Yamada Line (JR East)

Yamada Line
Yamada Line
	A KiHa 110 series DMU car on the Yamada Line in March 2012
Overview
Native name	山田線
Status	In operation
Owner	JR East
Locale	Iwate Prefecture
Termini	Morioka; Miyako;
Stations	15
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR East
Rolling stock	KiHa 110 series DMU
History
Opened	10 October 1923
Technical
Line length	102.1 km (63.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	85 km/h (53 mph)
Route map
Route map

Yamada Line

Legend

km

Tazawako Line &

Akita Shinkansen

Tōhoku
Main Line
│
Iwate Galaxy
Railway Line

Tōhoku Shinkansen

0.0

2.8

3.5

9.9

19.2

Asagishi Tunnel No.1

27.6

Asagishi

Asuka Tunnel No.2

Asuka Tunnel No.3

35.6

Kuzakai

43.6

Matsukusa

52.2

Hiratsuto

Ōtoge Tunnel

Shimotatsusōbe Tunnel

61.5

65.7

73.5

82.6

Iwaizumi Line

87.0

91.5

94.5

98.8

Sanriku Railway Rias Line

102.1

Miyako

Sanriku Railway Rias Line

Old type Yamada Line diesel cars (right) and new type ones (left) at Miyako Station in 2002

The Yamada Line (山田線, Yamada-sen) is a regional railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]^[2] The railway line connects Morioka Station in Morioka City to Miyako Station in Miyako City, and is named after the town of Yamada in Iwate Prefecture, which the line used to serve. The railway line traverses through the Kitakami Mountains,^[1] running parallel to National Route 106 for most of its length.

^ ^a ^b Takayuki Haraguchi (24 November 2009). 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線国鉄・JR 21号 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun Publishing. p. 18. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ "RJNET-JP 鉄道ジャーナル". Railway Journal (in Japanese). 21 (1): 111–112. January 1987. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[JR_History_Magazine-1] Takayuki Haraguchi (24 November 2009). 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線国鉄・JR 21号 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun Publishing. p. 18. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[RJ241-2] "RJNET-JP 鉄道ジャーナル". Railway Journal (in Japanese). 21 (1): 111–112. January 1987. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

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