Tadami Line

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Tadami Line
Tadamigawa Bridge No. 1, November 2020
Overview
Native name只見線
StatusIn operation
OwnerJR East
LocaleFukushima, Niigata Prefectures
Termini
Stations36
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)File:JR logo (east).svg JR East
Rolling stockKiHa 110 series, KiHa E120, AT-350 series, AT-400 series, AT-500 series, AT-600 series, AT-700 series DMU
History
Opened1928
Technical
Line length135.2 km (84.0 mi)
Number of tracksEntire line single tracked
CharacterRural and scenic
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
ElectrificationNone
Operating speed65 km/h (40 mph)
Route map
File:JR Tadami Line linemap.svg

The Tadami Line (只見線, Tadami-sen) is a 135-kilometre (84 mi) scenic railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Aizu-Wakamatsu Station at Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima Prefecture with Koide Station at Uonuma in Niigata Prefecture.[1]

The line opened in discontinuous stages between 1928 and 1971. Because of trouble financing rainstorm damage repairs, the line had no rail service between Aizu-Kawaguchi and Tadami station from July 2011 until October 2022.[2][3][4] During this time, a replacement bus operated between Aizu-Kawaguchi and Tadami.[5][6] Full service on the line resumed on 1 October 2022.

Services

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File:Linemap of Tadami Line with Stations.svg
Linemap

All trains are local (all-stations) services, with approximately eight to nine trains in each direction per day. Only three round-trips operate over the entire line, and some seasonal trains operate through onto the line from the Ban'etsu West and Jōetsu lines. Due to the many curves on the line trains take over four hours to traverse its 135.2 km (84.0 mi) length.[7]

Station list

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  • All trains stop at every station.
  • Trains can pass each other at stations marked "◇", "∨", "∧"; they cannot pass at those marked "｜".
Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers   Location
Between
stations 		Total
Aizu-Wakamatsu 会津若松 – 0.0 ■Ban'etsu West Line ∨ Aizuwakamatsu Fukushima
Nanukamachi 七日町 1.3 1.3   ｜
Nishi-Wakamatsu 西若松 1.8 3.1 ■Aizu Railway Aizu Line[* 1] ◇
Aizu-Hongō 会津本郷 3.4 6.5   ｜
Aizu-Takada 会津高田 4.8 11.3   ｜ Aizumisato, Ōnuma District
Negishi 根岸 3.5 14.8   ｜
Niitsuru 新鶴 2.0 16.8   ｜
Wakamiya 若宮 2.1 18.9   ｜ Aizubange, Kawanuma District
Aizu-Bange 会津坂下 2.7 21.6   ◇
Tōdera 塔寺 4.4 26.0   ｜
Aizu-Sakamoto 会津坂本 3.7 29.7   ｜
Aizu-Yanaizu 会津柳津 3.6 33.3   ｜ Yanaizu, Kawanuma District
Gōdo 郷戸 3.6 36.9   ｜
Takiya 滝谷 2.7 39.6   ｜
Aizu-Hinohara 会津桧原 1.9 41.5   ｜ Mishima, Ōnuma District
Aizu-Nishikata 会津西方 2.2 43.7   ｜
Aizu-Miyashita 会津宮下 1.7 45.4   ◇
Hayato 早戸 5.8 51.2   ｜
Aizu-Mizunuma 会津水沼 3.9 55.1   ｜ Kaneyama, Ōnuma District
Aizu-Nakagawa 会津中川 3.2 58.3   ｜
Aizu-Kawaguchi 会津川口 2.5 60.8   ◇
Honna 本名 2.8 63.6   ｜
Aizu-Kosugawa 会津越川 6.4 70.0   ｜
Aizu-Yokota 会津横田 3.2 73.2   ｜
Aizu-Ōshio 会津大塩 2.2 75.4   ｜
Aizu-Shiozawa 会津塩沢 5.5 80.9   ｜ Tadami, Minamiaizu District
Aizu-Gamō 会津蒲生 3.0 83.9   ｜
Tadami 只見 4.5 88.4   ◇
(Tagokura) (田子倉) 6.8 90.7  Station Closed 16 March 2013 ◇
Ōshirakawa 大白川 19.5 109.2   ◇ Uonuma Niigata
(Kakinoki) (柿ノ木) 3.2 112.4  Station Closed 14 March 2015 ｜
Irihirose 入広瀬 6.4 115.6   ｜
Kamijō 上条 3.1 118.7   ｜
Echigo-Suhara 越後須原 4.4 123.1   ｜
Uonuma-Tanaka 魚沼田中 3.9 127.0   ｜
Echigo-Hirose 越後広瀬 2.5 129.5   ｜
Yabukami 藪神 2.1 131.6   ｜
Koide 小出 3.6 135.2 ■Jōetsu Line ∧
  1. ^ All Aizu Line trains run through to Aizu-Wakamatsu Station.

History

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Openings

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The eastern section of the line from Aizu-Wakamatsu to Aizu-Yanaizu opened in 1928. The eastern section was extended to Aizu-Miyashita in 1941 and to Aizu-Kawaguchi in 1956. At that time, the Tagokura Dam was under construction and a light railway was built to link Aizu-Kawaguchi with the construction site in order to transport construction material. In 1963, after the dam was completed, the construction railway was upgraded and opened to Tadami as part of the eastern section.[5]

In the meantime, the western section of the line, from Koide to Oshirakawa, had opened in 1942. In 1971, the two sections were connected with the opening of the passenger only line between Oshirakawa and Tadami.[5]

Closures

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Freight services ceased between 1980 and 1982.[citation needed]

Damage from heavy rain storms in July 2011 forced the section of the line between Aizu-Kawaguchi and Ōshirakawa to be closed. The section between Tadami and Ōshirakawa was reopened on 1 October 2012, but the restoration of the remaining section between Aizu-Kawaguchi and Tadami proved more problematic.[8] Eventually, JR East reached an agreement with Fukushima Prefecture under which the prefecture would buy the rail infrastructure and land while hiring out its operation to JR East.[9] After 11 years with a replacement bus service, the closed section resumed operations on 1 October 2022.[6]

Tagokura Station, located between Ōshirakawa and Tadami, was closed in 2013.[10] Kakinoki Station, between Irihirose and Ōshirakawa, was closed in 2015.[11] Both of these station closures were due to very low usage.

Rolling stock

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Former

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