The Yagan Railway Co., Ltd. (野岩鉄道株式会社) is a third-sector Japanese railway company whose major shareholders include the Tochigi and Fukushima prefectural governments. It operates a single railway line, the Aizu Kinugawa Line (会津鬼怒川線). The name of the line comes from the kanji characters of the ancient provinces of Shimotsuke (下野) (now Tochigi Prefecture) and Iwashiro (岩代) (now Fukushima Prefecture).

Aizu Kinugawa Line

The Aizu Kinugawa Line (会津鬼怒川線) is a 30.7 kilometre railway line from Shin-Fujiwara Station in Nikkō, Tochigi to Aizu-Kōgen Oze-guchi Station Minamiaizu, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture. Its nickname is the Hot Spa. Line (ほっとスパ・ライン). The name of the line comes from the Aizu area at the northern end and the Kinugawa Onsen hot spring resort area at the southern end.

History

The construction began as a part of the Japan Railway Construction Corporation. It was taken over by Yagan Railway.

Stations