Yonesaka line and Yamagata Railway

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

Yonesaka 米坂線 1067 mm Non-electric

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Tsuruoka Sendai & Yamagata Fukushima

Opened

1926-1936

Tracks

Single track

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Yonezawa	JR East: Ōu Hon [Yamagata] (Fukushima - Shinjō ), JR East: Yamagata Shinkansen	0.0	Yonezawa-shi	Yamagata
Map	Map	Imaizumi	Yamagata: Flower (Furawa) Nagai	23.0	Nagai-shi
Map	Map	Uzen-Tsubaki		30.1	Iide-machi
Map	Map	Oguni		58.3	Oguni-machi
Map	Map	Sakamachi	JR East: Uetsu Hon	90.7	Murakami-shi	Niigata

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern was accurate at: Mar 28, 2011

Type	Name	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Trains per day	Fastest train	Average speed
Rapid Kaisoku 快速	Benibana べにばな	Yonezawa - Sakamachi - Niigata	1	2h54	48 km/h
Local Futsū 普通		Yonezawa - Sakamachi	4	1h54	48 km/h
		Yonezawa - Uzen-Tsubaki	3	39 min	46 km/h
		Yonezawa - Imaizumi	1	33 min	42 km/h
		Oguni - Sakamachi	1	37 min	53 km/h

Yamagata 山形鉄道 Yamagata Tetsudō Yamagata Railway Company

Main owners: Yamagata Prefecture (31.4%), Nagai City (12.5%), Nanyō City (7.5%), Shirataka Town (7.1%)

You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page: Sendai & Yamagata

Opened	1913-1923		Tracks	Single track
Owner change	1988	From JR to Yamagata Railway

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Akayu	JR East: Ōu Hon [Yamagata] (Fukushima - Shinjō ), JR East: Yamagata Shinkansen	0.0	Nanyō-shi	Yamagata
Map	Map	Imaizumi	JR East: Yonesaka	12.2	Nagai-shi
Map	Map	Nagai		18.3	Nagai-shi
Map	Map	Arato		30.5	Shirataka-machi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern was accurate at: Mar 18, 2011

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Trains per day	Fastest train	Average speed
Local Futsū 普通	Akayu - Arato	12	53 min	35 km/h

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This page is updated Mar 30, 2011