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Yagan Railway

Yagan Railway Co., Ltd. (野岩鉄道株式会社, Yagan Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese third-sector railway running between Tochigi and Fukushima prefectures. It operates a single railway line, the Aizu Kinugawa Line (会津鬼怒川線, Aizu Kinugawa-sen).

The name of the line comes from the kanji characters of the ancient provinces of Shimotsuke (; now Tochigi Prefecture) and Iwashiro (; now Fukushima Prefecture). The company's major shareholders include the two prefectural governments.

The Aizu Kinugawa Line (会津鬼怒川線, Aizu Kinugawa-sen) is a 30.7 kilometre railway line from Shin-Fujiwara Station in Nikkō, Tochigi to Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi Station, Minamiaizu, Fukushima.

The name of the line comes from the Aizu area (at the northern end of the line) and the Kinugawa Onsen hot spring resort area (at the southern end). Its nickname is the Hot Spa. Line (ほっとスパ・ライン, Hotto Supa Rain; lit.'Relaxing Spa Line').

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

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

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