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Red indicates Ryōmō Line. Blue indicates Jōetsu Line where Ryōmō Line trains run through.
The Ryōmō Line (両毛線, Ryōmō-sen?) is a trunk railway line between Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture and Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, in Japan. 84.4 km (52.4 miles) long, the line is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) as part of the Greater Tokyo Area rail network. The name literally means "the Two Kenu": Gunma and Tochigi Prefectures were once part of one province called Kenu (毛野?), which was later split into Kōzuke (Gunma) and Shimotsuke (Tochigi). This line connects both halves of the old province.
[edit] Stations
| Line |
Name |
in Japanese |
Distance (km) |
Connecting line |
Location |
| |
total |
City |
Prefecture |
| Ryōmō Line |
Oyama |
小山 |
|
0.0 |
JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line), Mito Line |
Oyama |
Tochigi |
| Omoigawa |
思川 |
5.4 |
5.4 |
|
| Tochigi |
栃木 |
5.4 |
10.8 |
Tōbu Railway: Tōbu Nikkō Line, Tōbu Utsunomiya Line |
Tochigi |
| Ōhirashita |
大平下 |
4.4 |
15.2 |
|
Ōhira |
| Iwafune |
岩舟 |
4.1 |
19.3 |
Iwafune |
| Sano |
佐野 |
7.3 |
26.6 |
Tōbu Railway: Tōbu Sano Line |
Sano |
| Tomita |
富田 |
4.5 |
31.1 |
|
Ashikaga |
| Ashikaga |
足利 |
7.1 |
38.2 |
Tōbu Railway: Tōbu Isesaki Line (at Ashikagashi Station, on foot) |
| Yamamae |
山前 |
4.5 |
42.7 |
|
| Omata |
小俣 |
4.6 |
47.3 |
| Kiryū |
桐生 |
5.6 |
52.9 |
Watarase Keikoku Railway: Watarase Keikoku Line
Jōmō Electric Railway Company: Jōmō Line
(at Nishi-Kiryū Station, on foot)
|
Kiryū |
Gunma |
| Shimoshinden Junction |
下新田 (信号所) |
1.7 |
54.6 |
(no passenger service)
Watarase Keikoku Line diverges here |
| Iwajuku |
岩宿 |
2.3 |
56.9 |
|
Midori |
| Kunisada |
国定 |
6.4 |
63.3 |
Isesaki |
| Isesaki |
伊勢崎 |
5.8 |
69.1 |
Tōbu Railway: Tōbu Isesaki Line |
| Komagata |
駒形 |
5.8 |
74.9 |
|
Maebashi |
| Maebashi-Ōshima |
前橋大島 |
3.2 |
78.1 |
| Maebashi |
前橋 |
3.8 |
81.9 |
Jōmō Electric Railway Company: Jōmō Line (at Chūō-Maebashi Station, on foot or by bus) |
| Shin-Maebashi |
新前橋 |
2.5 |
84.4 |
JR East: Jōetsu Line (includes Agatsuma Line, for Shibukawa Station) |
| Jōetsu Line |
| Ino |
井野 |
3.3 |
87.7 |
|
Takasaki |
| Takasaki-Ton'yamachi |
高崎問屋町 |
1.2 |
88.9 |
| Takasaki |
高崎 |
2.8 |
91.7 |
JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen, Takasaki Line, Hachikō Line, Shin'etsu Line
Jōshin Electric Railway: Jōshin Line
|
[edit] Services
Most Ryōmō Line services continue beyond Shin-Maebashi and terminate at Takasaki on the Jōetsu Line. Local trains are on services, about once in an hour in daylight time between Oyama and Maebashi, and twice or three times frequent between Maebashi and Takasaki. There are rapid train services. From(/to) Maebashi, Rapid Urban trains run for Ueno, and anomynous rapid bounds for Odawara, via Shōnan-Shinjuku Line. These rapid trains stop at all stations on Ryōmō Line.
The Akagi limited express train runs between Maebashi to Ueno (four times from Ueno, two or three times from Maebashi) or Shinjuku (one coming and going). At weekends, some Akagi services are branded Weekend Akagi.
[edit] Rolling stock
115 series train at Oyama Station
The following train types are used on the Ryomo Line.
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