Kitayama Rail Pages
Konan Railway


Lines on this page
Railway Line Linetype
Kōnan Tetsudō KōnanNon JR railway

ŌwaniNon JR railway

Kōnan Tetsudō 弘南鉄道  Kōnan Tetsudō     Konan Railway
The name Kōnan is derived from the alternative reading "Kō" of the first kanji "Hiro" in Hirosaki, and "Nan" which means "South".

Kōnan 弘南線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page: Aomori
Opened1927Hirosaki -Tsugaru-Onoe TracksSingle track
1950Tsugaru-Onoe - Kuroishi
From Kuroishi, there was a railway to Kawabe which was closed in 1998.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Hirosaki JR East: Ōu Hon (Akita - Aomori) 0.0 Hirosaki-shi Aomori
Tsugaru-Onoe
11.1 Hirakawa-shi
Kuroishi
16.8 Kuroishi-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 1, 2011
Origin - DestinationTrains
per day
Daytime
frequency
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Hirosaki - Kuroishi29Every 30 min28 min36 km/h


Ōwani 大鰐線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page: Aomori
Opened1952TracksSingle track
The line starts at Chūō-Hirosaki, a station in Hirosaki city about 1 km from JR Hirosaki station.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Chūō-Hirosaki
0.0 Hirosaki-shi Aomori
Ōwani JR East: Ōu Hon (Akita - Aomori) [Ōwani-onsen] 13.9 Ōwani-machi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 1, 2011
Origin - DestinationTrains
per day
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Chūō-Hirosaki - Ōwani2028 min30 km/h


This page is updated Dec 12, 2011