Abukuma Express Line
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Abukuma Express Line | |
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Overview | |
Status | Operational |
Owner | Abukuma Express |
Locale | Tohoku region |
Termini | |
Stations | 23 |
Service | |
Type | Heavy rail |
History | |
Opened | 1 April 1968 |
Technical | |
Line length | 54.9 km (34.1 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Minimum radius | 500 m |
Electrification | 20 kV AC (50 |
Operating speed | 95 km/h (60 mph)[1] |
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Station list
[edit]Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |
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Fukushima | 0.0 | Tōhoku Main Line, Tōhoku Shinkansen, Ōu Main Line, Yamagata Shinkansen, Iizaka Line | Fukushima | Fukushima Prefecture | |
Oroshimachi | 5.6 | ||||
Fukushima Gakuin-mae | 6.5 | ||||
Senoue | 7.5 | ||||
Mukaisenoue | 8.6 | ||||
Takako | 10.1 | Date | |||
Kamihobara | 11.5 | ||||
Hobara | 12.8 | ||||
Ōizumi | 13.9 | ||||
Niida | 15.4 | ||||
Nitta | 17.0 | ||||
Yanagawa | 18.3 | ||||
Yanagawa Kibōnomori Kōen-mae | やながわ |
20.0 | |||
Tomino | 22.1 | ||||
Kabuto | 25.2 | ||||
Abukuma | あぶくま | 29.4 | Marumori | Miyagi Prefecture | |
Marumori | 37.5 | ||||
Kita-Marumori | 39.2 | ||||
Minami-Kakuda | 41.6 | Kakuda | |||
Kakuda | 43.3 | ||||
Yokokura | 45.2 | ||||
Oka | 47.7 | ||||
Higashi-Funaoka | 51.3 | Shibata | |||
Tsukinoki | 54.9 | Tōhoku Main Line |
History
[edit]The line first opened on 1 April 1968 as the Marumori Line (
In September 1981, the line was proposed for possible closure.[1]
Ownership of the line was transferred to the third-sector Abukuma Express operator from 1 July 1986, initially using former JNR KiHa 22 diesel trains.[1]
The entire line was opened and electrified between Tsukino and Fukushima from 1 July 1988.[1]
On 14 February 2021, all services were suspended due to the 2021 Fukushima earthquake.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック
日本 の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. - ^ "
東北新幹線 運転 見合 わせ全線 での再開 は10日 前後 かかる見込 み" [Tohoku Shinkansen operation suspension It is expected that it will take about 10 days to restart all lines.]. NHK Japan (in Japanese). February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)
- Video of the "Masamune Date ni Kuru" anime themed train wrapping in 2016