Mito Line

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Mito Line 水戸線
E501 series EMU between Kasama and Shishido stations
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Tochigi, Ibaraki prefectures
Termini	Oyama Tomobe
Stations	16
Operation
Opened	1889
Operator(s)	JR East
Technical
Line length	50.2 km (31.19 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Route map

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 is 50.2 km (31.2 mi) long and is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Station list

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

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 renamed the line as the "Mito Line" for the section between Oyama and Tomobe, with Tomobe to Mito forming part of the Joban Line.
• 1 February 1967: Electrification completed.

Rolling stock

• 415 series EMUs
• E501 series EMUs

References

External links

Media related to Mito Line at Wikimedia Commons

• Stations of the Mito Line (JR East) (Japanese)

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