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Railway	Line	Linetype
Aoimori	Aoimori Tetsudō	Non JR railway
IGR	Iwate Ginga Tetsudō	Non JR railway

Aoimori 青い森鉄道 Aoimori Tetsudō Aoimori Railway

The main owners are Aomori prefecture (55%) and Hachinohe city (11.72%).

Aoimori Tetsudō 青い森鉄道線 1067 mm 20 kV 50 Hz AC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Aomori Hachinohe

Opened	1891
Tracks	Double track

The line is the former JR Tōhoku line. When Tōhoku Shinkansen opened between Morioka and Hachinohe in December 2002, the old line was transferred to IGR Iwate Ginga Railway and Aoimori Railway. In December 2010, Tōhoku Shinkansen was extended to Shin-Aomori and the old Tōhoku line between Hachinohe and Aomori was transferred to Aoimori Railway.
The line is used by the Cassiopeia and Hokutosei night trains between Ueno (Tōkyō) and Sapporo. However, they don't serve any stations along the line.
Name: Aoi Mori means "Blue Forest".

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Metoki	IGR: Iwate Ginga Tetsudō	0.0	Sannohe-machi	Aomori
Map	Map	Sannohe		5.5	Nanbu-chō
Map	Map	Hachinohe	JR East: Hachinohe, JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen	25.9	Hachinohe-shi
Map	Map	Misawa	Towadakankō: Towadakankō Dentetsu	46.9	Misawa-shi
Map	Map	Noheji	JR East: Ōminato	77.3	Noheji-machi
Map	Map	Asamushi-onsen		104.7	Aomori-shi
Map	Map	Aomori	JR East: Ōu Hon (Akita - Aomori), JR East: Tsugaru, JR Hokkaidō: Kaikyō	121.9	Aomori-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 6, 2010

Type	Name	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Trains per day	Fastest train	Average speed
Rapid Kaisoku 快速		Sannohe - Hachinohe - Aomori	1	1h43	68 km/h
		Hachinohe - Aomori	2	1h17	75 km/h
		Hachinohe - Noheji -JR Ōminato line - Ōminato	2	1h40	66 km/h
		Ōminato - JR Ōminato line - Noheji - Aomori - Shin-Aomori Seasonal train	2	1h51	58 km/h
		Ōminato - JR Ōminato line - Noheji - Aomori	2	1h47	58 km/h
		Asamushi-onsen - Aomori (-JR Ōu line - Ōdate)	1	20 min	52 km/h
Local Futsū 普通	From IGR	Morioka - Hachinohe	12	1h47	61 km/h
		Morioka - Ninohe	1	1h09	62 km/h
		Kozuya - Hachinohe	1	1h00	48 km/h
		Ninohe - Hachinohe - Aomori	1	2h21	57 km/h
		Sannohe - Hachinohe - Aomori	1	1h51	63 km/h
		Sannohe - Hachinohe	2	22 min	56 km/h
		Hachinohe - Aomori	11	1h29	65 km/h
		Hachinohe - Misawa	2	20 min	63 km/h
		Noheji - Aomori - Shin-Aomoti	1	59 min	49 km/h
		Noheji - Aomori	2	45 min	59 km/h
		Asamushi-onsen - Aomori	5	22 min	47 km/h

IGR IGRいわて銀河鉄道 IGR Iwate Ginga Tetsudō IGR Iwate Galaxy Railway

The main owners are Iwate prefecture (54.06%) and Morioka city (15.84%).

Iwate Ginga Tetsudō いわて銀河鉄道線 1067 mm 20 kV 50 Hz AC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Hachinohe Morioka

Opened	1891
Tracks	Double track

The line used to be a part of JR Tōhoku line. When the Shinkansen was opened between Morioka and Hachinohe in December 2002, the old line was transferred to IGR Iwate Ginga Railway and Aoimori Railway.
Name: Ginga means "Galaxy" so the railway is sometimes called "Iwate Galaxy" in English text.
The line is used by the Cassiopeia and Hokutosei night trains between Ueno (Tōkyō) and Sapporo. However, they don't serve any stations along the line. The section Morioka - Kōma is also used by JR Hanawa line trains for Ōdate.

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Morioka	JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen, JR East: Tōhoku Hon (Sendai - Morioka), JR East: Yamada, JR East: Akita Shinkansen, JR East: Tazawako	0.0	Morioka-shi	Iwate
Map	Map	Takizawa		12.2	Takizawa-mura
Map	Map	Kōma	JR East: Hanawa	21.3	Morioka-shi
Map	Map	Iwate-Numakunai	JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen	32.0	Iwate-machi
Map	Map	Kozuya		59.8	Ichinohe-machi
Map	Map	Ichinohe		64.5	Ichinohe-machi
Map	Map	Ninohe	JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen	70.8	Ninohe-shi
Map	Map	Kindaichi-onsen		78.4	Ninohe-shi
Map	Map	Metoki	Aoimori: Aoimori Tetsudō	82.0	Sannohe-machi	Aomori

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 6, 2010

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Trains per day	Fastest train	Average speed
Local Futsū 普通	Morioka - Hachinohe	12	1h47	61 km/h
	Morioka - Ninohe	1	1h09	62 km/h
	Morioka - Iwate-Numakunai	10	34 min	56 km/h
	Morioka - Takizawa	12	15 min	49 km/h
	Kozuya - Hachinohe	1	1h00	48 km/h
	Ninohe - Hachinohe - Aomori	1	2h21	57 km/h
JR Local	Morioka - Kōma - Hanawa line	9	25 min	51 km/h

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This page is updated Dec 12, 2011