Yagan Railway

An Aizu Kinugawa Line train pulling out of Ryūōkyō Station, 2013

The Yagan Railway Co., Ltd. (野の岩がん鉄道てつどう株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ, Yagan Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a third-sector Japanese railway company whose major shareholders include the Tochigi and Fukushima prefectural governments. It operates a single railway line, the Aizu Kinugawa Line (会津鬼怒川線あいづきぬがわせん, Aizu Kinugawa-sen).

The name of the line comes from the kanji characters of the ancient provinces of Shimotsuke (下した野の) (now Tochigi Prefecture) and Iwashiro (岩いわ代だい) (now Fukushima Prefecture).

Aizu Kinugawa Line

Route map of Aizu Kinugawa Line

The Aizu Kinugawa Line (会津鬼怒川線あいづきぬがわせん, Aizu Kinugawa-sen) is a 30.7 kilometre railway line from Shin-Fujiwara Station in Nikkō, Tochigi to Aizu-Kōgen Oze-guchi Station Minamiaizu, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture. Its nickname is the Hot Spa. Line (ほっとスパ・ライン, Hotto Supa Rain, lit. Relaxing Spa. Line).

The name of the line comes from the Aizu area at the northern end and the Kinugawa Onsen hot spring resort area at the southern end.

History

The construction began as a part of the Japan Railway Construction Corporation. It was taken over by Yagan Railway.

• 9 October 1986: Starts operations.
• 12 October 1990: Direct service onto Aizu-Tajima Station on Aizu Railway Aizu Line begins.
• 18 March 2006: The nickname Hot Spa. Line debuts.

Stations

• Limited Express Revaty Aizu (リバティ会津あいづ) is a Limited Express service operated by Tobu Railway. Reserved seats cost 380 yen on the Aizu-Kinugawa Line. However, there is in a case of passengers do not have to purchase the Express Ticket for reserving the seats if you get on and off at stations in between Kinugawaonsen Station and Aizu-Tajima Station.
• Aizu Mount Express (Aizuマウントエクスプレス) is operated by Aizu Railway. Passengers can ride on the trains without an additional ticket.
• Ozatoro Tenbo Ressha Yu-Meguri (お座ざトロ展望てんぼう列車れっしゃ 湯ゆめぐり号ごう) is operated by Aizu Railway. Reserved seats cost 320 yen.

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Revaty Aizu	Aizu Mount Express	Open-car "torokko" Ozatoro Tenbō Ressha	Transfers	Location
		Between stations	Total
Shin-Fujiwara	新しん藤原ふじわら	-	0.0	●	●	●	Tōbu Kinugawa Line	Nikkō	Tochigi Prefecture
Ryūōkyō	龍王りゅうおう峡かい	1.7	1.7	●	●	↓
Kawaji-Onsen	川治かわじ温泉おんせん	3.1	4.8	●	●	↓
Kawaji-Yumoto	川治かわじ湯元ゆもと	1.2	6.0	●	●	●
Yunishigawa-Onsen	湯西川ゆにしかわ温泉おんせん	4.3	10.3	●	●	●
Nakamiyori-Onsen	中三依なかみより温泉おんせん	6.5	16.8	●	●	↓
Kamimiyori-Shiobara-Onsenguchi	上三依かみみより塩原しおばら温泉おんせん口こう	4.2	21.0	●	●	●
Ojika-Kōgen	男鹿おが高原こうげん	4.0	25.0	↕	↕	↓
Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi	会津高原あいづこうげん尾瀬おぜ口こう	5.7	30.7	●	●	●	Aizu Railway Aizu Line	Minamiaizu, Fukushima, Minamiaizu District	Fukushima

References

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

External links

Official Website(Ja)