大船渡線
Ōfunato Line

A springtime look at Shimofunato Station, a ghost station in Ōfunato.
Company	East Japan Railway Company
Total Distance	105.7 km (Ichinoseki-Sakari)
Rail Gauge	1067mm
Stations	25
Tracks	Single-track
Electrification	None
Block System	Special Automatic Block System

The is a local rail line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it runs as a spur line from Ichinoseki Station in Ichinoseki, Iwate in central Japan to Sakari Station in Ōfunato, Iwate on the coast. It connects with the Kesennuma Line at Kesennuma Station in Kesennuma and the privately owned Sanriku Railway's Minami-Riasu Line at Sakari Station in Ōfunato.

Service

As of April, 2005, there were 27 trips daily using this line (14 east-bound, 13 west-bound). In all cases, Kesennuma was a stop on a run, but run endpoints varied. These were Ichinoseki-Sakari (8 east-bound, 7 west-bound, including 4 express, 2 each way), Ichinoseki-Kesennuma (4 east-bound, 4 west-bound including 2 express, 1 each way), and Kesennuma-Sakari (2 east-bound, 2 west-bound, no express).

Additional information

The nickname of this line is the "Dragon Rail", as the spur line is thought to resemble the thin tail of a Chinese dragon and as a statement of the speed of the train over the considerable distance. Express trains on this line are marked "Super Dragon".

Station List

Station Name	Japanese	Distance from previous station	Distance from Ichinoseki	Super Dragon (Express)	Transfers	Location
Ichinoseki	一ノ関	N/A	0.0 km	●	Tōhoku Main Line, Tōhoku Shinkansen	Ichinoseki, Iwate
Mataki	真滝	5.7 km	5.7 km	|
Rikuchū-Kanzaki	陸中門崎	8.0 km	13.7 km	|
Iwanoshita	岩ノ下	3.8 km	17.5 km	|
Rikuchū-Matsukawa	陸中松川	3.8 km	21.3 km	|
Geibikei	猊鼻渓	2.0 km	23.3 km	●
Shibajyuku	柴宿	2.8 km	26.1 km	|
Surisawa	摺沢	4.5 km	30.6 km	●
Senmaya	千厩	9.2 km	39.8 km	●
Konashi	小梨	3.6 km	43.4 km	|
Yagoshi	矢越	4.2 km	47.6 km	|
Orikabe	折壁	2.1 km	49.7 km	|
Niitsuki	新月	5.6 km	55.3 km	|
Kesennuma	気仙沼	6.7 km	62.0 km	●	Kesennuma Line	Kesennuma, Miyagi
Shishiori-Karakuwa	鹿折唐桑	2.2 km	64.2 km	●
Kami-Shishiori	上鹿折	5.3 km	69.5 km	●
Rikuzen-Yahagi	陸前矢作	10.0 km	79.5 km	●		Rikuzen-Takata, Iwate
Takekoma	竹駒	3.0 km	82.5 km	●
Rikuzen-Takata	陸前高田	2.9 km	85.4 km	●
Wakinosawa	脇ノ沢	2.9 km	88.3 km	●
Otomo	小友	4.5 km	92.8 km	●
Hosoura	細浦	4.3 km	97.1 km	●		Ōfunato, Iwate
Shimofunato	下船渡	3.1 km	100.2 km	●
Ōfunato	大船渡	2.9 km	103.1 km	●
Sakari	盛	2.6 km	105.7 km	●	Minami-Riasu Line

External links

• Article on Tohoku Railways