Tsugaru Line
Tsugaru Line along Mutsu Bay
Overview
OwnerJR East
Termini
Stations18
Service
TypeHeavy rail Passenger
Rolling stockKiHa 40, 701 series (electrified section only), HB-E300 series (resort trains only)
History
Opened1951
Technical
Line length55.8 km (34.7 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification20 kV AC, 50 Hz (Aomori to Shin Naka-Oguni Signal)
Route map
Tsugaru Line
55.8
 Minmaya
52.7
 Tsugaru-Hamana
51.0
 Imabetsu
48.6
 Ōkawadai
Kaikyō Line
(Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line)
 Tsugaru-Imabetsu
46.6
 Tsugaru-Futamata
35.0
 Ōdai
Hokkaido Shinkansen
33.7
Shin Naka-Oguni Junction
25 kV AC
20 kV AC
(
Ōdai–Minmaya
non-electrified
)
31.4
 Naka-Oguni
27.0
 Kanita
23.4
 Seheji
21.1
 Gōsawa
19.1
 Yomogita
16.8
 Nakasawa
14.7
 Ushirogata
13.1
 Hidariseki
11.5
 Okunai
9.7
 Tsugaru-Miyata
6.0
 Aburakawa
4.4
 Shin-Aburakawa Signal
Ōu Main Line
0.9
Takeuchi Junction
Aoimori Railway Line
0.0
 Aomori
Seikan Ferry

The Tsugaru Line (津軽線, Tsugaru-sen) is a railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Aomori Station and Minmaya Station on the Tsugaru Peninsula in western Aomori Prefecture.

The section of the line between Aomori Station and Naka-Oguni Station is a part of the Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line connecting Honshu and Hokkaido.

History

Plans existed to link the prefectural capital of Aomori with the northern tip of the Tsugaru Peninsula from the time of the Meiji period Railway Construction Act. In 1930, the privately held Tsugaru Railway began operations on the western side of Tsugaru Peninsula, and surveying work was completed by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) to build a government-operated line on the eastern side of Tsugaru Peninsula. These plans were postponed by the outbreak of World War II, and were only resumed in the 1950s under the Japanese National Railways (JNR).

On December 5, 1951, the first segment of the Tsugaru Line was completed from Aomori to Kanita. This was extended by October 21, 1958 to the present northern terminus at Minmaya. Additional intermediate stations were added in 1959 and 1960.

All scheduled freight operations were suspended on December 10, 1984. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the line came under the operational control of JR East. From March 13, 1988, the tracks between Aomori Station and the Shin Naka-Oguni Signal are jointly used by JR East, JR Hokkaido's Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

In 1988 the Aomori - Shin Naka-Oguni section was electrified in conjunction with the opening of the Seikan Tunnel and associated Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line.

Station list

Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
Between
stations		 Total
Aomori 青森 - 0.0 Ōu Main Line
Aoimori Railway Line		 Aomori Aomori
Prefecture
Aburakawa 油川 6.0 6.0  
Tsugaru-Miyata 津軽宮田 3.7 9.7  
Okunai 奥内 1.8 11.5  
Hidariseki 左堰 1.6 13.1  
Ushirogata 後潟 1.6 14.7  
Nakasawa 中沢 2.1 16.8  
Yomogita 蓬田 2.3 19.1   Yomogita
Gōsawa 郷沢 2.0 21.1  
Seheji 瀬辺地 2.3 23.4  
Kanita 蟹田 3.6 27.0   Sotogahama
Naka-Oguni 中小国 3.4 31.4 (Kaikyō Line)
Ōdai 大平 3.6 35.0  
Tsugaru-Futamata 津軽二股 11.6 46.6 Kaikyō Line/Hokkaido Shinkansen (Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station) Imabetsu
Ōkawadai 大川平 2.0 48.6  
Imabetsu 今別 2.4 51.0  
Tsugaru-Hamana 津軽浜名 1.7 52.7  
Minmaya 三厩 3.1 55.8  

The portion from Aomori and Naka-Oguni is electrified.

Rolling stock

Present

Former

See also

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

  • Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

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