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IGR Iwate Ginga Tetsudō
Aoimori Aoimori Tetsudō
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 Non JR railway      1067 mm     20 kV 50 Hz AC
Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Iwate Galaxy Railway Line

Opened1891TracksDouble 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.

MapsKmStation name Official name Furigana nameConnecting linesCityPrefecture
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Google 		0.0 Morioka盛岡もりおか JR East: Akita Shinkansen >Akita
JR East: Tazawako >Ōmagari
JR East: Tōhoku hon >Sendai
JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen >Tōkyō >Shin-Aomori
JR East: Yamada >Kamaishi
Morioka-shi Iwate
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Google 		3.2 Aoyama青山あおやま
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Google 		5.6 Kuriyagawa厨川くりやがわ
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Google 		10.2 Sugo巣子すご
Takizawa-shi
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Google 		12.2 Takizawa滝沢たきざわ
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Google 		16.6 Shibutami渋民しぶたみ
Morioka-shi
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Google 		21.3 Kōma好摩こうま JR East: Hanawa >Ōdate
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Google 		26.9 Iwate-Kawaguchi岩手川口いわてかわぐち
Iwate-machi
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Google 		32.0 Iwate-Numakunaiいわて沼宮内いわてぬまくない JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen >Tōkyō >Shin-Aomori
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Google 		37.3 Midō御堂みどう
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Google 		44.4 Okunakayama-kōgen奥中山高原おくなかやまこうげん
Ichinohe-machi
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Google 		52.2 Kotsunagi小繋こつなぎ
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Google 		59.8 Kozuya小鳥谷こずや
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Google 		64.5 Ichinohe一戸いちのへ
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Google 		70.8 Ninohe二戸にのへ JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen >Tōkyō >Shin-Aomori
Ninohe-shi
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Google 		73.7 Tomai斗米とまい
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Google 		78.4 Kintaichi-onsen金田一温泉きんたいちおんせん
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Google 		82.0 Metoki目時めとき Aoimori: Aoimori Tetsudō >Aomori
Sannohe-machi Aomori

Aoimori 青い森鉄道  Aoimori Tetsudō     Aoimori Railway
The main owner is Aomori Prefecture (68.8%)

Aoimori Tetsudō 青い森鉄道線 Non JR railway      1067 mm     20 kV 50 Hz AC
Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Aoimori Railway Line

Opened1891TracksDouble 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.
Name: Aoi Mori means "Blue Forest".
MapsKmStation name Official name Furigana nameConnecting linesCityPrefecture
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Google 		0.0 Metoki目時めとき IGR: Iwate Ginga Tetsudō >Morioka
Sannohe-machi Aomori
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Google 		5.5 Sannohe三戸さんのへ
Nanbu-chō
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Google 		9.5 Suwanotaira諏訪ノ平すわのたいら
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Google 		14.8 Kenyoshi剣吉けんよし
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Google 		18.2 Tomabechi苫米地とまべち
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Google 		21.0 Kitatakaiwa北高岩きたたかいわ
Hachinohe-shi
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Google 		25.9 Hachinohe八戸はちのへ JR East: Hachinohe "Umineko Rail Hachinohe-Shinai line" >Kuji
JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen >Tōkyō >Shin-Aomori
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Google 		32.8 Mutsuichikawa陸奥市川むついちかわ
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Google 		37.0 Shimoda下田しもだ
Oirase-chō
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Google 		42.2 Mukaiyama向山むかいやま
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Google 		46.9 Misawa三沢みさわ
Misawa-shi
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Google 		53.5 Kogawara小川原こがわら
Tōhoku-machi
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Google 		57.4 Kamikitachō上北町かみきたちょう
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Google 		64.3 Ottomo乙供おっとも
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Google 		70.9 Chibiki千曳ちびき
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Google 		77.3 Noheji野辺地のへじ JR East: Ōminato >Ōminato
Noheji-machi
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Google 		83.8 Karibasawa狩場沢かりばさわ
Hiranai-machi
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Google 		88.5 Shimizugawa清水川しみずがわ
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Google 		94.5 Kominato小湊こみなと
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Google 		98.3 Nishihiranai西平内にしひらない
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Google 		104.7 Asamushi-onsen浅虫温泉あさむしおんせん
Aomori-shi
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Google 		111.2 Nonai野内のない
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Google 		112.7 Yadamae矢田前やだまえ
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Google 		114.7 Koyanagi小柳こやなぎ
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Google 		116.1 Higashi-Aomori東青森ひがしあおもり
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Google 		117.4 Tsutsui筒井つつい
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Google 		121.9 Aomori青森あおもり JR East: Ōu hon >Akita
JR East: Tsugaru >Minmaya

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