Abukuma Express Line

Abukuma Express Line
Abukuma Express Line
	Abukuma Express train at Abukuma Station, August 2006
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Abukuma Express
Locale	Tohoku region
Termini	Fukushima; Tsukinoki;
Stations	23
Service
Type	Heavy rail
History
Opened	1 April 1968
Technical
Line length	54.9 km (34.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	500 m
Electrification	20 kV AC (50 Hz) overhead catenary
Operating speed	95 km/h (60 mph)

The Abukuma Express Line (阿武隈急行線, Abukuma Kyūkō sen) is a railway line in Japan, owned and operated by the third sector operator AbukumaExpress. The line connects Fukushima Station in Fukushima Prefecture and Tsukinoki Station in Miyagi Prefecture. Both of these stations are also on the Tōhoku Main Line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

	Tōhoku Main Line
	Tōhoku Shinkansen
0.0	Fukushima
	Yamagata Shinkansen
	Yamagata Line
	＝Ōu Main Line



	Fukushima Kōtsū Iizaka Line
4.7	Yanome Signal
	Tōhoku Main Line
	Tōhoku Shinkansen
5.6	Oroshimachi
6.5	Fukushima Gakuin-mae
7.5	Senoue
	Abukuma River
8.6	Mukaisenoue
	Tsukinorin Tunnel
	Takakonuma Tunnel
10.1	Takako
11.5	Kamihobara
12.8	Hobara]
13.9	Ōizumi
15.4	Niida
17.0	Nitta
18.3	Yanagawa
20.0	Yanagawa Kibōnomori Kōen-mae
22.1	Tomino
25.2	Kabuto
	Hadeniwa Tunnel	2281m
29.4	Abukuma

	Abukuma River

37.5	Marumori
39.2	Kita-Marumori

41.6	Minami-Kakuda

43.3	Kakuda
45.2	Yokokura
47.7	Oka

51.3	Higashi-Funaoka
	Momoishi River
	Tōhoku Main Line
54.9	Tsukinoki
	Tōhoku Main Line

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