Kamaishi Line

Kamaishi Line
SL Ginga running on Miyamorigawa Bridge
Overview
Native name	釜石線
Status	In operation
Owner	JR East
Locale	Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Termini	Hanamaki Kamaishi
Stations	24
Service
Type	Regional rail
Operator(s)	JR East
Rolling stock	KiHa 100 series DMU
History
Opened	25 October 1913
Technical
Line length	90.2 km (56.0 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	85 km/h (53 mph)
Route map Legend km year closed Hanamaki Electric Railway Dentetsu Hanamaki Nishi-Hanamaki 0.0 Hanamaki Tōhoku Main Line Chuo-Hanamaki Hanamaki Toyagasaki former line (Iwate Light Railway) 1943 3.5 Nitanai Kitakami River Kamaishi Expressway 6.0 Yasawa 1985 6.4 Shin-Hanamaki Tōhoku Shinkansen 8.3 Oyamada 12.7 Tsuchizawa 15.9 Haruyama Fuchinoketsu 1925 21.7 Iwanebashi Tassobekawa River 25.1 Miyamori Miyamori viaduct Akasawa River 31.2 Kashiwagidaira 33.6 Masuzawa 35.3 Naka-Masuzawa 1936 36.4 Arayamae Yamayagawa River 39.3 Iwate-Futsukamachi Izagosawa River 41.1 Ayaori Sarugaishi River 46.0 Tōno Hayasegawa River Kawauchikawa River 50.3 Aozasa 51.6 Aozasa 1914 51.7 Sekiguchi 1950 52.2 Akasawa 1927 Nekogawa River 53.8 Iwate-Kamigō Hayase River 56.6 Hirakura 61.2 Ashigase former line 1950 Hinode 1916 Sennintoge 1950 Ashigase Tunnel 3 tunnels 65.4 Kamiarisu Kisen River (Tsuchikurazawa) Tsuchikura Tunnel 2.975 km 1.849 mi freight ropeway 7 tunnels Ōhashi Tunnel No.2 Kasshigawa River Ōhashi 73.7 Rikuchū-Ōhashi Kamaishi Mining Railway 1965 79.6 Dōsen 83.2 Matsukura 86.5 Kosano Ogawa River Kamaishi Kogyo Yamada Line 90.2 Kamaishi Owatarigawa River Sanriku Railway Minami-Rias Line This diagram: view talk edit

The Kamaishi Line (釜石線, Kamaishi-sen) is a 90.2 km (56.0 mi) rural railway line in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Hanamaki Station in the city of Hanamaki with Kamaishi Station in the city of Kamaishi.