The is a railway line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it connects Kitakami Station in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture to Yokote Station in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, acting as a connecting line between the à Âu Main Line to the Tà Âhoku Main Line. It connects with the Tà Âhoku Shinkansen and Tohoku Main Line at Kitakami Station, and the à Âu Main Line at Yokote Station.
The line opened in sections from both Kitakami and Yokote between 1920 and 1924.
In 1962 a deviation was built in conjunction with the construction of the Yuda Dam, which added to the length of the line.
CTC signalling was commissioned in 1994, and freight services ceased in 2010.
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