Abukuma Express Line

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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)[1]

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Legend
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

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 Abukuma Kyuko. 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).

The line first opened on 1 April 1968 as the Marumori Line (丸森線), operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) between Tsukinoki and Marumori.^[1] The original plan was to create a bypass route to relieve overcrowding on the Tōhoku Main Line, but work to extend the line was suspended following the quadrupling of tracks on the Tōhoku Main Line.^[1]

In September 1981, the line was proposed for possible closure.^[1]

Ownership of the line was transferred to the third-sector Abukuma Express operator from 1 July 1986, initially using former JNR KiHa 22 diesel trains.^[1]

The entire line was opened and electrified between Tsukino and Fukushima from 1 July 1988.^[1]

On 14 February 2021, all services were suspended due to the 2021 Fukushima earthquake.^[2]

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Video of the "Masamune Date ni Kuru" anime themed train wrapping in 2016