Yonesaka Line closed due to heavy rain disaster

Two posters announcing the replacement buses and the service information about Yonesaka Line posted at Sakamachi Station.

Timetable for the trains(Yonezawa-Imaizumi) and the replacement bus(Imaizumi-Sakamachi)

The first train running near Minami-Yonezawa Station. Between Yonezawa and Imaizumi, a special timetable is being operated using Kiha 110 trains etc.

A replacement bus waiting to depart in front of Imaizumi Station. Here I changed from the diesel car to the replacement bus.

Tenoko Station was not operated a train for over two years. It's hard to believe that it was bustling when the 9600-type steam locomotives and the Kiha 52,58 and 28 were in operation.

The Yonesaka Line tracks are covered with grass and the rails can not be visible.

Ivy was entangled around the railroad crossing gate on the Yonesaka Line, which has not been closed for over two years.

The Yonesaka Line platform at Sakamachi Station is also covered in grass and the rails are rusted red.

When I visited the Yonesaka Line for the first time since the heavy rain disaster, the line was covered with grass and the rails were rusted, and it will take a lot of money, effort, and time to restore it. I was the only one who took the first replacement bus from Imaizumi Station, and there were only a few passengers from stations along the way, so I felt that the suspension of service for the past two years has caused local residents to turn away from trains. I hope that the Yonesaka Line restoration work will begin as soon as possible and the entire line will be reopened!
Let's send our support to the JR Yonesaka Line! A page in Oguni Town where you can send messages of support to the Yonesaka Line, which is currently closed due to heavy rain!)

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