Tōbu Koizumi Line

Template:Short description Template:Refimprove The , operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway, connects Tatebayashi Station located in Tatebayashi, Gunma to Nishi-Koizumi Station located in Ōizumi, Gunma as well as Higashi-Koizumi Station in Ōizumi town to Ōta Station in Ōta, Gunma Japan.

Stations

No.	Name		Connections	Location
Template:TBSN	Template:STN	館林	Template:Plainlist	Tatebayashi	Gunma
Template:TBSN	Template:STN	成島
Template:TBSN	Template:STN	本中野		Ōra
Template:TBSN	Template:STN	篠塚
Template:TBSN	Template:STN	東小泉	Template:TBLS Tobu Koizumi Line for Template:STN	Ōizumi
Template:TBSN	Template:STN	小泉町
Template:TBSN	Template:STN	西小泉
The line splits at Higashi-Koizumi.
Template:TBSN	Template:STN	東小泉	Template:TBLS Tobu Koizumi Line (For Tatebayashi/Nishi-Koizumi)	Ōizumi	Gunma
Template:TBSN	Template:STN	竜舞		Ōta
Template:TBSN	Template:STN	太田	Template:Plainlist

Abandoned stations

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• Kobugannon Station (between Higashi-Koizumi Station and Shinozuka Station)
• Mujinazuka Station (between Narushima Station and Hon-Nakano Station)

History

The first section of the line from Tatebayashi Station to Koizumimachi Station was opened for passenger service on March 12, 1917, operated by the Chūgen Railway, which was purchased by Tobu Railway company in 1937.

The 3 km from Koizumimachi Station to opened on April 13, 1939, as a freight-only branch line. Passenger services as far as Nishi-Koizumi commenced in 1941.

In 1941, Higashi-Koizumi Station to Ōta Station section opened on June 1, 1941, to service the Nakajima Aircraft Company Ōta and Koizumi plants. The lines were electrified in 1943.

The Nishi-Koizumi to Sengoku freight branch closed in 1976, and freight services ceased on the line in 1996.

References

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

External links

• History of Tobu Railway Template:In lang