Jōsō Line
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The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a railway line in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kantō Railway. It is a non-electrified line which connects Toride to Shimodate.[1]
The Jōsō Line connects with the Tsukuba Express line, which opened in 2005, at Moriya Station, the only interchange other than at its two termini.
In fiscal 1999, the Jōsō Line carried an annual total of 14.16 million passengers (38,000 per day), making it the busiest non-electrified private line in Japan.[1]
Stations
| Name | Japanese | Between stations (km) | Distance (km) | Track | Rapid | Transfers | Location | |
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| Template:STN | 取手 | - | 0.0 | Double | ● | File:JR logo (east).svg Jōban Line | Toride | Ibaraki |
| Template:STN | 西取手 | 1.6 | 1.6 | ● | ||||
| Template:STN | 寺原 | 0.5 | 2.1 | ● | ||||
| Template:STN | 新取手 | 1.3 | 3.4 | ● | ||||
| Template:STN | ゆめみ野 | 0.8 | 4.2 | ● | ||||
| Template:STN | 稲戸井 | 1.2 | 5.4 | ● | ||||
| Template:STN | 戸頭 | 0.9 | 6.3 | ● | ||||
| Template:STN | 南守谷 | 1.1 | 7.4 | ● | Moriya | |||
| Template:STN | 守谷 | 2.2 | 9.6 | ● | Tsukuba Express | |||
| Template:STN | 新守谷 | 1.8 | 11.4 | ｜ | ||||
| Template:STN | 小絹 | 1.6 | 13.0 | ｜ | Tsukubamirai | |||
| Template:STN | 水海道 | 4.5 | 17.5 | ● | Jōsō | |||
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| Template:STN | 北水海道 | 1.8 | 19.3 | ｜ | ||||
| Template:STN | 中妻 | 1.6 | 20.9 | ｜ | ||||
| Template:STN | 三妻 | 3.0 | 23.9 | ｜ | ||||
| Template:STN | 南石下 | 3.3 | 27.2 | ｜ | ||||
| Template:STN | 石下 | 1.6 | 28.8 | ● | ||||
| Template:STN | 玉村 | 2.2 | 31.0 | ｜ | ||||
| Template:STN | 宗道 | 2.0 | 33.0 | ｜ | Shimotsuma | |||
| Template:STN | 下妻 | 3.1 | 36.1 | ● | ||||
| Template:STN | 大宝 | 2.6 | 38.7 | ｜ | ||||
| Template:STN | 騰波ノ江 | 2.3 | 41.0 | ｜ | ||||
| Template:STN | 黒子 | 2.6 | 43.6 | ｜ | Chikusei | |||
| Template:STN | 大田郷 | 3.7 | 47.3 | ｜ | ||||
| Template:STN | 下館 | 3.8 | 51.1 | ● | File:JR logo (east).svg Mito Line Mooka Railway Mooka Line | |||
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Rolling stock
- KiHa 0 series (ex-JNR KiHa 20)
- KiHa 100 series (driver-only-operation version of KiHa 300)
- KiHa 300 series (ex-JNR KiHa 30)
- KiHa 310 series (ex-JNR KiHa 16/17)
- KiHa 350 series (ex-JNR KiHa 30/35/36) (1987–2012)
- KiHa 2100 series (introduced 1993)
- KiHa 2200 series (introduced 1997)
- KiHa 2300 series (introduced 2000)
- KiHa 2400 series (introduced 2004)
- KiHa 5000 series (introduced 2009)
- KiHa 5010 series (from February 2017)[2]
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A KiHa 310 series DMU in February 2017
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A KiHa 350 series DMU in November 2007
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KiHa 5010 series DMU car 5012 in March 2017
History
The Jōsō Railway opened the line on 1 November 1913. In 1945, the company merged with the Tsukuba Railway to form the Jōsō Tsukuba Railway, which merged with the Kanto Railway in 1965.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Originally all single-track, Script error: No such module "convert". of the line was doubled between Toride and Mitsukaidō by 15 November 1984.[1] However, due to the limitations brought by the Kakioka Magnetic Observatory located in Ishioka, this line is still not electrified.
The KiHa 310 vehicles are scheduled for withdrawal in July 2023.[3]
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.
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- Hisakyu's Railway Guide (Go to "North Kanto" and "Kanto Railway").
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