West Ban'etsu Line

磐越西線
West Ban'etsu Line

In the Aizuwakamatsu station
Company	East Japan Railway Company
Total Distance	175.6km (Koriyama-Niitu)
Rail gauge	1067mm
Stations	44
Tracks	Single-track
Electrification	All (Alternating Current 20,000V 50Hz)
Block System	Special Automatic Block System

The West Ban'etsu Line (磐越西線, Ban'etsu-saisen^?) is a rail line in Japan. It runs from Kōriyama Station in Kōriyama in Fukushima Prefecture to Niitsu Station in Niigata.

Route data

• Total distance: 175.6 km
• Stations: 44
• Tracks: Single-track
• Rail gauge: 1,067mm

Station list

Station	Japanese	Distance (km) (from Kōriyama Station)	Transfers	Location
Kōriyama	郡山	0.0	Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line, Suigun Line, East Ban'etsu Line	Kōriyama	Fukushima Prefecture
Kikuta	喜久田	7.9
Akogashima	安子ヶ島	11.8
Bandai-Atami	磐梯熱海	15.4
Nakayamajyuku	中山宿	20.8
Jyouko	上戸	27.3		Inawashiro
Inawashirokohan	猪苗代湖畔	29.3
Sekito	関都	31.0
Kawageta	川桁	33.4
Inawashiro	猪苗代	36.7
Okinashima	翁島	41.1
Bandaimachi	磐梯町	51.2		Bandai
Higashi-Nagahara	東長原	57.2		Aizuwakamatsu
Hirota	広田	60.0
Aizuwakamatsu	会津若松	64.6	Tadami Line
Doujima	堂島	70.1
Oikawa	笈川	73.2		Yugawa
Shiokawa	塩川	75.1		Kitakata
Ubadou	姥堂	77.5
Kitakata	喜多方	81.2
Yamato	山都	91.1
Ogino	荻野	97.2
Onobori	尾登	101.0		Nishiaizu
Nozawa	野沢	106.2
Kaminoziri	上野尻	111.3
Tokusawa	徳沢	118.0
Toyomi	豊実	121.3		Aga	Niigata Prefecture
Hideya	日出谷	128.4
Kanose	鹿瀬	133.6
Tsugawa	津川	137.0
Mikawa	三川	144.4
Igashima	五十島	148.6
Higashi-Gejyou	東下条	152.5
Sakihana	咲花	155.6		Gosen
Maoroshi	馬下	158.4
Saruwada	猿和田	161.9
Gosen	五泉	165.7
Kita-Gosen	北五泉	167.5
Shinseki	新関	170.0		Niigata
Higashi-Niitsu	東新津	172.8
Niitsu	新津	175.6	Uetsu Main Line, Shin'etsu Main Line