Tadami Line

Reopened in 2022 after 11 years of flood repairs; drifts over the mist-wreathed Tadami River bridges through Japan’s deepest snow country.

Stations

1. 0 kmAizu-Wakamatsu
2. 2 kmNanukamachi
3. 3 kmNishi-Wakamatsu
4. 7 kmAizu-Hongo
5. 11 kmAizu-Takada
6. 15 kmNegishi
7. Show 18 more stations

   1. 17 kmNiitsuru
   2. 19 kmWakamiya
   3. 22 kmAizu-Bange
   4. 26 kmTodera
   5. 30 kmAizu-Sakamoto
   6. 33 kmAizu-Yanaizu
   7. 37 kmGodo
   8. 40 kmTakiya
   9. 42 kmAizu-Hinohara
   10. 44 kmAizu-Nishikata
   11. 45 kmAizu-Miyashita
   12. 51 kmHayato
   13. 55 kmAizu-Mizunuma
   14. 58 kmAizu-Nakagawa
   15. 61 kmAizu-Kawaguchi
   16. 109 kmŌshirakawa
   17. 115 kmIrihirose
   18. 118 kmKamijō
8. 123 kmEchigo-Suhara
9. 127 kmUonuma-Tanaka
10. 129 kmEchigo-Hirose
11. 131 kmYabukami
12. 135 kmKoide

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1924545 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 6 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR East — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Tadami Line?

The Tadami Line runs 135 km from Aizu-Wakamatsu to Koide.

How long does the Tadami Line take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h 30 min for the 135 km. That is an average of 30 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 65 km/h.

Who runs the Tadami Line?

JR East, with KiHa E120 DMU.

How old is the Tadami Line?

The line has been in service since 1971. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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