Uetsu Main Line
The Uetsu Main Line (羽越本線 Uetsu Honsen) is a railway in the Tohoku region of the island of Honshu, Japan. It connects Niitsu Station in the city of Niigata, Niigata Prefecture and Akita Station in Akita, Akita Prefecture. The Uetsu Main Line is part of the JR East system.
Data
- Length: 271.1 km
- Gauge: 1067 mm
- Stations: 60
- Electrification: Entire line
- Niitsu — Murakami: 1500 VDC
- Murakami — Akita: 20 kV, 50 Hz
Stations
Key
- - DC, single-track
- = DC, multiple-track
- + AC, single-track
- AC, multiple-track
- Niitsu Station -
- Kyogase Station -
- Suibara Station -
- Kamiyama Station -
- Tsukioka Station -
- Nakaura Station -
- Shibata Station =
- Kaji Station =
- Kanazuka Station -
- Nakajo Station =
- Hirakida Station =
- Sakamachi Station =
- Hirabayashi Station -
- Iwafune Station -
- Murakami Station #
- Majima Station +
- Echigo Hayakawa Station #
- Kuwagawa Station +
- Imagawa Station +
- Echigo Kangawa Station #
- Katsugi Station +
- Fuya Station #
- Nezugaseki Station #
- Koiwagawa Station +
- Atsumi Onsen Station #
- Iragawa Station #
- Kobato Station #
- Sanze Station #
- Uzen Mizusawa Station #
- Uzen Oyama Station + Nishi Tsuruoka Signal Box+
- Tsuruoka Station + Makunouchi Signal Box+
- Fujishima Station #
- Nishibukuro Station #
- Amarume Station #
- Kitaamarume Station #
- Sagoshi Station #
- Higashisakata Station #
- Sakata Station #
- Mototate Station +
- Minamichokai Station +
- Yuza Station #
- Fukura Station +
- Mega Station +
- Kosagawa Station +
- Kamihama Station +
- Kisakata Station +
- Konoura Station #
- Nikaho Station + Deto Signal Box +
- Nishime Station #
- Ugo Honjo Station #
- Ugo Iwaya Station #
- Oriwatari Station #
- Ugo Kameda Station + Futago Signal Box +
- Iwaki Minato Station +
- Michikawa Station #
- Shimohama Station +
- Katsurane Station +
- Araya Station +
- Ugo Ushijima Station +
- Akita Station
Events
On December 25, 2005, all six cars of a limited express train on the Uetsu Line derailed in the Yamagata prefecture, about 350 kilometres (217 miles) north of Tokyo. Three of those cars turned over, causing the deaths of four people and injuring more than two dozen others.