Tobu Koizumi Line | |
Native Name: | 東武小泉線 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Color: | FF0000 |
Type: | Commuter rail |
Locale: | Gunma Prefecture |
End: | / |
Stations: | 10 total 7 (main branch), 3 (Ota branch) |
Open: | 12 March 1917 |
Owner: | Tobu Railway |
Electrification: | 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary |
The, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway, connects Tatebayashi Station located in Tatebayashi, Gunma to Nishi-Koizumi Station located in Ōizumi, Gunma as well as Higashi-Koizumi Station in Ōizumi town to Ōta Station in Ōta, Gunma Japan.
No. | Name | Connections | Location | ||
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館林 | Tatebayashi | Gunma | |||
成島 | |||||
本中野 | Ōra | ||||
篠塚 | |||||
東小泉 | Tobu Koizumi Line for | Ōizumi | |||
小泉町 | |||||
西小泉 | |||||
The line splits at Higashi-Koizumi. | |||||
東小泉 | Tobu Koizumi Line (For Tatebayashi/Nishi-Koizumi) | Ōizumi | Gunma | ||
竜舞 | Ōta | ||||
太田 |
The first section of the line from Tatebayashi Station to Koizumimachi Station was opened for passenger service on March 12, 1917, operated by the Chūgen Railway, which was purchased by Tobu Railway company in 1937.
The 3 km from Koizumimachi Station to opened on April 13, 1939, as a freight-only branch line. Passenger services as far as Nishi-Koizumi commenced in 1941.
In 1941, Higashi-Koizumi Station to Ōta Station section opened on June 1, 1941, to service the Nakajima Aircraft Company Ōta and Koizumi plants. The lines were electrified in 1943.
The Nishi-Koizumi to Sengoku freight branch closed in 1976, and freight services ceased on the line in 1996.
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.