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Kesennuma Line
North and southbound trains at Motoyoshi Station, April 2005
Overview
Native name
気仙沼線
Status
In operation (Maeyachi - Yanaizu as a railway) (Yanaizu - Kesennuma as a BRT route)
Owner
JR East
Locale
Miyagi Prefecture
Termini
Maeyachi Station
Kesennuma Station
Stations
23 (Only 6 are railway stations following the 2011 disaster)
Service
Operator(s)
JR East
Rolling stock
KiHa 110 series DMU, Hino Blue Ribbon City Bus
History
Opened
11 February 1957
Closed
1 April 2020 (Section between Yanaizu - Kesennuma was replaced by bus rapid transit in December 2012 but was only formally closed in 2020)
Technical
Line length
72.8 km (45.2 mi) (Until 2011) 17.5 km (10.9 mi) (After 2011)
Number of tracks
Entire line single tracked
Character
Mainly rural with some more urban areas
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification
None
Operating speed
85 km/h (53 mph)
Route map
Route map
Legend
Services suspended indefinitely
BRT service area
Ishinomaki Line
0.0
Maeyachi
Ishinomaki Line
3.2
Wabuchi
6.2
Nonodake
10.3
Rikuzen-Toyosato
13.6
Mitakedō
Kitakami River
17.5
Yanaizu
22.3
Rikuzen-Yokoyama
Yokoyama Tunnel
3,508 m
29.5
Rikuzen-Togura
33.7
Shizugawa
Shizugawa Tunnel
2,136 m
36.1
Bayside Arena
38.2
Shizuhama
42.3
Utatsu
44.9
Rikuzen-Minato
46.7
Kurauchi
48.7
Rikuzen-Koizumi
51.5
Motoyoshi
54.6
Koganezawa
58.3
Ōya-Kaigan
Otanimachi
61.6
Rikuzen-Hashikami
63.3
Saichi
65.6
Matsuiwa
68.3
Minami-Kesennuma
69.6
Kesennumakō
69.6
Fudōnosawa
72.8
Kesennuma
Ōfunato Line
The Kesennuma Line (気仙沼線, Kesennuma-sen) is a local railway line in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connected Maeyachi Station in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi to Kesennuma Station in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi. The route links the north-eastern coast of Miyagi Prefecture, with the Ishinomaki Line (and the Tohoku Main Line a few stops farther) available for transfer in the south, and the Ōfunato Line in the north.
A large section of the railway infrastructure between Minami-Kesennuma Station and Rikuzen-Togura Station, including tracks, stations, and railway bridges, were badly damaged or destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Destroyed stations include Minami-Kesennuma (except for the platform)[1] and Shizugawa Station, as well as various others. As a result of the catastrophic damage to the line and prohibitive costs of restoration as a railway, JR East officially proposed the line's conversion into a dedicated bus rapid transit (BRT) route on 27 December 2011.[2] At present only the Maeyachi to Yanaizu section is operated as a railway, with services on the balance of the route provided by buses.
An autonomous driving system has been being tested on the BRT line since 2018 and has been fully implemented since 5 December 2022.[3]
^Akiyama, Hironari; Ishibashi, Takeharu (13 March 2011). "Kesennuma described as 'hellish sight'". Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
^"Asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：気仙沼線のバス専用道化を正式提示 ＪＲ東が地元に - 鉄道 - トラベル". www.asahi.com. Archived from the original on 2011-12-27.
^"JR East's self-driving bus to begin operations in Miyagi". The Japan News. 3 December 2022.
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