Ouhoku Line - Ouhokusen

Japanese: 奥羽北線 - おううほくせん
Ouhoku Line - Ouhokusen

...The main stops are Yonezawa, Yamagata, Akita, Noshiro, Odate, and Hirosaki. Construction of the Ou Main Line began on the Fukushima side and the Aomori side. First, the Aomori-Hirosaki section was opened in December 1894 as the Ou Kita Line, and the Fukushima-Yonezawa section was opened in May 1899 as the Ou Minami Line. It was subsequently extended and opened one after another, and in September 1905, the Fukushima-Aomori section was completed with the opening of the Yuzawa-Yokote section, and the line was renamed the Ou Main Line. The name of the line comes from the fact that it connects the old provinces of Mutsu and Uzen. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Ouhoku Line" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…おもな経由地は米沢市,山形市,秋田市,能代市,大館市,弘前市である。奥羽本線は福島側および青森側からそれぞれ建設を開始,まず青森側からは1894年12月青森~弘前間が奥羽北線として開通,福島側からは99年5月福島~米沢間が奥羽南線として開通,以後順次延長開通し,1905年9月湯沢~横手間の開通により福島~青森間が全通,奥羽本線と改称された。線名の由来は旧国名陸奥と羽前を結ぶことにちなむ。…

※「奥羽北線」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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