Tazawako Line


Station list

Komachi trains stop at stations marked "●".
;Passing loops
The section from Morioka to Shizukuishi opened on 25 June 1921, as the Hashiba Light Railway, and was extended to Hashiba on 2 September 1922. Services to Hashiba Station ended in the 1940s.
In 1964, the Shizukuishi to Akubuchi section opened, and upon completion of the 3,915 m Sengan Tunnel, the Akubuchi to Tazawako section opened on 20 October 1966, completing the line.
Freight services ceased in 1982, the year the entire line was electrified.
In 1997, the line was converted to 1,435 mm gauge, and became part of the Akita Shinkansen, with standard-gauge electric multiple unit trains providing local services on the line.