Mito Line
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| Mito Line | |
 Mito Line 415-1500 series EMU | |
| Info | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Kanto region |
| Termini | Oyama Tomobe |
| Stations | 16 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1889 |
| Owner | JR East |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 50.2 km |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm |
| Electrification | Overhead catenary 20 kV AC |
The Mito Line (水戸線 Mito-sen) is a railway line between Oyama Station in Tochigi Prefecture and Tomobe Station in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The line 50.2 km long, and is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
History
- 16 January 1889 - Mito Railway, a private railway company opened its line between Oyama and Mito Stations.
- 1 March 1892 - Nippon Railway annexed Mito Railway.
- 1 July 1895 - Tomobe Station opened; Joban Line connected with former Mito Railway line.
- 1 November 1906 - With Railway Nationalisation Act, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) nationalised Nippon Railway.
- 12 October 1909 - JGR gave the name "Mito Line" for Oyama - Tomobe; Tomobe - Mito part of the Joban Line.
- 1 February 1967 - Electrification completed.
Stations
| Name | in Japanese | Distance (km) | Connect Line | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | City | Prefecture | ||||
| Oyama | 小山 | 0.0 | East JR: Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line), Ryōmō 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, Kanto Railway 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 | East JR: Jōban Line (Some trains run through Jōban Line, for Katsuta Station, via Mito Station.) | ||
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