Ishinomaki Line
KiHa 48 DMU on a local service, November 2014
Overview
Native name	石巻線
Status	In operation
Owner	JR East
Locale	Miyagi Prefecture
Termini	Kogota Onagawa
Stations	14
Service
Type	Regional rail
Operator(s)	JR East
Rolling stock	KiHa 110 series DMU, HB-E210 series DMU
History
Opened	28 October 1912 (1912-10-28)
Technical
Line length	44.7 km (27.8 mi)
Number of tracks	Entirely single-track
Character	Urban and rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	85 km/h (53 mph)
Signalling	Automatic closed block
Train protection system	ATS-SN
Route map Rikuu East Line 0.0 Kogota Tōhoku Main Line 3.5 Kami-Wakuya 6.2 Wakuya 12.8 Maeyachi Kesennuma Line 17.1 Kakeyama 21.2 Kanomata 23.7 Sobanokami Senseki Line 27.9 Ishinomaki Kitakami River 30.9 Rikuzen-Inai Owada Tunnel 35.9 Watanoha 37.0 STN 38.3 Sawada 42.4 Urashuku Onagawa Tunnel 44.7 Onagawa (2) 44.9 Onagawa (1) -2015 46.3 Onagawa Minato 1958-1980

The Ishinomaki Line (石巻線, Ishinomaki-sen) is a railway line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Kogota Station in Misato with Onagawa Station in Onagawa, acting as a spur line from the Tōhoku Main Line to the central coast of Miyagi Prefecture. It connects with the Rikuu East Line and Tōhoku Main Line at Kogota Station, the Kesennuma Line at Maeyachi Station, and the Senseki Line at Ishinomaki Station, both in Ishinomaki, Miyagi. The line was damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and the damage was so severe that service between Urashuku Station and Onagawa Station was not reinstated until 21 March 2015.

Station list

All stations are in Miyagi.

History

The remains of a train hit by the tsunami that hit in March 2011 among a scattered cemetery in Onagawa.

The Senpoku Light Railway opened a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line from Kogota to Ishinomaki in 1912. The line was nationalised in 1919 and converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge in 1920. The Oshika Light Railway opened a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge horse-drawn tramway from Ishinomaki to Watanoha in 1915, and extended it to Onagawa in 1924. A petrol-driven locomotive was introduced in 1926. The line was nationalised in 1939 and converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge the same year.

In 1958, the line was extended 1.4 km (0.87 mi) to the Onagawa Port, but that extension closed in 1980.

The line was severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011; the Kogota - Ishinomaki section being out of service for two months, the Ishinomaki - Watanoha section for a year, and the Watanoha - Urashuku section for two years. The final section from Urashuku to Onagawa reopened on 21 March 2015.^[1]

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References