Uetsu Main Line

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The Uetsu Main Line (羽越 本線, Uetsu Honsen^?) is a railway in the Tohoku region of the island of Honshū, 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.

Contents 1 Data 2 Events 3 Stations 3.1 Notes 3.2 Signal Boxes 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Data

• Length: 271.1 km
• Gauge: 1,067 mm
• Stations: 60
• Electrification:
  • Niitsu — Murakami: 1,500 V DC
  • Murakami — Akita: 20 kV AC, 50 Hz

[edit] Events

On December 25, 2005, all six cars of a limited express train "Inaho No.14" on the Uetsu Line derailed in Yamagata prefecture, about 350 kilometres (217 miles) north of Tokyo. The train was headed south towards Kita-Amarume Station. Three of the cars turned over, causing the deaths of five people and injuring 33 others. Three other persons were originally reported missing, but authorities later discovered that they had disembarked from the train before the accident.

[edit] Stations

Station Name	Distance (km from Niitsu Station)	Transfers	track	DC/AC	Location
Niitsu	0.0	West Ban'etsu Line, Shin'etsu Main Line	｜	DC	Niigata	Niigata Prefecture
Kyōgase	6.1		｜		Agano
Suibara	10.2		｜
Kamiyama	13.9		｜
Tsukioka	17.8		｜		Shibata
Nakaura	21.5		｜
Shibata	26.0	Hakushin Line	∧
Kaji	30.3		∥
Kanazuka	35.3		∨
Nakajō	39.1		∧		Tainai
Hirakida	44.7		∥
Sakamachi	48.0	Yonesaka Line	∥		Arakawa
Hirabayashi	51.6		∨		Kamihayashi
Iwafunemachi	55.2		｜
Murakami	59.4		∧		Murakami
Majima	66.5		∨	AC
Echigo-Hayakawa	71.4		∧
Kuwagawa	78.3		∨		Sanpoku
Imagawa	82.6		｜
Echigo-Kangawa	87.5		∧
Gatsugi	92.8		∨
Fuya	95.9		∧
Nezugaseki	101.0		∥		Tsuruoka	Yamagata Prefecture
Koiwagawa	105.4		∨
Atsumi Onsen	109.8		∧
Iragawa	115.7		∥
Kobato	120.1		∥
Sanze	123.2		∥
Uzen-Mizusawa	128.9		∥
Uzen-Ōyama	133.4		∨
Nishi Tsuruoka S.B.	(136.6)		｜
Tsuruoka	139.4		｜
Makunouchi S.B.	(142.6)		｜
Fujishima	146.0		∧
Nishibukuro	151.1		∥		Shōnai
Amarume	154.7	West Riku'u Line	∥
Kita-Amarume	157.4		∥
Sagoshi	160.4		∥		Sakata
Higashi-Sakata	163.7		∥
Sakata	166.9		∥
Mototate	173.3		∨
Minamichōkai	175.9		｜
Yuza	179.1		∧		Yuza
Fukura	186.1		∨
Mega	189.7		｜
Kosagawa	194.8		｜		Nikaho	Akita Prefecture
Kamihama	198.5		｜
Kisakata	203.4		｜
Konoura	209.2		∧
Nikaho	214.7		∨
Deto S.B.	217.8		｜		Yurihonjō
Nishime	223.1		∧
Ugohonjō	228.9	Chōkai-Sanroku Line (Yuri-Kōgen Railway Company)	∥
Ugoiwaya	236.0		∥
Oriwatari	240.7		∨
Ugokameda	243.7		｜
Futago S.B.	247.8		｜
Iwaki-Minato	250.2		｜
Michikawa	251.8		∧
Shimohama	258.4		∨		Akita
Katsurane	261.7		｜
Araya	265.7		｜
Ugo-Ushijima	269.0		｜
Akita	271.7	Akita Shinkansen, Ōu Main Line	｜

[edit] Notes

Station	track	track(s)
Station1	｜	single
		single
Station2	∧	single
		double
Station3	∥	double
		double
Station4	∨	double
		single

DC/AC	Voltage
DC	DC 1500V
AC	AC 50Hz, 20kV

[edit] Signal Boxes

Name	A	B	coor
Nishi Tsuruoka	Tsuruoka	Uzen Oyama	38°44′30″N 139°48′06″E / 38.74173, 139.80157
Makunouchi	Tsuruoka	Fujishima	38°44′44″N 139°52′10″E / 38.74568, 139.86949
Deto	Nishime	Nikaho	39°18′42″N 139°59′02″E / 39.31176, 139.98393
Futago	Iwakiminato	Ugokameda	39°31′46″N 140°03′05″E / 39.52934, 140.05124

[edit] References

• (September 1988) JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) (Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1), JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上)^?) (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: 文春文庫 (Bunshun Bunko, 文春文庫^?), pp 236-248. ISBN 4-16-748701-2. 

[edit] See also

• (Japanese) Wikipedia Japan article on the 2005 accident
• Apology on JR East website