Ōito Line

TheŌito Line(Đại mịch tuyến,Ōito-sen)is a railway line in Japan which connectsMatsumoto StationinNagano PrefecturewithItoigawa StationinNiigata Prefecture.There are two operators on the line:East Japan Railway Company(JR East) andWest Japan Railway Company(JR West). Minami-Otari is the boundary for the two companies. The section of the line operated by JR East, between Minami-Otari and Matsumoto, is electrified and trains are fairly regular along this section. The JR West section from Minami-Otari to Itoigawa, however, is not electrified and sees less use. Trains operate less frequently along this section.

Ōito Line
A JR East E127 series EMU on the Oito Line in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture
Overview
Native name	Đại mịch tuyến
Status	In operation
Owner	JR East,JR West
Locale	Nagano,NiigataPrefectures
Termini	Matsumoto Itoigawa
Stations	41
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR East, JR West
Rolling stock	E127 seriesEMU,211 seriesEMU,E353 seriesEMU,KiHa 120 seriesDMU
History
Opened	1915
Technical
Line length	105.4 km (65.5 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Rural and scenic
Track gauge	1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (Matsumoto - Minami-Otari) None (Minami-Otari - Itoigawa)
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)
Route map 0.0 Matsumoto (Shinonoi); Alpico Kōtsū(Kamikōchi) 0.7 Kita-Matsumoto 2.6 Shimauchi 3.8 Shimatakamatsu 5.2 Azusabashi 6.8 Hitoichiba 8.4 Nakagaya 10.4 Minami-Toyoshina 11.4 Toyoshina 14.2 Hakuyachō 16.2 Hotaka 18.4 Ariake 19.9 Azumi-Oiwake 22.8 Hosono 23.8 Kita-Hosono 26.0 Shinano-Matsukawa 28.6 Azumi-Kutsukake 30.9 Shinano-Tokiwa 34.0 Minami-Ōmachi 35.1 Shinano-Ōmachi 37.2 Kita-Ōmachi 39.4 Shinano-Kizaki 41.6 Inao 42.9 Uminokuchi 46.3 Yanaba 47.9 Yanabaskijōmae (defunct) 52.8 Minami-Kamishiro 55.2 Kamishiro 56.7 Iimori 59.7 Hakuba 61.6 Shinano-Moriue 65.4 Hakuba-Ōike 68.7 Chikuni 70.1 Minami-Otari JR East JR West 74.1 Nakatsuchi 78.5 Kita-Otari 85.0 Hiraiwa 91.8 Kotaki 95.4 Nechi 100.3 Kubiki-Ōno 102.2 Himekawa 105.4 Itoigawa

Route data

• Operators, services:
  • East Japan Railway Company(Services and tracks)
    • Matsumoto — Minami-Otari: 70.1 km
  • West Japan Railway Company(Services and tracks)
    • Minami-Otari — Itoigawa: 35.3 km
• Stations:
  • JR East: 34
  • JR West: 8 including Itoigawa, excluding Minami-Otari
• Double-tracked section: None
• Electrification: Matsumoto — Minami-Otari (1,500 V DC)
  Minami-Otari — Itoigawa (None)
• Railway signalling:
  • Matsumoto — Itoigawa: Automatic Train Stop, S-type

Services

JR East section

Limited express, Rapid

As of March 2017,the following services are operated.

Name	Through from/to	Start	End	Service frequency (daily)
Limited ExpressAzusa	Chiba/Shinjuku	Matsumoto	Minami-Otari	1 return trip
	Shinjuku		Hakuba	seasonal
Rapid	Kami-Suwa	Matsumoto	Shinano-Ōmachi	1 up trip
	-	Shinano-Ōmachi	Minami-Otari	1 up trip

Local

Matsumoto – Shinano-Ōmachi: every 30-60 minutes

Shinano-Ōmachi – Minami-Otari: every 60-180 minutes

JR West section

Local

Minami-Otari - Itoigawa: every 120-180 minutes

No limited-stop services such as rapids operate on the JR West section. All trains are local services, which stop at every station.

Rolling stock

JR East section

• E127-100 seriesEMU
• 211 seriesEMU
• E353 seriesEMU -Azusa

JR West section

• KiHa 120series DMU

Stations

JR East section

All stations are withinNagano Prefecture.

A:Limited ExpressAzusa

R:Rapid

Trains stop at stations marked "O", skip at stations marked "|".

