Tadami Line


The Tadami Line is a railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company. It connects Aizu-Wakamatsu Station in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima with Koide Station in Uonuma, Niigata. The section between and has been closed since July 2011 due to rainstorm damage, with no definite reopening date fixed.

Services

All trains are local 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.
Due to the many curves on the line trains take over four hours to traverse its 135.2 km length.

Station list

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 in 1971.
Freight services ceased between 1980 and 1982.

Service disruptions

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

Rolling stock