Mooka Line

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History

  • 1 April 1912: 16.5 km Script error: No such module "Nihongo". line opens between Shimodate and Mooka.
  • 15 December 1920: Entire line opened to Motegi (route length of 42.0 km). The proposed extension to Nagakura was not constructed.
  • 2 September 1922: Line renamed Mooka Line.
  • 1 November 1982: Freight services discontinued.
  • 11 September 1984: Line closure approved.
  • 11 April 1988: JR line closes and becomes Mooka Railway Mooka Line. Route length is reduced to 41.9 km.
  • 27 March 1994: SL Mooka steam train operation starts.
  • 30 July 2020: JNR Class C11 steam locomotive #325 moved to Tobu Railway. [1]

Rolling stock

(As of October 2022)[2]

  • Mooka 14 diesel railcars x9
  • DE10 Class diesel locomotive #1535[3]
  • JNR Class C12 steam locomotive #66
  • OHa & OHaFu coaches x3

Stations

  • The SL Mooka stops at stations marked with "●" and passes stations marked "｜".
  • To take the SL Mooka, passengers must purchase the SL ticket (500 yen) via Mooka Railways SL Guide and reserve their seats at least a day in advance.
  • There is "SL・DL Rapid" service only on days SL Mooka is operated. And, boarding on this service costs only fares.[4]
Station Japanese Distance (km) SL Mooka SL・DL Rapid Transfers Location
Template:STN 下館 0.0 ● ● East Japan Railway Company (JR East): Mito Line
Kantō Railway: Jōsō Line 		Chikusei Ibaraki
Template:STN 下館二高前 2.2 ｜ ↓  
Template:STN 折本 4.6 ● ●  
Template:STN ひぐち 6.5 ｜ ↓  
Template:STN 久下田 8.5 ● ●   Mooka Tochigi
Template:STN 寺内 12.6 ● ↓  
Template:STN 真岡 16.4 ● ●  
Template:STN 北真岡 18.0 ｜    
Template:STN 西田井 21.2 ●    
Template:STN 北山 22.9 ｜    
Template:STN 益子 25.1 ●     Mashiko, Haga District
Template:STN 七井 28.4 ●    
Template:STN 多田羅 31.2 ●     Ichikai, Haga District
Template:STN 市塙 34.3 ●    
Template:STN 笹原田 38.1 ｜    
Template:STN 天矢場 39.2 ｜     Motegi, Haga District
Template:STN 茂木 41.9 ●    

See also

References

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

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Mooka Railway company overview Template:Webarchive. Retrieved on 8 October 2008. Template:In lang
  3. ↑ "全国の現役機関車をめぐって" Japan Railfan Magazine, October 2008 issue, p.133
  4. ↑ Holidays timetable from/to Shimodate Station around 15 p.m. and 16 p.m.

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