Hanawa Line
title: "Hanawa Line" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hanawa-line", "lines-of-east-japan-railway-company", "rail-transport-in-iwate-prefecture", "rail-transport-in-akita-prefecture", "1067-mm-gauge-railways-in-japan", "railway-lines-opened-in-1914"] topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanawa_Line" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Hanawa Line |
| native_name | 花輪線 |
| native_name_lang | ja |
| color | FF0000 |
| image | JRE Kiha111-117 and Kiha112-117 on the Hanawa Line.jpg |
| caption | Train on the Hanawa Line (photographed in July 2021) |
| image_width | 300px |
| type | Heavy rail |
| status | In operation |
| locale | Iwate, Akita prefectures |
| start | |
| end | |
| stations | 27 |
| open | 1914 |
| owner | JR East |
| operator | JR East |
| character | Rural |
| stock | KiHa 110 series DMU |
| linelength | 106.9 km |
| tracks | Entire line single tracked |
| gauge | |
| electrification | None |
| speed | 85 km/h (53 mph) |
| map | [[File:JR Hanawa Line linemap.svg |
| {{routemap | inline |
| April–November | map= |
| map_state | collapsed |
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| name = Hanawa Line
| native_name = 花輪線
| native_name_lang = ja
| color = FF0000
| logo =
| logo_width =
| image = JRE Kiha111-117 and Kiha112-117 on the Hanawa Line.jpg
| caption = Train on the Hanawa Line (photographed in July 2021)
| image_width = 300px
| system =
| type = Heavy rail
| status = In operation
| locale = Iwate, Akita prefectures
| start =
| end =
| stations = 27
| routes =
| daily_ridership =
| open = 1914
| close =
| owner = JR East
| operator = JR East
| character = Rural
| depot =
| stock = KiHa 110 series DMU
| linelength = 106.9 km
| tracklength =
| tracks = Entire line single tracked
| gauge =
| electrification = None
| speed = 85 km/h (53 mph)
| elevation =
| map = [[File:JR Hanawa Line linemap.svg|200px]]
HST~~ ~~ ~~
LSTR~~ ~~ ~~Iwate Galaxy Railway Line
BHF~~0.0~~
STR3!~KRWl\KRW+r~~ ~~ Iwate Galaxy Railway Line
\BHF4.9~~
\exKRWl!~STR\exKRW+r
\BHF\exBHF9.0
\STR\exSTRl~~ ~~ Matsuo Industrial Railway
\BHF13.7~~
\BHF15.0
\BHF17.8
\BHF25.0
\BHF30.0
\BHF33.6
\BHF37.6
\BHF40.3
\BHF49.1
\BHF55.8
\BHF59.9
\BHF64.2
\BHF66.1
\BHF69.7
\eHST71.7Kagamida(♦)to 1934
\BHF74.4~~
KBHFaq\ABZr+r77.7
\BHF82.2
\BHF84.6
\BHF86.6
\BHF89.6
\BHF92.1
\eHST97.4Minami-Ōgita(♦)to 1944
\BHF98.6~~
\eHST101.2Ikeuchi(♦)to 1934
\BHF103.3~~
\eHST103.8Katayama(♦) to 1934
STR+l\KRZo ~~ ~~Ōu Main Line
KRWg+l\KRWr
exKRW+l\exKRWr!STR\
exBHF\BHF\ ~~ 106.9
exABZgl\eKRZu\exSTRq~Dowa Holdings Hanaoka Line
exSTR3\STR\ ~~ ~~Kosaka Smelting & Refining Kosaka Line
STR~~ ~~ ~~Ōu Main Line
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The Hanawa Line is a railway line in Japan linking Kōma Station in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture and Ōdate Station in Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The line extends 106.9 km (66.4 mi) with a total of 27 stations. Also known as the Towada-Hachimantai Shikisai Line, the Hanawa Line is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Stations
At all trains operate a through service to/from via the Iwate Galaxy Railway Line. ::data[format=table] | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | | Location | Between stations | Total | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 好摩 | - | 0.0 | Iwate Galaxy Railway Line (all trains operate through service to/from Morioka) | ∨ | Morioka | Iwate | | | 東大更 | 4.9 | 4.9 | | ｜ | Hachimantai | | | | 大更 | 4.1 | 9.0 | | ◇ | | | | | 平館 | 4.7 | 13.7 | | ｜ | | | | | 北森 | 1.9 | 15.6 | | ｜ | | | | | 松尾八幡平 | 2.2 | 17.8 | | ◇ | | | | | 安比高原 | 7.2 | 25.0 | | ｜ | | | | | 赤坂田 | 5.0 | 30.0 | | ｜ | | | | | 小屋の畑 | 3.6 | 33.6 | | ｜ | | | | | 荒屋新町 | 4.0 | 37.6 | | ◇ | | | | | 横間 | 2.7 | 40.3 | | ｜ | | | | | 田山 | 8.8 | 49.1 | | ｜ | | | | | 兄畑 | 6.7 | 55.8 | | ｜ | | | | | 湯瀬温泉 | 4.1 | 59.9 | | ｜ | Kazuno | Akita | | | 八幡平 | 4.3 | 64.2 | | ｜ | | | | | 陸中大里 | 1.9 | 66.1 | | ｜ | | | | | 鹿角花輪 | 3.6 | 69.7 | | ◇ | | | | | 柴平 | 4.7 | 74.4 | | ｜ | | | | | 十和田南 | 3.3 | 77.7 | | ◆ | | | | | 末広 | 4.5 | 82.2 | | ｜ | | | | | 土深井 | 2.4 | 84.6 | | ｜ | | | | | 沢尻 | 2.0 | 86.6 | | ｜ | Ōdate | | | | 十二所 | 3.0 | 89.6 | | ｜ | | | | | 大滝温泉 | 2.5 | 92.1 | | ◇ | | | | | 扇田 | 6.5 | 98.6 | | ｜ | | | | | 東大館 | 4.7 | 103.3 | | ｜ | | | | | 大館 | 3.6 | 106.9 | Ōu Main Line | ∧ | | | ::
;Legend :◇, ∨, ∧ - Trains can pass each other at this station :◆ - Trains can pass each other at this switchback :｜ - Trains cannot pass
Rolling stock
- KiHa 110 series 2-car Diesel multiple unit (DMU)
History
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Kosaka_Smelting_Kosaka-line.JPG" caption="A Kosaka Railway sulphuric acid train in its final year of operation"] ::
The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the Kōma to Tairadate section on 27 August 1922, and extended the line in sections from November 1926, reaching Rikuchu-Osato on 17 October 1931.
References
References
- "時刻表 花輪線 上り：JR東日本".
- JTB. (1998)
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