Iwate Galaxy Railway Line
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The Iwate Galaxy Railway Line(いわて銀河鉄道線, Iwate Ginga Tetsudō-sen) is a railway line in Japan operated by the "third sector" publicly and privately owned operator Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. It connects Morioka Station in Morioka, Iwate to Metoki Station in Sannohe, Aomori.
Formerly part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Tohoku Main Line, it was separated on 1 December 2002 with the opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen which parallels the route. JR Freight services continue to travel over the line.
Operation
All services on the line are Local trains, stopping at every station.
Trains from Morioka terminate at various stations along the line such as Koma, Takizawa and Iwate-Numakunai. No trains terminate at Metoki (the northern end of the line), but instead all trains at Metoki operate a through service to/from Hachinohe on the Aoimori Railway Line.
Station list
| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between stations | Total | |||||
| Morioka | 盛岡 | - | 0.0 | Tōhoku Shinkansen Tōhoku Shinkansen ■ Tōhoku Main Line ■ Tazawako Line (■ Akita Shinkansen) ■ Yamada Line | Morioka | Iwate |
| Aoyama | 青山 | 3.2 | 3.2 | |||
| Kuriyagawa | 厨川 | 2.4 | 5.6 | |||
| Sugo | 巣子 | 4.6 | 10.2 | Takizawa | ||
| Takizawa | 滝沢 | 2.0 | 12.2 | |||
| Shibutami | 渋民 | 4.4 | 16.6 | Morioka | ||
| Kōma | 好摩 | 4.7 | 21.3 | ■ Hanawa Line (some through services) | ||
| Iwate-Kawaguchi | 岩手川口 | 5.6 | 26.9 | Iwate | ||
| Iwate-Numakunai | いわて沼宮内 | 5.1 | 32.0 | Tōhoku Shinkansen Tōhoku Shinkansen | ||
| Midō | 御堂 | 5.3 | 37.3 | |||
| Okunakayama-Kōgen | 奥中山高原 | 7.1 | 44.4 | Ichinohe | ||
| Kotsunagi | 小繋 | 7.8 | 52.2 | |||
| Kozuya | 小鳥谷 | 7.6 | 59.8 | |||
| Ichinohe | 一戸 | 4.7 | 64.5 | |||
| Ninohe | 二戸 | 6.3 | 70.8 | Tōhoku Shinkansen Tōhoku Shinkansen | Ninohe | |
| Tomai | 斗米 | 2.9 | 73.7 | |||
| Kintaichi-Onsen | 金田一温泉 | 4.7 | 78.4 | |||
| Metoki | 目時 | 3.6 | 82.0 | ■ Aoimori Railway Line (through service) | Sannohe | Aomori |
| ↓ All trains operate a through service to/from Hachinohe Station on the Aoimori Railway Line ↓ |
Rolling stock
The Iwate Galaxy Railway Company owns a fleet of IGR 7000 series 2-car electric multiple unit (EMU) trains. The fleet consists of four 7000-0 series sets, which were originally JR East 701-1000 series sets transferred from Morioka in December 2002, and three newly built 7000-100 series sets.
History
The section of the line between Morioka and Metoki first opened on 1 September 1891, and was nationalized on 1 November 1906. The line was double-tracked by 12 July 1968, and it was electrified on 22 August 1968. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the line came under the control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). From 1 December 2002, with the opening of the parallel Tohoku Shinkansen extension to Hachinohe, ownership of the line was transferred to the third-sector Iwate Galaxy Railway Company.
External links
- (in Japanese)