# Iiyama Line

The Iiyama Line (飯山線, Iiyama-sen) is a railway line in Japan linking Toyono Station in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture and Echigo-Kawaguchi Station in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Stations

| Station | Japanese | km | Connections | Location | Location |
| Nagano | 長野 | – | Hokuriku Shinkansen Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line Shinano Railway Line ■ Shin'etsu Main Line Nagano Electric Railway | Nagano City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Toyono | 豊野 | 0.0 | Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line | Nagano City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Shinano-Asano | 信濃浅野 | 2.2 | | Nagano City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Tategahana | 立ヶ花 | 3.9 | | Nagano City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Kamiimai | 上今井 | 6.9 | | Nakano City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Kaesa | 替佐 | 8.8 | | Nakano City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Hachisu | 蓮 | 14.6 | | Iiyama City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Iiyama | 飯山 | 19.2 | Hokuriku Shinkansen | Iiyama City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Kita-Iiyama | 北飯山 | 20.5 | | Iiyama City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Shinano-Taira | 信濃平 | 23.8 | | Iiyama City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Togari-Nozawaonsen | 戸狩野沢温泉 | 27.5 | | Iiyama City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Kamisakai | 上境 | 31.1 | | Iiyama City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Kami-Kuwanagawa | 上桑名川 | 35.4 | | Iiyama City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Kuwanagawa | 桑名川 | 37.6 | | Iiyama City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Nishi-Ōtaki | 西大滝 | 39.7 | | Iiyama City | Nagano Prefecture |
| Shinano-Shiratori | 信濃白鳥 | 41.8 | | Sakae Village, Shimominochi District | Nagano Prefecture |
| Hirataki | 平滝 | 44.7 | | Sakae Village, Shimominochi District | Nagano Prefecture |
| Yokokura | 横倉 | 46.6 | | Sakae Village, Shimominochi District | Nagano Prefecture |
| Mori-Miyanohara | 森宮野原 | 49.7 | | Sakae Village, Shimominochi District | Nagano Prefecture |
| Ashidaki | 足滝 | 52.5 | | Tsunan Town, Nakauonuma District | Niigata Prefecture |
| Echigo-Tanaka | 越後田中 | 54.9 | | Tsunan Town, Nakauonuma District | Niigata Prefecture |
| Tsunan | 津南 | 57.9 | | Tsunan Town, Nakauonuma District | Niigata Prefecture |
| Echigo-Shikawatari | 越後鹿渡 | 62.1 | | Tsunan Town, Nakauonuma District | Niigata Prefecture |
| Echigo-Tazawa | 越後田沢 | 64.5 | | Tōkamachi City | Niigata Prefecture |
| Echigo-Mizusawa | 越後水沢 | 67.5 | | Tōkamachi City | Niigata Prefecture |
| Doichi | 土市 | 70.4 | | Tōkamachi City | Niigata Prefecture |
| Tōkamachi | 十日町 | 75.3 | ■Hokuhoku Line | Tōkamachi City | Niigata Prefecture |
| Uonuma-Nakajō | 魚沼中条 | 78.4 | | Tōkamachi City | Niigata Prefecture |
| Gejō | 下条 | 82.8 | | Tōkamachi City | Niigata Prefecture |
| Echigo-Iwasawa | 越後岩沢 | 88.1 | | Ojiya City | Niigata Prefecture |
| Uchigamaki | 内ヶ巻 | 93.2 | | Ojiya City | Niigata Prefecture |
| Echigo-Kawaguchi | 越後川口 | 96.7 | ■Jōetsu Line | Nagaoka City | Niigata Prefecture |

## Rolling stock

* KiHa 110 series DMUs

## History

The Iiyama Railway Co. opened the first section from Toyono to its namesake town in 1921, and extended the line in sections to Tokamachi in 1929, where it connected to the Japanese Government Railways line from Echigo-Kawaguchi which had opened in 1927.
The Iiyama Railway Co. was nationalised in 1944, and freight services ceased in 1987.
The line sees much snow in the winter. The line uses avalanche fences along steep slopes, snow sheds and has a melting system at level crossings to deal with the snow. A record 7.85m of snow fell at Mori-Miyanohara Station in February 1945, an event that is remembered with a pole just outside the station marking the vast amount of snow.