| Jōsō Line | |
| Native Name: | 常総線 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Color: | 0000CD |
| Status: | In operation |
| Locale: | Ibaraki Prefecture |
| Stations: | 25 |
| Owner: | Kantō Railway |
| Operator: | Kantō Railway |
| Character: | Fairly urban with some rural areas |
| Stock: | KiHa 2300 series DMU, KiHa 2100 series DMU, KiHa 0 series DMU, KiHa 310 series DMU, KiHa 5020 series DMU, KiHa 5010 series DMU, KiHa 5000 series DMU, KiHa 2400 series DMU, KiHa 2200 series DMU, DD502 series steam train |
| Linelength: | 51.1 km (31.8 mi) |
| Tracks: | Single and double |
| Minradius: | 290 m |
| Electrification: | None |
| Speed: | 90 km/h (56 mph) |
The is a railway line in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kantō Railway. It is a non-electrified line which connects 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]
| Name | Japanese | Between stations (km) | Distance (km) | Track | Rapid | Transfers | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 取手 | style="text-align:center;" | - | 0.0 | Double | ● | Jōban Line | Toride | Ibaraki | |
| 西取手 | 1.6 | 1.6 | ● | ||||||
| 寺原 | 0.5 | 2.1 | ● | ||||||
| 新取手 | 1.3 | 3.4 | ● | ||||||
| ゆめみ野 | 0.8 | 4.2 | ● | ||||||
| 稲戸井 | 1.2 | 5.4 | ● | ||||||
| 戸頭 | 0.9 | 6.3 | ● | ||||||
| 南守谷 | 1.1 | 7.4 | ● | Moriya | |||||
| 守谷 | 2.2 | 9.6 | ● | Tsukuba Express | |||||
| 新守谷 | 1.8 | 11.4 | ｜ | ||||||
| 小絹 | 1.6 | 13.0 | ｜ | Tsukubamirai | |||||
| 水海道 | 4.5 | 17.5 | ● | Jōsō | |||||
| Single | |||||||||
| 北水海道 | 1.8 | 19.3 | ｜ | ||||||
| 中妻 | 1.6 | 20.9 | ｜ | ||||||
| 三妻 | 3.0 | 23.9 | ｜ | ||||||
| 南石下 | 3.3 | 27.2 | ｜ | ||||||
| 石下 | 1.6 | 28.8 | ● | ||||||
| 玉村 | 2.2 | 31.0 | ｜ | ||||||
| 宗道 | 2.0 | 33.0 | ｜ | Shimotsuma | |||||
| 下妻 | 3.1 | 36.1 | ● | ||||||
| 大宝 | 2.6 | 38.7 | ｜ | ||||||
| 騰波ノ江 | 2.3 | 41.0 | ｜ | ||||||
| 黒子 | 2.6 | 43.6 | ｜ | Chikusei | |||||
| 大田郷 | 3.7 | 47.3 | ｜ | ||||||
| 下館 | 3.8 | 51.1 | ● | Mito Line Mooka Railway Mooka Line | |||||
The Jōsō Railway opened the line on 1 November 1913. In 1945, the company merged with the Tsukuba Railway to form the Jōsō Tsukuba Railway, which merged with the Kanto Railway in 1965.
Originally all single-track, 17.5km (10.9miles) of the line was doubled between Toride and Mitsukaidō by 15 November 1984.[1] However, due to the limitations brought by the Kakioka Magnetic Observatory located in Ishioka, this line is still not electrified.
The KiHa 310 vehicles are scheduled for withdrawal in July 2023.[3]
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.