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The is a railway line connecting Oyama Station in
File:E501 K752 in Mito Line.jpg, A 5-car E501 series EMU on the Mito Line in December 2008
File:JR East E531 Mito-Line.JPG, A 5-car E531 series EMU on the Mito Line in March 2015
File:JR East 415-1500 Mito-Line.JPG, A 4-car series EMU on the Mito Line in March 2016
Kasama Station: A 1.4 km gauge handcar line to the Kasama Inari shrine operated between 1915 and 1930.
Stations of the Mito Line
(JR East) {{East Japan Railway Company Lines Lines of East Japan Railway Company Rail transport in Ibaraki Prefecture Rail transport in Tochigi Prefecture 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1889
Tochigi Prefecture
is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,897,649 (1 June 2023) and has a geographic area of 6,408 Square kilometre, km2 (2,474 Square mile, sq mi ...
and Tomobe Station in Ibaraki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,828,086 (1 July 2023) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...
, Japan. The line is long and is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...
(JR East).
Joban Line E501 series and E531 series ten car sets continue on to Iwaki, Fukushima while the 5 car sets go to Oyama. They separate at Tomobe.
Services are often run as one-man trains.
Station list
* All trains stop at every station. * Trains can pass one another at stations marked "◇" and "∨" and cannot pass at stations marked "｜".Rolling stock
* E501 series five-car EMUs * E531 series five-car EMUsFormer rolling stock
* 415 series four-car EMUs (until March 2016)History
The Mito Railway Co. opened the line on 16 January 1889 operating between Oyama and Mito Stations. On 1 March 1892, the Mito Railway Co. merged with the Nippon Railway. On 1 July 1895, the Joban Line was opened by the Nippon Railway, joining the Mito Line at Tomobe Station. The company was nationalised in 1906. On 12 October 1909, the Japanese Government Railways renamed the Tomobe to Mito section as part of the Joban Line, resulting in the current "Mito Line" being the section between Oyama and Tomobe. The line was completely electrified on 1 February 1967.Former connecting lines
Kasama Station: A 1.4 km gauge handcar line to the Kasama Inari shrine operated between 1915 and 1930.
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Stations of the Mito Line
(JR East) {{East Japan Railway Company Lines Lines of East Japan Railway Company Rail transport in Ibaraki Prefecture Rail transport in Tochigi Prefecture 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1889