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Mito Line
水戸線
E501 series EMU between Kasama and Shishido stationsOverview Type Heavy rail Locale Tochigi, Ibaraki prefectures Termini Oyama
TomobeStations 16 Operation Opened 1889 Operator(s) JR East Technical Line length 50.2 km (31.19 mi) Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead catenary Route map The Mito Line (水戸線 Mito-sen ) is a railway line between Oyama Station in Tochigi Prefecture and Tomobe Station in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The line is 50.2 km (31.2 mi) long and is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Contents
Station list
- All trains stop at every station.
- Trains can pass one another at stations marked "◇" and "∨" and cannot pass at stations marked "|".
Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location Between
stationsTotal Oyama 小山 - 0.0 Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line), Ryōmō Line ∨ Oyama Tochigi Otabayashi 小田林 4.9 4.9 | Yūki Ibaraki Yūki 結城 1.7 6.6 ◇ Higashi-Yūki 東結城 1.7 8.3 | Kawashima 川島 2.1 10.4 ◇ Chikusei Tamado 玉戸 2.1 12.5 | Shimodate 下館 3.7 16.2 Mooka Railway Mooka Line
Jōsō Line◇ Niihari 新治 6.1 22.3 ◇ Yamato 大和 3.6 25.9 | Sakuragawa Iwase 岩瀬 3.7 29.6 ◇ Haguro 羽黒 3.2 32.8 ◇ Fukuhara 福原 4.2 37.0 ◇ Kasama Inada 稲田 3.1 40.1 ◇ Kasama 笠間 3.2 43.3 ◇ Shishido 宍戸 5.2 48.5 | Tomobe 友部 1.7 50.2 Jōban Line (some through services for Mito) ◇ History
- 16 January 1889: Mito Railway, a private railway company opened its line between Oyama and Mito Stations.
- 1 March 1892: Nippon Railway annexed Mito Railway.
- 1 July 1895: Tomobe Station opened; Joban Line connected with former Mito Railway line.
- 1 November 1906: With Railway Nationalisation Act, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) nationalised Nippon Railway.
- 12 October 1909: JGR renamed the line as the "Mito Line" for the section between Oyama and Tomobe, with Tomobe to Mito forming part of the Joban Line.
- 1 February 1967: Electrification completed.
Rolling stock
- 415 series EMUs
- E501 series EMUs
References
External links
Media related to Mito Line at Wikimedia Commons
- Stations of the Mito Line (JR East) (Japanese)
JR East lines Shinkansen Main Local Agatsuma · Akabane · Aterazawa · Ban'etsu East · Ban'etsu West · Echigo · Gonō · Hachikō · Hachinohe · Hakushin · Hanawa · Iiyama · Ishinomaki · Itō · Itsukaichi · Iwaizumi · Jōban · Jōetsu · Kamaishi · Karasuyama · Kashima · Kawagoe · Keiyō · Kesennuma · Kitakami · Koumi · Kururi · Mito · Musashino · Nambu · Narita · Negishi · Nikkō · Ōfunato · Oga · Ōito · Ōme · Ōminato · Rikuu East · Rikuu West · Ryōmō · Sagami · Senseki · Senzan · Shinonoi · Sotobō · Suigun · Tadami · Takasaki · Tazawako · Tōgane · Tsugaru · Tsurumi · Uchibō · Yahiko · Yamada · Yamanote · Yokohama · Yokosuka · YonesakaOthers Chūō Rapid · Chūō-Sōbu · Gala-Yuzawa · Keihin-Tōhoku · Saikyō · Shōnan-Shinjuku · Sōbu Rapid · (Tōhoku Jūkan - under construction)Past Categories:- Lines of East Japan Railway Company
- Rail transport in Ibaraki Prefecture
- Rail transport in Tochigi Prefecture
- 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
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