku Main Line 3.5 Kami-Wakuya 6.2 Wakuya 12.8 Maeyachi Kesennuma Line 17.1 Kakeyama 21.2 Kanomata 23.7 Sobanokami Senseki Line 27.9 Ishinomaki Kitakami River 30.9 Rikuzen-Inai Owada Tunnel 35.9 Watanoha 37.0 STN 38.3 Sawada 42.4 Urashuku Onagawa Tunnel 44.7 Onagawa (2) 44.9 Onagawa (1) -2015 46.3 Onagawa Minato 1958-1980

Station list

All stations are in Miyagi.

Station name	Japanese	Distance	Transfers	Location
Kogota	Tiểu ngưu điền	0.0	Tōhoku Main Line,Rikuu East Line	Misato
Kami-Wakuya	Thượng dũng cốc	3.5		Wakuya
Wakuya	Dũng cốc	6.2
Maeyachi	Tiền cốc địa	12.8	Kesennuma Line	Ishinomaki
Kakeyama	Giai cảnh sơn	17.1
Kanomata	Lộc hựu	21.2
Sobanokami	Tằng ba thần	23.7
Ishinomaki	Thạch quyển	27.9	Senseki Line
Rikuzen-Inai	Lục tiền đạo tỉnh	30.9
Watanoha	Độ ba	35.9
Mangokuura	Vạn thạch phổ	37.0
Sawada	Trạch điền	38.3
Urashuku	Phổ túc	42.4		Onagawa
Onagawa	Nữ xuyên	44.7

History

The remains of a train hit by the tsunami that hit in March 2011 among a scattered cemetery in Onagawa.

The Senpoku Light Railway opened a762 mm(2 ft 6 in) gauge line from Kogota to Ishinomaki in 1912. The line was nationalised in 1919 and converted to1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in) gauge in 1920. The Oshika Light Railway opened a762 mm(2 ft 6 in) 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 to1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in) gauge the same year.

In 1958, the line was extended 1.4 km (0.87 mi) to the Onagawa Port, but that extension closed in 1980.

The line was severely damaged by the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunamion 11 March 2011; the Kogota - Ishinomaki section being out of service for two months, the Ishinomaki - Watanoha section for a year, and the Watanoha - Urashuku section for two years. The final section from Urashuku to Onagawa reopened on 21 March 2015.

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan