Yagan Railway



The Yagan Railway Co., Ltd. (野岩鉄道株式会社) is a third-sector Japanese railway company whose major shareholders include the Tochigi and Fukushima prefectural governments. It operates a single railway line, the Aizu Kinugawa Line (会津鬼怒川線).

The name of the line comes from the kanji characters of the ancient provinces of Shimotsuke (下野) (now Tochigi Prefecture) and Iwashiro (岩代) (now Fukushima Prefecture).

Aizu Kinugawa Line


The Aizu Kinugawa Line (会津鬼怒川線) is a 30.7 kilometre railway line from Shin-Fujiwara Station in Nikkō, Tochigi to Aizu-Kōgen Oze-guchi Station Minamiaizu, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture. Its nickname is the Hot Spa. Line (ほっとスパ・ライン).

The name of the line comes from the Aizu area at the northern end and the Kinugawa Onsen hot spring resort area at the southern end.

History
The construction began as a part of the Japan Railway Construction Corporation. It was taken over by Yagan Railway.
 * 9 October 1986: Starts operations.
 * 12 October 1990: Direct service onto Aizu-Tajima Station on Aizu Railway Aizu Line begins.
 * 18 March 2006: The nickname Hot Spa. Line debuts.

Stations

 * Limited Express Revaty Aizu (リバティ会津) is a Limited Express service operated by Tobu Railway. Reserved seats cost 380 yen on the Aizu-Kinugawa Line. However, there is in a case of passengers do not have to purchase the Express Ticket for reserving the seats if you get on and off at stations in between Kinugawaonsen Station and Aizu-Tajima Station.
 * Aizu Mount Express (Aizuマウントエクスプレス) is operated by Aizu Railway. Passengers can ride on the trains without an additional ticket.
 * Ozatoro Tenbo Ressha Yu-Meguri (お座トロ展望列車 湯めぐり号) is operated by Aizu Railway. Reserved seats cost 320 yen.