Hanawa Line
Train on the Hanawa Line (photographed in July 2021)
Overview
Native name	花輪線
Status	In operation
Owner	JR East
Locale	Iwate, Akita prefectures
Termini	Koma Ōdate
Stations	27
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR East
Rolling stock	KiHa 110 series DMU
History
Opened	1914
Technical
Line length	106.9 km (66.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	85 km/h (53 mph)
Route map Legend Morioka Iwate Galaxy Railway Line 0.0 Kōma Iwate Galaxy Railway Line 4.9 Higashi-Ōbuke 9.0 Ōbuke Matsuo Industrial Railway 13.7 Tairadate 15.0 Kitamori 17.8 Matsuo-Hachimantai 25.0 Appi-Kōgen 30.0 Akasakata 33.6 Koyanohata 37.6 Araya-Shinmachi 40.3 Yokoma 49.1 Tayama 55.8 Anihata 59.9 Yuze-Onsen 64.2 Hachimantai 66.1 Rikuchū-Ōsato 69.7 Kazuno-Hanawa 71.7 Kagamida (♦)to 1934 74.4 Shibahira 77.7 Towada-Minami 82.2 Suehiro 84.6 Dobukai 86.6 Sawajiri 89.6 Jūnisho 92.1 Ōtaki-Onsen 97.4 Minami-Ōgita (♦)to 1944 98.6 Ōgita 101.2 Ikeuchi (♦)to 1934 103.3 Higashi-Ōdate 103.8 Katayama (♦) to 1934 Ōu Main Line 106.9 Ōdate Dowa HoldingsHanaoka Line Kosaka Smelting & Refining Kosaka Line Ōu Main Line ♦：seasonal April–November

The Hanawa Line (花輪線, Hanawa-sen) is a railway line in Japan linking Kōma Station in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture and Ōdate Station in Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The line extends 106.9 km (66.4 mi) with a total of 27 stations. Also known as the Towada-Hachimantai Shikisai Line (十和田八幡平四季彩ライン), the Hanawa Line is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Legend

◇, ∨, ∧ - Trains can pass each other at this station

◆ - Trains can pass each other at this switchback

｜ - Trains cannot pass

The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the Kōma to Tairadate section on 27 August 1922, and extended the line in sections from November 1926, reaching Rikuchu-Osato on 17 October 1931.^[1]

• List of railway lines in Japan

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v t e JR East lines
Shinkansen	Hokuriku Jōetsu Tōhoku Akita Yamagata
Main	Chūō Ōu Shin'etsu Sōbu Tōhoku Tōkaidō Uetsu
Local	Agatsuma Aterazawa Ban'etsu East Ban'etsu West Echigo Gonō Hachikō Hachinohe Hakushin Hanawa Iiyama Ishinomaki Itō Itsukaichi Jōban Jōetsu Kamaishi Karasuyama Kashima Kawagoe Keiyō Kesennuma Kitakami Koumi Kururi Mito Musashino Nambu Narita Negishi Nikkō Ōfunato Oga Ōito Ōme Ōminato Rikuu East Rikuu West (suspended) Ryōmō Sagami Senseki Senzan Shinonoi Sotobō Suigun Tadami Takasaki Tazawako Tōgane Tsugaru Tsurumi Uchibō Utsunomiya Yahiko Yamada Yamanote Yokohama Yokosuka Yonesaka
Others	Chūō Rapid Chūō-Sōbu Gala-Yuzawa Keihin-Tōhoku Saikyō (incl. Akabane) Senseki-Tōhoku Shōnan-Shinjuku Sōbu Rapid Ueno-Tōkyō
Past	Aizu Ashio Iwaizumi Kihara Marumori Mōka Nagai Shin'etsu Main (Shinano / Echigo Tokimeki) Tōhoku Main (Aoimori / Iwate Galaxy)

v t e Transit in Akita Prefecture
JR East	Akita Shinkansen Gonō Line Hanawa Line Kitakami Line Oga Line Ōu Main Line Tazawako Line Uetsu Main Line
Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway	Akita Nairiku Line
Yuri Kōgen Railway	Chōkai Sanroku Line
Named trains	Akebono Inaho Komachi Nihonkai Resort Shirakami Tsugaru
Bus	Akita Chūō Kōtsū [tl] Shūhoku Bus [ja] Ugo Kōtsū [ja]
Public ferries	Shin Nihonkai Ferry
Misc	Akita Station Akita Airport Odate-Noshiro Airport Ports Akita Funagawa Noshiro
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