Mito Line
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The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a railway line connecting Oyama Station in Tochigi Prefecture and Tomobe Station in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The line is Script error: No such module "convert". long and is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Joban Line E501 series and E531 series ten car sets continue on to Iwaki, Fukushima while the 5 car sets go to Oyama. They separate at Tomobe.
Services are often run as one-man trains.
Station list
- All trains stop at every station.[1]
- Trains can pass one another at stations marked "◇" and "∨" and cannot pass at stations marked "｜".
| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between stations |
Total | ||||||
| Template:STN | 小山 | - | 0.0 | File:Shinkansen jre.svg Tōhoku Shinkansen Template:JRLS Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) Template:JRLS Shonan-Shinjuku Line Template:Colorbull Ryomo Line |
∨ | Oyama | Tochigi |
| Template:STN | 小田林 | 4.9 | 4.9 | ｜ | Yūki | Ibaraki | |
| Template:STN | 結城 | 1.7 | 6.6 | ◇ | |||
| Template:STN | 東結城 | 1.7 | 8.3 | ｜ | |||
| Template:STN | 川島 | 2.1 | 10.4 | ◇ | Chikusei | ||
| Template:STN | 玉戸 | 2.1 | 12.5 | ｜ | |||
| Template:STN | 下館 | 3.7 | 16.2 | Mooka Railway Mooka Line Jōsō Line |
◇ | ||
| Template:STN | 新治 | 6.1 | 22.3 | ◇ | |||
| Template:STN | 大和 | 3.6 | 25.9 | ｜ | Sakuragawa | ||
| Template:STN | 岩瀬 | 3.7 | 29.6 | ◇ | |||
| Template:STN | 羽黒 | 3.2 | 32.8 | ◇ | |||
| Template:STN | 福原 | 4.2 | 37.0 | ◇ | Kasama | ||
| Template:STN | 稲田 | 3.1 | 40.1 | ◇ | |||
| Template:STN | 笠間 | 3.2 | 43.3 | ◇ | |||
| Template:STN | 宍戸 | 5.2 | 48.5 | ｜ | |||
| Template:STN | 友部 | 1.7 | 50.2 | Jōban Line (some through services for Template:STN) | ◇ | ||
Rolling stock
- E501 series five-car EMUs
- E531 series five-car EMUs
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A 5-car E501 series EMU on the Mito Line in December 2008
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A 5-car E531 series EMU on the Mito Line in March 2015
Former rolling stock
- 415 series four-car EMUs (until March 2016)[2]
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A 4-car Template:Not a typo series EMU on the Mito Line in March 2016
History
Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Mito Railway Co. opened the line on 16 January 1889[3] operating between Oyama and Mito Stations. On 1 March 1892, the Mito Railway Co. merged with the Nippon Railway.
On 1 July 1895, the Joban Line was opened by the Nippon Railway, joining the Mito Line at Tomobe Station. The company was nationalised in 1906.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
On 12 October 1909, the Japanese Government Railways renamed the Tomobe to Mito section as part of the Joban Line, resulting in the current "Mito Line" being the section between Oyama and Tomobe.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The line was completely electrified on 1 February 1967.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Former connecting lines
Kasama Station: A 1.4 km Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". gauge handcar line to the Kasama Inari shrine operated between 1915 and 1930.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
References
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External links
- Stations of the Mito Line (JR East) Template:In lang
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