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The line's nickname is the Mori to Mizu to Roman no Tetsudō (森と水とロマンの鉄道, lit. "railway of forests, water, and romance"), also rendered in English as "Railway of Forests, Water, and Adventure".[1]
Station list
Local trains generally stop at all stations, but some trains skip stations marked "▽".
The column marked "*" refers to the unnamed rapid service between Kōriyama and Aizu-Wakamatsu/Kitakata using 719 series EMUs.
Trains can pass one another at stations marked "◇", "∨", or "∧"; stations marked "◆" are switchback stations. Trains cannot pass at stations marked "｜".
HB-E300 series For Aizu SATANO (since 2024) belonging to the Sendai Vehicle Center.
AT700/AT750 series For Aizu Mountain Express. Primary runs on weekends, between Aizu Wakamatsu and Kitaca. Going through the Tadami Line then to the Aizu Railway Line to Kinugawa Onsen station
Aizu-Wakamatsu—Niitsu
KiHa 110 series DMUs most being replaced by GV-E400 series. These sets belongs to the Niigata Vehicle Center Niitsu Branch.
GV-E400 series DEMUs Belonging to Niigata Vehicle Center Niitsu Branch(since August 2019[3])
The private Ganetsu Railway opened the initial section from Kōriyama to Nakayamajuku on July 26, 1898, and extended the line to Aizu-Wakamatsu the following year.[citation needed]
Japanese National Railways (JNR) started to modernize the line in the 1960s, introducing the line's first limited express service (as a part of the Yamagata-bound Yamabata) in 1965 between Ueno Station in Tokyo and Aizu-Wakamatsu via the Tōhoku Main Line. In 1968 the train was renamed Aizu Yamabata, but from 1993 onward it was renamed Viva Aizu and ran only between Koriyama and Aizu-Wakamatsu. The train was finally discontinued as a limited express service in 2003.[citation needed]
In 1967, JNR electrified the section between Kōriyama and Kitakata at 20 kV AC.[citation needed]
In 2011 the line was closed for 15 days in March following the Tohoku earthquake, two days in April as a result of aftershocks, and for 10 weeks following torrential rain at the end of July.[citation needed]
A new station, called Kōriyamatomita, opened on 1 April 2017 between and Kōriyama and Kikuta stations.[4]
The railway bridge connecting Kitakata and Yamato collapsed due to heavy rain on 4 August 2022. Services were temporarily suspended between Kitakata and Nozawa. [5] Full service was restored on 1 April 2023.[6] In the timetable revision at December 3rd 2022, Rapid Ageo services ceased operations.
Electric services between Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kitakata ceased on 12 March 2022,[7] and the section was deelectrified by May 2024.[8]
↑磐越西線でE721系の運転開始[E721 series enter service on the Banetsu West Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 9 March 2017. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
↑ＪＲ郡山富田駅開業 県内の新駅３０年ぶり[JR Koriyamatomita Station opens - First new station in prefecture for 30 years]. Fukushima Minpo (in Japanese). Japan. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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