The Yonesaka Line (米坂線 Yonesaka-sen) is a rail line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it runs from Yonezawa Station in Yamagata Prefecture to Sakamachi Station in Niigata Prefecture. At Yonezawa, connections to the Yamagata Shinkansen and Ōu Main Line can be made; while the Uetsu Main Line connects at Sakamachi Station.
The line takes its name from the first kanji of Yonezawa (米沢) and Sakamachi (坂町).
| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) (from Yonezawa Station) |
Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonezawa | 米沢 | 0.0 | Yamagata Shinkansen, Ōu Main Line | Yonezawa | Yamagata Prefecture |
| Minami-Yonezawa | 南米沢 | 3.1 | |||
| Nishi-Yonezawa | 西米沢 | 6.5 | |||
| Narushima | 成島 | 9.6 | |||
| Chūgun | 中郡 | 12.5 | Kawanishi | ||
| Uzen-Komatsu | 羽前小松 | 16.9 | |||
| Inukawa | 犬川 | 19.4 | |||
| Imaizumi | 今泉 | 23.0 | Nagai | ||
| Hagyū | 萩生 | 27.3 | Iide | ||
| Uzen-Tsubaki | 羽前椿 | 30.1 | |||
| Tenoko | 手ノ子 | 34.7 | |||
| Uzen-Numazawa | 羽前沼沢 | 43.9 | Oguni | ||
| Isaryō | 伊佐領 | 50.0 | |||
| Uzen-Matsuoka | 羽前松岡 | 54.7 | |||
| Oguni | 小国 | 58.3 | |||
| Echigo-Kanamaru | 越後金丸 | 67.8 | Sekikawa | Niigata Prefecture |
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| Echigo-Katakai | 越後片貝 | 73.1 | |||
| Echigo-Shimoseki | 越後下関 | 79.7 | |||
| Echigo-Ōshima | 越後大島 | 83.5 | |||
| Sakamachi | 坂町 | 90.7 | Uetsu Main Line | Arakawa | |
Rolling stock
As of February 2009, the following rolling stock is used on the Yonesaka Line.
All are based at Niitsu Depot.
References
- ^ JR East Niigata Area press release, (16 October 2008). Retrieved on 17 October 2008. (Japanese)
External links
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