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in northern Japan, with all station located within the city of

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. This is the only railway line operated by the .

History

On August 1, 1922, the privately owned completed its West Line, connecting with over 11.6 rail kilometers, and renamed itself the . The line was nationalized on September 1, 1937 becoming the

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(JGR) and the line was extended by an additional 4.1 kilometers to by December 15 of the same year. The line was further extended an additional 7.3 kilometers to its present terminus at by October 21, 1938. The JGR became the

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(JNR) after World War II. All scheduled freight services were discontinued from March 10, 1981. In 1985, the operations of the former Yashima Line were taken over by the third sector company Yuri Kōgen Railway.

Proposed connecting line

* Maego Station - The Yokote Railway Co. opened a 38 km line from Yokote on the

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to Oikata between 1918 and 1930. Construction commenced on an extension to this station but it was not completed. The 12 km section from Oikata - Niiyama was closed following typhoon damage in 1947, the 7 km section from Niiyama - Tateai closed in 1965 when a bridge was destroyed by floodwaters, and the balance of the line closed in 1971.

Basic data

*Distance: 23.0 km (14.3 mi) *

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: *Stations: 12 *Track: Entire line single tracked *Power: Internal combustion (Diesel) *

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**Ugo-Honjō — Maegō:

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token **Maegō — Yashima:

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token

Stations

Rolling stock

As of August 2020, the line operates the following

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(DMUs): * YR-2000 (total 2 cars) * YR-3000 (total 3 cars) File:YR-2001 at Ugo-Honjō Station.jpg, YR-2001 File:YR-3001.jpg, YR-3001

Former rolling stock

* YR-1000/YR-1500 (total 5 cars) YR-1501 at Ugo-Honjō Station.jpg, YR-1501

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yuri Kogen Railway Chokai Sanroku Line Railway lines in Japan Rail transport in Akita Prefecture Railway lines opened in 1922 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Companies based in Akita Prefecture Japanese third-sector railway lines