Kitayama Rail Pages
Ishinomaki and Kesennuma lines


Lines on this page
Railway Line Linetype
JR East IshinomakiJR railway

KesennumaJR railway
Kurihara
CLOSEDNon JR railway

JR East 東日本旅客鉄道  Higashi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō     East Japan Railway

Ishinomaki 石巻線 1067 mm     Non-electric
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page: Sendai & Yamagata
Opened1912Kogota - Ishinomaki (762 mm)Re-gauged1920762 mm > 1067 mm
1939Ishinomaki - OnagawaTracksSingle track 
Between Kogota and Maeyachi is Ishinomaki line also used by Kesennuma line trains (see below).
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Kogota JR East: Tōhoku Hon (Sendai - Morioka), JR East: Rikuu-tō 0.0 Misato-machi Miyagi
Maeyachi JR East: Kesennuma 12.8 Ishinomaki-shi
Ishinomaki JR East: Senseki 27.9 Ishinomaki-shi
Onagawa
44.9 Onagawa-chō

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Nov 7, 2011
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Local
Futsū
普通
Kogota - Maeyachi315 min51 km/h
Kogota - Maeyachi - Kesennuma line - Yanaizu440 min45 km/h
Kogota - Ishinomaki1136 min47 km/h

Ishinomaki - OnagawaSuspended



Kesennuma 気仙沼線 1067 mm     Non-electric
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page: Sendai & Yamagata
Opened1957Kesennuma - MotoyoshiTracksSingle track 
1968Maeyachi - YanaizuFastest train1h16Rapid Minami Sanriku
1977Yanaizu - MotoyoshiAverage speed57 km/h 
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Maeyachi JR East: Ishinomaki 0.0 Ishinomaki-shi Miyagi
Yanaizu
17.5 Tome-shi
Shizugawa
33.7 Minamisanriku-chō
Motoyoshi
51.5 Kesennuma-shi
Kesennuma JR East: Ōfunato 72.8 Kesennuma-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Nov 7, 2011
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Local
Futsū
普通
Kogota - Maeyachi - Yanaizu440 min45 km/h
Maeyachi - Yanaizu324 min44 km/h

Yanaizu - KesennumaSuspended



Kurihara Kurihara Den'en Tetsudō     

1067 mm     Non-electric
ClosedApril 1, 2007
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Ishikoshi JR East: Tōhoku Hon (Sendai - Morioka) 0.0 Tome-shi Miyagi
Map Map Hosokura Mine Park mae
25.7 Kurihara-shi


This page is updated Nov 7, 2011