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance(km)		A	R	Transfers	Location
			Between stations	Total
42	Matsumoto	Tùng bổn	-	0.0	O	O	■Shinonoi Line ■Alpico KōtsūKamikōchi Line	Matsumoto
41	Kita-Matsumoto	Bắc tùng bổn	0.7	0.7	|	O
40	Shimauchi	Đảo nội	1.9	2.6	|	O
39	Shimatakamatsu	Đảo cao tùng	1.2	3.8	|	O
38	Azusabashi	Tử kiều	1.4	5.2	|	O		Azumino
37	Hitoichiba	Một ngày thị trường	1.6	6.8	|	O
36	Nakagaya	Trung huyên	1.6	8.4	|	O
35	Minami-Toyoshina	Nam phong khoa	2.0	10.4	|	O
34	Toyoshina	Phong khoa	1.0	11.4	O	O
33	Hakuyachō	Bách thỉ đinh	2.8	14.2	|	O
32	Hotaka	Tuệ cao	2.0	16.2	O	O
31	Ariake	Có minh	2.2	18.4	|	O
30	Azumi-Oiwake	An đàm truy phân	1.5	19.9	|	O
29	Hosono	Tế dã	2.9	22.8	|	↑		Matsukawa,Kitaazumi District
28	Kita-Hosono	Bắc tế dã	1.0	23.8	|	↑
27	Shinano-Matsukawa	Tin nùng tùng xuyên	2.2	26.0	|	O
26	Azumi-Kutsukake	An đàm xấp quải	1.6	28.6	|	↑		Ōmachi
25	Shinano-Tokiwa	Tin nùng thường bàn	2.3	30.9	|	O
24	Minami-Ōmachi	Nam đại đinh	3.1	34.0	|	↑
23	Shinano-Ōmachi	Tin nùng đại đinh	1.1	35.1	O	O
						O	Rapid terminus / transfer
22	Kita-Ōmachi	Bắc đại đinh	2.1	37.2	|	↑
21	Shinano-Kizaki	Tin nùng mộc kỳ	2.2	39.4	|	O
20	Inao	Đạo đuôi	2.2	41.6	|	↑
19	Uminokuchi	Hải ノ khẩu	1.3	42.9	|	↑
18	Yanaba	簗 tràng	3.4	46.3	|	O
16	Minami-Kamishiro	Nam thần thành	4.9	52.8	|	↑		Hakuba,Kitaazumi District
15	Kamishiro	Thần thành	2.4	55.2	|	O
14	Iimori	Cơm sâm	1.5	56.7	|	↑
13	Hakuba	Bạch mã	3.0	59.7	O	O
12	Shinano-Moriue	Tin nùng sâm thượng	1.9	61.6	|	O
11	Hakuba-Ōike	Bạch mã đại trì	3.8	65.4	|	↑		Otari,Kitaazumi District
10	Chikuni	Ngàn quốc	3.4	68.7	|	↑
9	Minami-Otari	Nam tiểu cốc	1.4	70.1	O	O

Closed Stations Yanabaskijōmae Stationclosed on 16 March 2019

JR West section

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance(km)		Transfers	Location
			Between stations	Total
9	Minami-Otari	Nam tiểu cốc	-	70.1		Otari, Nagano
8	Nakatsuchi	Trung thổ	4.0	74.1
7	Kita-Otari	Bắc tiểu cốc	4.4	78.5
6	Hiraiwa	Bình nham	5.5	85.0		Itoigawa, Niigata
5	Kotaki	Tiểu lung	6.8	91.8
4	Nechi	Căn biết	3.6	95.4
3	Kubiki-Ōno	Cổ thành đại dã	4.9	100.3
2	Himekawa	Cơ xuyên	1.9	102.2
1	Itoigawa	Mịch cá xuyên	3.2	105.4	Hokuriku Shinkansen ETR Nihonkai Hisui Line

History

The section between Matsumoto andShinano-Ōmachiwas built between 1915 and 1916 by the Shinano Railway(Tin nùng thiết nói,Shinano Tetsudō),which electrified the line in 1926. The company was nationalised in 1937 and was not the same entity as the presentShinano Railway.

The rest of the line was built by theJapanese Government Railways(JGR) and theJapanese National Railways(JNR) between 1929 and 1957. The Shinano-Ōmachi to Minami Otari section was electrified between 1959 and 1967. CTC signalling was commissioned in 1983, and freight services ceased in 1987.

Following privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the line was divided and assigned to JR East and JR West.

Station numbering was introduced on the line by JR East from 12 December 2016, with stations numbered in sequence from 9 (Minami-Otari) to 42 (Matsumoto).

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan