Ban'etsu East Line

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Ban'etsu East Line
A KiHa 110 series DMU near Kanmata Station, September 2018
Overview
Native name	磐越東線
Status	In operation
Owner	JR East
Locale	Fukushima Prefecture
Termini	Iwaki Kōriyama
Stations	16
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR East
Depot(s)	Kōriyama
Rolling stock	KiHa 110 series DMU
History
Opened	1915; 110 years ago (1915)
Technical
Line length	85.6 km (53.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map

The Ban'etsu East Line (磐越東線, Ban'etsu-tō-sen) is a railway line in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Iwaki Station in Iwaki and Kōriyama Station in Kōriyama. The name "Ban'etsu" is taken from the first characters of the names of the ancient provinces of Iwaki (磐城) and Echigo (越後), which the Ban'etsu East and Ban'etsu West lines connect. "Tō" (東) means "east" in Japanese.

The line's nickname is the Yūyū Abukuma Line (ゆうゆうあぶくまライン), taken from the Abukuma River that flows nearby.