Kitayama Rail Pages
Ōu line [Akita - Aomori]


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

Ōu Hon (Akita - Aomori) 奥羽本線 1067 mm     20 kV 50 Hz AC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Aomori Akita
Opened1894Aomori - HirosakiTracksDouble trackKado - MoritakeTracksSingle trackHayaguchi - Ōdate
1895 - 1902Hirosaki - AkitaSingle trackMoritake - TsurugataDouble trackŌdate - Nagamine
TracksDouble trackAkita - OiwakeDouble trackTsurugata - MaeyamaSingle trackNagamine - Ishikawa
Single trackOiwake - Ugo-IizukaSingle track Maeyama - TakanosuDouble trackIshikawa - Kawabe
Double trackUgo-Iizuka - HachirōgataDouble trackTakanosu - HayaguchiSingle trackKawabe - Aomori
Single trackHachirōgata - Kado
Gonō line trains use Ōu line between Hirosaki and Kawabe. More details in the Gōno section.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Akita JR East: Akita Shinkansen, JR East: Ōu Hon (Shinjō - Akita), JR East: Uetsu Hon 298.7 Akita-shi Akita
Oiwake JR East: Oga 311.7 Akita-shi
Ugo-Iizuka
322.2 Katagami-shi
Hachirōgata
327.5 Hachirōgata-machi
Kado
338.4 Mitane-chō
Moritake
345.1 Mitane-chō
Higashi-Noshiro JR East: Gonō 355.4 Noshiro-shi
Tsurugata
360.3 Noshiro-shi
Maeyama
379.5 Kitaakita-shi
Takanosu Akita Nairiku: Akita Nairiku 384.9 Kitaakita-shi
Hayaguchi
393.5 Ōdate-shi
Ōdate JR East: Hanawa 402.9 Ōdate-shi
Ikarigaseki
427.2 Hirakawa-shi Aomori
Nagamine
432.0 Ōwani-machi
Ōwani-onsen Kōnan Tetsudō: Ōwani [Ōwani] 435.3 Ōwani-machi
Ishikawa
440.7 Hirosaki-shi
Hirosaki Kōnan Tetsudō: Kōnan 447.1 Hirosaki-shi
Kawabe JR East: Gonō 453.4 Inakadate-mura
Shin-Aomori JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen 480.6 Aomori-shi
Aomori Aoimori: Aoimori Tetsudō, JR East: Tsugaru, JR Hokkaidō: Kaikyō 484.5 Aomori-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 6, 2010
TypeNameOrigin - Major stops - DestinationFrequencyTrains
per day
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Limited Express
Tokkyū
特急
Tsugaru
つがる
Akita - Aomori
42h3970 km/h
Ōdate - Aomori
21h1466 km/h
Super Hakuchō
スーパー白鳥
Shin-Aomori - Aomori - Hakodate
82h0380 km/h
Hakuchō
白鳥
Shin-Aomori - Aomori - Hakodate
22h1871 km/h
Rapid
Kaisoku
快速
Resort Shirakami
リゾートしらかみ
Akita - Gonō line - Fukaura - Kawabe - Hirosaki - Aomori
Seasonal train

25h0948 km/h

Akita - Ōdate
11h3069 km/h
Hirosaki - Aomori
142 min53 km/h
Fukaura
深浦
Fukaura -Gonō line - Kawabe - Aomori
13h1534 km/h
Resort Asunaro Shimokita
リゾートあすなろ下北
Shin-Aomori - Aomori - Noheji - Ōminato
Seasonal train

21h4859 km/h
Resort Asunaro Tsugaru
リゾートあすなろ津軽
Shin-Aomori - Aomori - Kanita
Seasonal train

159 min31 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通

Uga-Honjō - Akita - Oiwake
11h0254 km/h
Akita - Oiwake - Oga line - Oga
1754 min44 km/h
Akita - Hachirōgata
631 min56 km/h
Akita - Higasi-Noshiro
457 min60 km/h
Akita - Higasi-Noshiro - Ōdate
81h4460 km/h
Akita - Higasi-Noshiro - Ōdate - Hirosaki
12h4255 km/h
Akita - Higasi-Noshiro - Ōdate - Hirosaki - Aomori
13h2355 km/h
Takanosu - Ōdate
121 min51 km/h
Ōdate - Hirosaki 144 min60 km/h
Ōdate - Hirosaki - Aomori 71h2856 km/h
Ikarigaseki - Hirosaki
220 min60 km/h
Hirosaki - Aomori
1342 min53 km/h
Shin-Aomori - Aomori - Aoimori Railway - Hachinohe
11h5154 km/h
Shin-Aomori - Aomori - Aoimori Railway - Asamushi-onsen
137 min34 km/h
Shin-Aomori - Aomori
17 min33 km/h
Sleeper Limited Express
Shindai tokkyū
寝台特急
Akebono
あけぼの
Ueno - Takasaki - Akita - Aomori
112h4161 km/h
Nihonkai
日本海
Ōsaka - Kyōto - Naoetsu - Niitsu - Akita - Aomori
114h5868 km/h
Twilight Express
トワイライトエクスプレス
Ōsaka - Niitsu - Uetsu line - (no stops) - Muroran line - Tōya - Sapporo
3-7 times/week


22h0268 km/h


This page is updated Jan 4, 2012