Mito Line

Japanese railway line

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Mito Line

An E501 series EMU between Kasama and Shishido stations in March 2014

Overview
Native name| 水戸線
Status| Operational
Locale| Tochigi, Ibaraki prefectures
Termini|

* Oyama
* Tomobe

Stations| 16
Service
Type| Heavy rail
Operator(s)|  JR East
Rolling stock| E501 series/E531 series EMUs
History
Opened| 16 January 1889; 135 years ago (16 January 1889)
Technical
Line length| 50.2 km (31.2 mi)
Track gauge| 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification| 20 kV, 50 Hz AC (overhead catenary)

Route map

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Prefectural Road 33

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National Route 4

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Ta River

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Kinugawa River

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National Route 294

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Prefectural Road 14

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Sakura River

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Kita-Kantō Expressway

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Inada River

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Inada River

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Fruits Line

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National Route 355

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National Route 355

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National Route 355

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(Jōban Line)

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Jōban Line

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The Mito Line (水戸線, Mito-sen) is a railway line connecting Oyama Station in Tochigi Prefecture and Tomobe Station in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The line is 50.2 km (31.2 mi) 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[edit]

* All trains stop at every station.
* Trains can pass one another at stations marked "◇" and "∨" and cannot pass at stations marked "｜".

Station  | Japanese  | Distance (km)  | Transfers  |  | Location

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Between
stations  | Total
Oyama | 小山  | \-  | 0.0  |  Tōhoku Shinkansen
JU Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line)
JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line
■ Ryomo Line | ∨  | Oyama | Tochigi
Otabayashi | 小田林  | 4.9  | 4.9  |  | ｜  | Yūki | Ibaraki
Yūki | 結城  | 1.7  | 6.6  |  | ◇
Higashi-Yūki | 東結城  | 1.7  | 8.3  |  | ｜
Kawashima | 川島  | 2.1  | 10.4  |  | ◇  | Chikusei
Tamado | 玉戸  | 2.1  | 12.5  |  | ｜
Shimodate | 下館  | 3.7  | 16.2  | Mooka Railway Mooka Line
Jōsō Line | ◇
Niihari | 新治  | 6.1  | 22.3  |  | ◇
Yamato | 大和  | 3.6  | 25.9  |  | ｜  | Sakuragawa
Iwase | 岩瀬  | 3.7  | 29.6  |  | ◇
Haguro | 羽黒  | 3.2  | 32.8  |  | ◇
Fukuhara | 福原  | 4.2  | 37.0  |  | ◇  | Kasama
Inada | 稲田  | 3.1  | 40.1  |  | ◇
Kasama | 笠間  | 3.2  | 43.3  |  | ◇
Shishido | 宍戸  | 5.2  | 48.5  |  | ｜
Tomobe | 友部  | 1.7  | 50.2  | Jōban Line (some through services for Mito)  | ◇

## Rolling stock[edit]

* E501 series five-car EMUs
* E531 series five-car EMUs

* A 5-car E501 series EMU on the Mito Line in December 2008

* A 5-car E531 series EMU on the Mito Line in March 2015

### Former rolling stock[edit]

* 415 series four-car EMUs (until March 2016)[1]

* A 4-car 415-1500 series EMU on the Mito Line in March 2016

## History[edit]

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The Mito Railway Co. opened the line on 16 January 1889[2] 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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

The line was completely electrified on 1 February 1967.[citation needed]

### Former connecting lines[edit]

The former handcar line to Kasama Inari shrine

Kasama Station: A 1.4 km 610 mm (2 ft) gauge handcar line to the Kasama Inari shrine operated between 1915 and 1930.[citation needed]

## References[edit]

1. ^ JR車両ファイル2016 [JR Rolling Stock File 2016]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 56, no. 663\. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. July 2016. p. 18.
2. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 111\. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.

## External links[edit]

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* Stations of the Mito Line (JR East) (in Japanese)

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