• Source: Flower Nagai Line

The Flower Nagai Line (フラワー長井線, Furawā-Nagai-sen) is a Japanese railway line in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It connects Akayu Station in Nanyō to Arato Station in Shirataka.
The Flower Nagai Line is the only line operated by the third sector Yamagata Railway Company (山形鉄道, Yamagata Tetsudō), which took over the former JR East line in 1988.
In 2005, Yamagata Railway was in danger of having to shut down due to low patronage, leaving many residents, especially the young and old, without a mode of transportation from their farms. The only option available to the company was to try to attract more tourists to the scenic views. Lone train operator, Tatsuo Asakura, working without the knowledge of his superiors increased out-of-town passengers from 350 in 2005 to 7,000 in 2006, and in September 2008 had entertained more than 20,000 tourists with his uplifting guided tours, spoken in local dialect.




Operation


Six single-car diesel multiple units (YR-880 Series) serve the line, running from Akayu to Arato once every one to two hours.




Rolling Stock






= YR-880 Series

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Eight single-car diesel multiple units were built by Niigata Transys in 1988 and 1990 for the Flower Nagai Line, using the Niigata Transys NDC model. Six units exist as of 2018. One unit, YR-881 has been scrapped in 2003, and YR-885 had been scrapped in 2015.




= MCR4A Series

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A snow blower car manufactured by Niigata Transys, one unit has been manufactured.




History


October 26, 1913: Akayu - Ringō section opens
November 15, 1914: Ringō - Nagai section opens
December 11, 1922: Nagai - Ayukai section opens
April 22, 1923: Ayukai - Arato segment opens, completing the line
November 15, 1954: Diesel multiple units replace steam engines on the line
June 1, 1959: Miyauchi Station opens
May 20, 1960: Minami-Nagai Station opens
October 28, 1986: Government designates line for closure
April 1, 1987: Line inherited by JR East following privatization of JNR
October 10, 1988: Line transferred from JR East to Yamagata Railway Company
December 15, 1989: Shirousagi Station opens
October 23, 1997: Centralized traffic control (CTC) introduced
June 9, 2002: Ayame-Kōen Station opens
October 13, 2007: Shikinosato Station opens




Station list


All stations are located in Yamagata Prefecture.




References






External links



Official website (in Japanese)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Jalur Bunga Nagai
• Stasiun Nagai (Yamagata)
• Stasiun Minami-Nagai
• Stasiun Imaizumi
• Stasiun Ayame-Kōen
• Stasiun Uzen-Narita
• Stasiun Ayukai
• Stasiun Arato
• Stasiun Orihata
• Stasiun Shikinosato
• Flower Nagai Line
• Nagai, Yamagata
• Nagai Station (Yamagata)
• Imaizumi Station
• Minami-Nagai Station
• Yamagata Shinkansen
• Kawanishi, Yamagata
• Shikinosato Station
• Shirataka
• Miyauchi Station (Yamagata)