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Kamaishi line


JR East 東日本旅客鉄道 [JR東日本]  Higashi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō [JR East]     East Japan Railway

Kamaishi 釜石線 JR railway      1067 mm     Non-electric
Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Kamaishi Line

Opened1913 - 1915Hanamaki - Sennintoge (see text below)Regauged1943 - 1950Hanamaki - Ashigase from 762 mm to 1067 mm
1944Kamaishi - Rikuchū-ŌhashiTracksSingle track
1950Ashigase - Rikuchū-Ōhashi
The railway was opened as a 762mm-railway from Hanamaki to Sennintoge (Sennin Pass), which is 3.9 km NE of present Ashigase station. The plan was to reach Kamaishi.
However, the railway company couldn't afford to complete the railway due to the very steep gradient.
The freight was instead taken by a cable way, the passengers had to walk down to Ōhashi. From there, it was a mining railway to Kamaishi.
After many troubles, due to war and tyhpoons, a new line was built another way over the mountain from Ashigase to Ōhashi and Kamaishi.
MapsKmStation name Official name Furigana nameConnecting linesCityPrefecture
0.0 Hanamaki花巻はなまき JR East: Tōhoku hon >Sendai >Morioka
Hanamaki-shi Iwate
3.5 Nitanai似内にたない
6.4 Shin-Hanamaki新花巻しんはなまき JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen >Tōkyō >Shin-Aomori
8.3 Oyamada小山田おやまだ
12.7 Tsuchizawa土沢つちざわ
15.9 Haruyama晴山はるやま
21.7 Iwanebashi岩根橋いわねばし
Tōno-shi
25.1 Miyamori宮守みやもり
31.2 Kashiwagidaira柏木平かしわぎだいら
33.6 Masuzawa鱒沢ますざわ
36.4 Arayamae荒谷前あらやまえ
39.3 Iwate-Futsukamachi岩手二日町いわてふつかまち
41.1 Ayaori綾織あやおり
46.0 Tōno遠野とおの
50.3 Aozasa青笹あおざさ
53.8 Iwate-Kamigō岩手上郷いわてかみごう
56.6 Hirakura平倉ひらくら
61.2 Ashigase足ヶ瀬あしがせ
65.4 Kami-Arisu上有住かみありす
Sumita-chō
73.7 Rikuchū-Ōhashi陸中大橋りくちゅうおおはし
Kamaishi-shi
79.6 Dōsen洞泉どうせん
83.2 Matsukura松倉まつくら
86.5 Kosano小佐野こさの
90.2 Kamaishi釜石かまいし Sanriku: Rias >Sakari >Miyako


This page is updated Mar 29, 2023