| Jōsō Line | |
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Kanto Railway KiHa 2300 series DMU |
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| Overview | |
| Locale | Ibaraki Prefecture |
| Termini | Toride Shimodate |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1913 |
| Owner | Kanto Railway |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 51.1 km |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm |
| Minimum radius | 290 m |
| Operating speed | 80 km/h |
The Jōsō Line (常総線) is a railway line operated by the Kanto Railway in Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. It is a diesel operated line which runs from Toride to Shimodate.[1]
The Jōsō Line connects with the Tsukuba Express line, which opened in 2005, at Moriya Station, the only interchange other than at its two termini.
In fiscal 1999, the Jōsō Line carried an annual total of 14.16 million passengers (38,000 per day), making it the busiest non-electrified private line in Japan.[1]
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The Jōsō Line opened on 1 November 1913. Originally all single-track, 17.5 kilometres (11 mi) of the line was doubled between Toride and Mitsukaidō by 15 November 1984.[1]
| Name | Between stations (km) | Distance (km) | Track | Local | Rapid | Connections | Location | ||
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| Toride | 取手 | - | 0.0 | Double | ● | ● | Jōban Line | Toride | Ibaraki |
| Nishi-Toride | 西取手 | 1.6 | 1.6 | ● | ● | ||||
| Terahara | 寺原 | 0.5 | 2.1 | ● | ● | ||||
| Shin-Toride | 新取手 | 1.3 | 3.4 | ● | ● | ||||
| Yumemino | ゆめみ野 | 0.8 | 4.2 | ● | ● | ||||
| Inatoi | 稲戸井 | 1.2 | 5.4 | ● | ● | ||||
| Togashira | 戸頭 | 0.9 | 6.3 | ● | ● | ||||
| Minami-Moriya | 南守谷 | 1.1 | 7.4 | ● | ● | Moriya | |||
| Moriya | 守谷 | 2.2 | 9.6 | ● | ● | Tsukuba Express | |||
| Shin-Moriya | 新守谷 | 1.8 | 11.4 | ● | ｜ | ||||
| Kokinu | 小絹 | 1.6 | 13.0 | ● | ｜ | Tsukubamirai | |||
| Mitsukaidō | 水海道 | 4.5 | 17.5 | ● | ● | Jōsō | |||
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| Kita-Mitsukaidō | 北水海道 | 1.8 | 19.3 | ● | ｜ | ||||
| Nakatsuma | 中妻 | 1.6 | 20.9 | ● | ｜ | ||||
| Mitsuma | 三妻 | 3.0 | 23.9 | ● | ｜ | ||||
| Minami-Ishige | 南石下 | 3.3 | 27.2 | ● | ｜ | ||||
| Ishige | 石下 | 1.6 | 28.8 | ● | ● | ||||
| Tamamura | 玉村 | 2.2 | 31.0 | ● | ｜ | ||||
| Sōdō | 宗道 | 2.0 | 33.0 | ● | ｜ | Shimotsuma | |||
| Shimotsuma | 下妻 | 3.1 | 36.1 | ● | ● | ||||
| Daihō | 大宝 | 2.6 | 38.7 | ● | ｜ | ||||
| Tobanoe | 騰波ノ江 | 2.3 | 41.0 | ● | ｜ | ||||
| Kurogo | 黒子 | 2.6 | 43.6 | ● | ｜ | Chikusei | |||
| Ōtagō | 大田郷 | 3.7 | 47.3 | ● | ｜ | ||||
| Shimodate | 下館 | 3.8 | 51.1 | ● | ● | Mito Line Mooka Railway Mooka Line |
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