was a

railway company A rail transport company is a company active within the rail industry. It can be: * a manufacturing company, * a rail transport operations, railway undertaking providing services through operating rolling stock, * a railway infrastructure manager ...

located in Koizumi-machi (currently Oizumi), Oura district,

Gunma prefecture is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of . Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fuk ...

in Japan. The company was founded on April 5, 1913, and purchased by

Tobu Railway is a Japanese commuter railway and ''keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second longes ...

in 1937.

History

Chūgen Railway began to operate the railway line between Koizumimachi (currently Oizumi) and Tatebayashi on March 12, 1917. It changed its name to in 1922, and it was purchased by Tobu Railway in 1937. Since then Tobu Railway has operated the line as the Koizumi Line.

Stations

Chūgen Railway (Jōshū Railway) had seven stations:

Koizumimachi Station is a passenger railway station in the town of Ōizumi, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. It is numbered "TI-45". Lines Koizumimachi Station is served by the Tōbu Koizumi Line, and is located 11.9 kilometers ...

(小泉町駅), Kobugannon Station (瘤観音駅), Shinozuka Station (篠塚駅),

Hon-Nakano Station is a passenger railway station in the town of Ōra, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. It is numbered "TI-42". Lines Hon-Nakano Station is served by the Tōbu Koizumi Line, and is located 6.8 kilometers from ...

(本中野駅),

Mujinazuka Station was a railway station on the Koizumi Line in Ōra, Ōra District, Gunma, Japan, which was operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway is a Japanese commuter railway and ''keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as wel ...

(貉塚駅), Narushima Station (成島駅) and

Tatebayashi Station is a junction passenger railway station in the city of Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. Lines Tatebayashi Station is served by the Tōbu Isesaki Line, and is located 74.6 km from the line ...

(館林駅). Koizumimachi, Shinozuka, Hon-Nakano and Tatebayashi stations were in service from the beginning of the railway. Subsequently, Narushima Station (on April 10, 1926), Kobugannon Station (on June 28, 1931) and Mujinazuka Station (on March 1, 1933) were added.

Connecting services

*Tatebayashi Station:

Isesaki Line The is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway, extending from Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station in Saitama to Isesaki Station in Gunma Prefecture. The Isesaki Line can refer to the entire section between Asakusa ...

(東武伊勢崎線)

References

*Oura-machi town history (local guide) *Zenkoku Tetsudo Jijo Daikenkyu {{DEFAULTSORT:Chugen Railway Defunct railway companies of Japan Rail transport in Gunma Prefecture Railway companies established in 1913 Railway companies disestablished in 1937 1913 establishments in Japan