Ryōmō Line

The is a Japanese railway line connecting Oyama in Tochigi Prefecture with Maebashi in Gunma Prefecture. long, the line is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The name refers to the fact that Gunma and Tochigi prefectures were once part of an ancient province called , which was later split into Kōzuke (Gunma) and Shimotsuke (Tochigi). This line connects both halves of the old province.

Services

Most Ryōmō Line services continue beyond Shin-Maebashi and terminate at Template:STN on the Joetsu Line. Local trains run once an hour during the day between Oyama and Maebashi (more frequently between Maebashi and Takasaki). Some rapid services from Ueno and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line have through-service to the Ryōmō Line, after which they stop at every station.

Prior to its discontinuation in 2021, Akagi limited express services, branded Swallow Akagi on weekdays, ran between Maebashi and Ueno or Template:STN.

Station list

Line	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
			Between stations	Total
Ryōmō Line	Template:STN	小山		0.0	File:Shinkansen jre.svg Tohoku Shinkansen Template:JRLS Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) Template:JRLS Shonan-Shinjuku Line Template:Colorbull Mito Line	Oyama	Tochigi
	Template:STN	思川	5.4	5.4
	Template:STN	栃木	5.4	10.8	Template:Plainlist	Tochigi
	Template:STN	大平下	4.4	15.2
	Template:STN	岩舟	4.1	19.3
	Template:STN	佐野	7.3	26.6	Template:TBLS Tōbu Sano Line	Sano
	Template:STN	富田	4.5	31.1		Ashikaga
	Template:STN	あしかがフラワーパーク	0.9	32.0
	Template:STN	足利	6.2	38.2	Template:TBLS Tobu Isesaki Line (Template:STN)
	Template:STN	山前	4.5	42.7
	Template:STN	小俣	4.6	47.3
	Template:STN	桐生	5.6	52.9	Template:Colorbull Watarase Keikoku Line Template:Colorbull Jōmō Line (Template:STN)	Kiryū	Gunma
	Template:STN	岩宿	2.3	56.9		Midori
	Template:STN	国定	6.4	63.3		Isesaki
	Template:STN	伊勢崎	5.8	69.1	Template:TBLS Tobu Isesaki Line
	Template:STN	駒形	5.8	74.9		Maebashi
	Template:STN	前橋大島	3.2	78.1
	Template:STN	前橋	3.8	81.9	Template:Colorbull Jōmō Line (Template:STN)
	Template:STN	新前橋	2.5	84.4	Template:Colorbull Joetsu Line (for Template:STN) Template:Colorbull Agatsuma Line
Joetsu Line
	Template:STN	井野	3.3	87.7		Takasaki
	Template:STN	高崎問屋町	1.2	88.9
	Template:STN	高崎	2.8	91.7	File:Shinkansen jre.svg Joetsu Shinkansen File:Shinkansen jre.svg Hokuriku Shinkansen Template:JRLS Takasaki Line Template:JRLS Shonan-Shinjuku Line Template:Colorbull Shinetsu Main Line Template:Colorbull Hachiko Line Template:Colorbull Jōshin Dentetsu Jōshin Line

Rolling stock

Present

Takasaki to Oyama

• 211-3000 series 4- and 6-car EMUs (since August 2016)

Takasaki to Maebashi (Takasaki Line through services)

• E231-1000 series
• E233-3000 series (since 1 September 2012)

Ashikaga Ō-Fuji-Matsuri special services

• 185 series (since 2005)
• E257 series (since 2005)
• 485 series (since 2006)

Former

• 107 series (until October 2017)
• 115-1000 series 4-car EMUs (until March 2018)
• 185 series (Akagi limited express services until March 2016)
• 651 series (Akagi limited express services until 12 March 2021 and Ashikaga Ō-Fuji-Matsuri special services)
• E653 series (Ashikaga Ō-Fuji-Matsuri special services in 2013 and 2014)

History

The Oyama to Kiryu section was opened in 1888 by the Ryomo Railway, and extended to Shin-Maebashi the following year. The company merged with the Nippon Railway in 1897, and that company was nationalised in 1906.

External links

• Stations of the Ryōmō Line (JR East) Template:In lang