Tadami Line

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Tadami Line
Tadamigawa Bridge No. 1, November 2020
Overview
Native name	只見線
Status	In operation
Owner	JR East
Locale	Fukushima, Niigata Prefectures
Termini	Aizu-Wakamatsu Koide
Stations	36
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR East
Rolling stock	KiHa 110 series DMU, KiHa E120 DMU, AT-350 series DMU, AT-400 series DMU, AT-500 series DMU, AT-600 series DMU, AT-700 series DMU
History
Opened	1928
Technical
Line length	135.2 km (84.0 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Rural and scenic
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)
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The Tadami Line (只見線, Tadami-sen) is a railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Aizu-Wakamatsu Station in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima with Koide Station in Uonuma, Niigata. The section between Aizu-Kawaguchi and Tadami has been closed since July 2011 due to rainstorm damage, with the reopening date estimated for sometime in 2021/2022.

Services[]

All trains are local (all-stations) services, with approximately eight to nine trains in each direction per day. Only three round-trips operate over the entire line, and some seasonal trains operate through onto the line from the Ban'etsu West and Jōetsu lines.^[1]

Due to the many curves on the line trains take over four hours to traverse its 135.2 km (84.0 mi) length.

Station list[]

• All trains stop at every station.
• Trains can pass each other at stations marked "◇", "∨", "∧"; they cannot pass at those marked "｜".

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers		Location
		Between stations	Total
Aizu-Wakamatsu	会津若松	–	0.0	■Ban'etsu West Line	∨	Aizuwakamatsu	Fukushima
Nanukamachi	七日町	1.3	1.3		｜
Nishi-Wakamatsu	西若松	1.8	3.1	■Aizu Railway Aizu Line[* 1]	◇
Aizu-Hongō	会津本郷	3.4	6.5		｜
Aizu-Takada	会津高田	4.8	11.3		｜	Aizumisato, Ōnuma District
Negishi	根岸	3.5	14.8		｜
Niitsuru	新鶴	2.0	16.8		｜
Wakamiya	若宮	2.1	18.9		｜	Aizubange, Kawanuma District
Aizu-Bange	会津坂下	2.7	21.6		◇
Tōdera	塔寺	4.4	26.0		｜
Aizu-Sakamoto	会津坂本	3.7	29.7		｜
Aizu-Yanaizu	会津柳津	3.6	33.3		｜	Yanaizu, Kawanuma District
Gōdo	郷戸	3.6	36.9		｜
Takiya	滝谷	2.7	39.6		｜
Aizu-Hinohara	会津桧原	1.9	41.5		｜	Mishima, Ōnuma District
Aizu-Nishikata	会津西方	2.2	43.7		｜
Aizu-Miyashita	会津宮下	1.7	45.4		◇
Hayato	早戸	5.8	51.2		｜
Aizu-Mizunuma	会津水沼	3.9	55.1		｜	Kaneyama, Ōnuma District
Aizu-Nakagawa	会津中川	3.2	58.3		｜
Aizu-Kawaguchi	会津川口	2.5	60.8		◇
Honna	本名	2.8	63.6	Section closed since July 2011	｜
Aizu-Kosugawa	会津越川	6.4	70.0		｜
Aizu-Yokota	会津横田	3.2	73.2		｜
Aizu-Ōshio	会津大塩	2.2	75.4		｜
Aizu-Shiozawa	会津塩沢	5.5	80.9		｜	Tadami, Minamiaizu District
Aizu-Gamō	会津蒲生	3.0	83.9		｜
Tadami	只見	4.5	88.4		◇
Ōshirakawa	大白川	20.8	109.2		◇	Uonuma	Niigata
Irihirose	入広瀬	6.4	115.6		｜
Kamijō	上条	3.1	118.7		｜
Echigo-Suhara	越後須原	4.4	123.1		｜
Uonuma-Tanaka	魚沼田中	3.9	127.0		｜
Echigo-Hirose	越後広瀬	2.5	129.5		｜
Yabukami	藪神	2.1	131.6		｜
Koide	小出	3.6	135.2	■Jōetsu Line	∧

History[]

The Aizu-Wakamatsu – Aizu-Yanaizu section opened between 1926 and 1928. The line was extended to Aizu-Miyashita in 1941.

At the western end, the Koide – Oshirakawa section opened in 1942.

The Aizu-Miyashita – Aizu-Kawaguchi section opened in 1956, with the extension to Tadami opening in 1963.

The two sections were connected with the opening of Tadami – Oshirakawa (as a passenger only section) in 1971.

Freight services ceased between 1980 and 1982.

• 

  C11 289 between Aizu-Nishikata and Aizu-Hibara, November 1973

• 

  C11 289 between Aizu-Miyashita and Aizu-Nishikata, November 1973

Service disruptions[]

Heavy rain storms in July 2011 forced the section of the line between Aizu-Kawaguchi and Ōshirakawa to be closed. The section between Tadami and Ōshirakawa was reopened from 1 October 2012, but the restoration of the remaining section between Aizu-Kawaguchi and Tadami is estimated to be completed by 2021.^[2][3] A replacement bus operates where the line is interrupted.

Rolling stock[]

• KiHa E120 (Aizu-Wakamatsu – Aizu-Kawaguchi) - Since March 2020
• Minibus (Aizu-Kawaguchi – Tadami)
• KiHa 110 series (Tadami – Koide) - Since July 2020^[4]

Former[]

• KiHa 40 series (Aizu-Wakamatsu – Koide) - Until July 2020^[4]
• (Aizu-Wakamatsu – Koide)

• 

  Minibus departure from Tadami Station, June 2014

• 

  KiHa 40, Godo - Takiya, in May 2017

• 

  KiHa 47 and 40, Oshirakawa Station, September 2012

Gallery[]

• 

  Tadamigawa Bridge No. 3

• 

  Tadamigawa Bridge No. 4

• 

  Tadamigawa Bridge No. 5

• 

  Tadamigawa Bridge No. 8

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tadami Line.

Travel

• Pamphlet "Travel by Tadami Line" (Tadami River Power Source Region Promotion Association)
• Video "Travel around Oku Aizu" (YouTube)
• JR Tadami Line (Tadami Town Tourism Institute Planning Society)
• Oku-Aizu Bu-Ra-Ri Journey (Aizu Bus)

Timetable

• Timetable of Tadami Line, as of April 2020 (Tadami Line Portal Website) (in Japanese)
• Timetable of bus-operated section (Aizu-Kawaguchi - Tadami) (Kaneyama Town Government) (in Japanese)

Station list

• Stations of the Tadami Line (JR East) (in Japanese)