Ōito Line

Ōito Line
JR East E127 series EMU between Uminokuchi and Inao stations
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Nagano, Niigata prefectures
Termini	Matsumoto Itoigawa
Stations	42
Operation
Opened	1915
Owner	JR East, JR West
Technical
Line length	105.4 km (65.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm
Electrification	1,500 V DC (Matsumoto - Minami-Otari)
Route map

The Ōito Line (大糸線, Ōito-sen^?) is a railway line which runs from Matsumoto Station in Nagano Prefecture to Itoigawa Station in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

There are two operators on the line: East Japan Railway Company (JR East) operates the section south of Minami-Otari Station in Otari, Nagano Prefecture, and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) operates the remaining section.

Route data

• Operators, services:
  • East Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
    • Matsumoto — Minami-Otari: 70.1 km
  • West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
    • Minami-Otari — Itoigawa: 35.3 km
• Stations: 25
  • JR East: 34
  • JR West: 8 including Itoigawa, excluding Minami-Otari
• Double-tracked section: None
• Electrification: Matsumoto - Minami-Otari (1500 V DC)
• Railway signalling:
  • Matsumoto — Itoigawa: Automatic Train Stop, S-type

History

The section between Matsumoto and Shinano-Ōmachi was built between 1915 and 1916 by Shinano Railway (信濃鉄道, Shinano Tetsudō^?), which was purchased by the national government in 1937 and is not the same entity as the present Shinano Railway. The rest of the line was built by the Japanese Government Railways and the Japanese National Railways between 1929 and 1957. When the Japanese National Railways was privatized in 1987, the line was assigned to the present two operators.

Stations

JR East section

All stations are within Nagano Prefecture.

Station	Japanese	Distance(km)		Rapid	Transfers	Location
		Between Stations	Total
Matsumoto	松本駅	-	0.0	●	JR East: Shinonoi Line Matsumoto Electric Railway: Kamikōchi Line	Matsumoto
Kita-Matsumoto	北松本駅	0.7	0.7	●
Shimauchi	島内駅	1.9	2.6	▲
Shimatakamatsu	島高松駅	1.2	3.8	▲
Azusabashi	梓橋駅	1.4	5.2	▲		Azumino
Hitoichiba	一日市場駅	1.6	6.8	●
Nakagaya	中萱駅	1.6	8.4	▲
Minami-Toyoshina	南豊科駅	2.0	10.4	▲
Toyoshina	豊科駅	1.0	11.4	●
Hakuyachō	柏矢町駅	2.8	14.2	▲
Hotaka	穂高駅	2.0	16.2	●
Ariake	有明駅	2.2	18.4	●
Azumi-Oiwake	安曇追分駅	1.5	19.9	●
Hosono	細野駅	2.9	22.8	▲		Matsukawa, Kitaazumi District
Kita-Hosono	北細野駅	1.0	23.8	▲
Shinano-Matsukawa	信濃松川駅	2.2	26.0	●
Azumi-Kutsukake	安曇沓掛駅	1.6	28.6	▲		Ōmachi
Shinano-Tokiwa	信濃常盤駅	2.3	30.9	●
Minami-Ōmachi	南大町駅	3.1	34.0	▲
Shinano-Ōmachi	信濃大町駅	1.1	35.1	●
Kita-Ōmachi	北大町駅	2.1	37.2	｜
Shinano-Kizaki	信濃木崎駅	2.2	39.4	▲
Inao	稲尾駅	2.2	41.6	｜
Uminokuchi	海ノ口駅	1.3	42.9	｜
Yanaba	簗場駅	3.4	46.3	●
Yanaba-Ski-jō-mae (seasonal)	ヤナバスキー場前駅	1.6	47.9	｜
Minami-Kamishiro	南神城駅	4.9	52.8	｜		Hakuba, Kitaazumi District
Kamishiro	神城駅	2.4	55.2	●
Iimori	飯森駅	1.5	56.7	｜
Hakuba	白馬駅	3.0	59.7	●
Shinano-Moriue	信濃森上駅	1.9	61.6	●
Hakuba-Ōike	白馬大池駅	3.8	65.4	●		Otari, Kitaazumi District
Chikuni	千国駅	3.4	68.7	｜
Minami-Otari	南小谷駅	1.4	70.1	●	JR West: Ōito Line

JR West section

Station	Japanese	Distance(km)		Transfers	Location
		Between Stations	Total
Minami-Otari	南小谷駅	-	70.1	JR East: Ōito Line	Otari, Kitaazumi District, Nagano
Nakatsuchi	中土駅	4.0	74.1
Kita-Otari	北小谷駅	4.4	78.5
Hiraiwa	平岩駅	5.5	85.0		Itoigawa, Niigata
Kotaki	小滝駅	6.8	91.8
Nechi	根知駅	3.6	95.4
Kubiki-Ōno	頸城大野駅	4.9	100.3
Himekawa	姫川駅	1.9	102.2
Itoigawa	糸魚川駅	3.2	105.4	JR West: Hokuriku Main Line

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan