Ōito Line

Ōito Line
JR East E127 series EMU between Uminokuchi and Inao stations
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Nagano, Niigata prefectures
Termini	Matsumoto Itoigawa
Stations	42
Operation
Opened	1915
Owner	JR East, JR West
Technical
Line length	105.4 km (65.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (Matsumoto - Minami-Otari)
Route map

The Ōito Line (大糸線, Ōito-sen) is a railway line in Japan which runs from Matsumoto Station in Nagano Prefecture to Itoigawa Station in Niigata Prefecture. There are two operators on the line: East Japan Railway Company (JR East) operates the section south of Minami-Otari Station in Otari, Nagano Prefecture, and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) operates the remaining section.

Route data

• Operators, services:
  • East Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
    • Matsumoto — Minami-Otari: 70.1 km
  • West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
    • Minami-Otari — Itoigawa: 35.3 km
• Stations: 25
  • JR East: 34
  • JR West: 8 including Itoigawa, excluding Minami-Otari
• Double-tracked section: None
• Electrification: Matsumoto - Minami-Otari (1500 V DC)
• Railway signalling:
  • Matsumoto — Itoigawa: Automatic Train Stop, S-type

Stations

JR East section

All stations are within Nagano Prefecture.

Station	Japanese	Distance(km)		Rapid	Transfers	Location
		Between stations	Total
Matsumoto	松本	-	0.0	●	Shinonoi Line Matsumoto Electric Railway Kamikōchi Line	Matsumoto
Kita-Matsumoto	北松本	0.7	0.7	●
Shimauchi	島内	1.9	2.6	▲
Shimatakamatsu	島高松	1.2	3.8	▲
Azusabashi	梓橋	1.4	5.2	▲		Azumino
Hitoichiba	一日市場	1.6	6.8	●
Nakagaya	中萱	1.6	8.4	▲
Minami-Toyoshina	南豊科	2.0	10.4	▲
Toyoshina	豊科	1.0	11.4	●
Hakuyachō	柏矢町	2.8	14.2	▲
Hotaka	穂高	2.0	16.2	●
Ariake	有明	2.2	18.4	●
Azumi-Oiwake	安曇追分	1.5	19.9	●
Hosono	細野	2.9	22.8	▲		Matsukawa, Kitaazumi District
Kita-Hosono	北細野	1.0	23.8	▲
Shinano-Matsukawa	信濃松川	2.2	26.0	●
Azumi-Kutsukake	安曇沓掛	1.6	28.6	▲		Ōmachi
Shinano-Tokiwa	信濃常盤	2.3	30.9	●
Minami-Ōmachi	南大町	3.1	34.0	▲
Shinano-Ōmachi	信濃大町	1.1	35.1	●
Kita-Ōmachi	北大町	2.1	37.2	｜
Shinano-Kizaki	信濃木崎	2.2	39.4	▲
Inao	稲尾	2.2	41.6	｜
Uminokuchi	海ノ口	1.3	42.9	｜
Yanaba	簗場	3.4	46.3	●
Yanaba-Ski-jō-mae (seasonal)	ヤナバスキー場前	1.6	47.9	｜
Minami-Kamishiro	南神城	4.9	52.8	｜		Hakuba, Kitaazumi District
Kamishiro	神城	2.4	55.2	●
Iimori	飯森	1.5	56.7	｜
Hakuba	白馬	3.0	59.7	●
Shinano-Moriue	信濃森上	1.9	61.6	●
Hakuba-Ōike	白馬大池	3.8	65.4	●		Otari, Kitaazumi District
Chikuni	千国	3.4	68.7	｜
Minami-Otari	南小谷	1.4	70.1	●

JR West section

Station	Japanese	Distance(km)		Transfers	Location
		Between stations	Total
Minami-Otari	南小谷	-	70.1		Otari, Nagano
Nakatsuchi	中土	4.0	74.1
Kita-Otari	北小谷	4.4	78.5
Hiraiwa	平岩	5.5	85.0		Itoigawa, Niigata
Kotaki	小滝	6.8	91.8
Nechi	根知	3.6	95.4
Kubiki-Ōno	頸城大野	4.9	100.3
Himekawa	姫川	1.9	102.2
Itoigawa	糸魚川	3.2	105.4	Hokuriku Main Line

History

The section between Matsumoto and Shinano-Ōmachi was built between 1915 and 1916 by the Shinano Railway (信濃鉄道, Shinano Tetsudō), which was purchased by the national government in 1937 and is not the same entity as the present Shinano Railway. The rest of the line was built by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) and the Japanese National Railways (JNR) between 1929 and 1957. When the Japanese National Railways was privatized in 1987, the line was assigned to the present two operators.

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan