Ryōmō Line Explained

Ryōmō Line
Color:FFFF00
Locale:Gunma, Tochigi prefectures
Stations:19
Open:1889
Linelength:84.4km (52.4miles)
Speed:95round=5NaNround=5
Map State:collapsed

The is a Japanese railway line connecting Oyama in Tochigi Prefecture with Maebashi in Gunma Prefecture. 84.4km (52.4miles) long, the line is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The name refers to the fact that Gunma and Tochigi prefectures were once part of an ancient province called, which was later split into Kōzuke (Gunma) and Shimotsuke (Tochigi). This line connects both halves of the old province.

Services

Most Ryōmō Line services continue beyond Shin-Maebashi and terminate at on the Joetsu Line. Local trains run once an hour during the day between Oyama and Maebashi (more frequently between Maebashi and Takasaki). Some rapid services from Ueno and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line have through-service to the Ryōmō Line, after which they stop at every station.

Prior to its discontinuation in 2021, Akagi limited express services, branded Swallow Akagi on weekdays, ran between Maebashi and Ueno or .

Station list

LineStationJapaneseDistance (km)TransfersLocation
Between
stations
Total
Ryōmō Line小山 0.0 Tohoku Shinkansen
Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line)
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Mito Line
OyamaTochigi
思川5.45.4 
栃木5.410.8Tochigi
大平下4.415.2 
岩舟4.119.3 
佐野7.326.6 Tōbu Sano LineSano
富田4.531.1 Ashikaga
あしかがフラワーパーク0.932.0 
足利6.238.2 Tobu Isesaki Line
山前4.542.7 
小俣4.647.3 
桐生5.652.9 Watarase Keikoku Line
Jōmō Line
KiryūGunma
岩宿2.356.9 Midori
国定6.463.3 Isesaki
伊勢崎5.869.1 Tobu Isesaki Line
駒形5.874.9 Maebashi
前橋大島3.278.1 
前橋3.881.9 Jōmō Line
新前橋2.584.4 Joetsu Line (for)
Agatsuma Line[1]
Joetsu Line
井野3.387.7 Takasaki
高崎問屋町1.288.9 
高崎2.891.7 Joetsu Shinkansen
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Takasaki Line
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Shinetsu Main Line
Hachiko Line[2]
Jōshin Dentetsu Jōshin Line

Rolling stock

Present

Takasaki to Oyama

Takasaki to Maebashi (Takasaki Line through services)

Ashikaga Ō-Fuji-Matsuri special services

Former

History

The Oyama to Kiryu section was opened in 1888 by the Ryomo Railway, and extended to Shin-Maebashi the following year. The company merged with the Nippon Railway in 1897, and that company was nationalised in 1906.

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Notes and References

  1. The official start of the Agatsuma Line is at Shibukawa, but all trains travel through on the Joetsu Line to Takasaki.
  2. The official start of the Hachiko Line is at, but all trains travel through on the Takasaki Line to Takasaki.
  3. ja: JR東日本 高崎線・両毛線 E233系3000番代営業運転開始. JR East E233-3000 series enter revenue service on Takasaki and Ryomo Lines. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine . 41. 343. 78. Kōtsū Shimbun . Japan . November 2012.