Karasuyama Line

Karasuyama Line
Overview
Type	Regional rail
System	JR East
Locale	Tochigi Prefecture
Termini	Hōshakuji Karasuyama
Stations	8
Operation
Opening	1923
Owner	JR East
Rolling stock	KiHa 40 series DMU
Technical
Line length	20.4 km (12.7 mi)
No. of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Route map

The Karasuyama Line (烏山線, Karasuyama-sen) is a railway line in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Hōshakuji in the town of Takanezawa with Karasuyama in Nasukarasuyama.

Services

Trains run approximately once every hour, traveling the entire length of the line. Some trains travel through onto the Tōhoku Main Line to Utsunomiya Station.

Stations

Rolling stock

• KiHa 40 series DMUs
• EV-E301 series BEMU (from 15 March 2014)

Most services on the line are operated by KiHa 40 series single-car diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains, but from the start of the revised timetable on 15 March 2014, a new EV-E301 series two-car battery electric multiple unit (BEMU) was introduced on the Karasuyama Line and Tohoku Main Line between Utsunomiya and Karasuyama.^[1] Developed from the experimental "Smart Denchi-kun" battery electric railcar also tested on this line since 2012, the EV-E301 series train is recharged at a special recharging facility built at Karasuyama Station, and operates on battery power over the non-electrified Karasuyama Line tracks.^[2] The intention is to ultimately replace all of the diesel trains used on the line with new EV-E301 series battery electric units.^[2]

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  A KiHa 40-1000 series DMU, January 2011

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  EV-E301 series BEMU set

History

The line opened in 1923, and diesel railcars (or DMUs) were introduced in 1934.

Wanman driver only operation commenced on the line on 10 March 1990, using KiHa 40 series DMUs.^[3]

References

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karasuyama Line.

• JR East Karasuyama Line information (Japanese)

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