Watarase Keikoku Railway Watarase Keikoku Line

Watarase Keikoku Railway Wa 89-313 train.

The Watarase Keikoku Line (わたらせ渓谷線, -sen) is a Japanese railway line between Kiryū Station in Kiryū, Gunma and Matō Station in Nikkō, Tochigi. This is the only railway line that the third-sector company Watarase Keikoku Railway (わたらせ渓谷鐵道, Watarase Keikoku Tetsudō) operates. The company and line are also known as Watakei (わた渓) or Watetsu (わ鐵). The company acquired the line from the East Japan Railway Company(JR East) in 1989. As the name suggests, the line runs along the Watarase River through a deep valley.

Basic data

• Distance: 44.1 km
• Gauge: 1,067 mm
• Stations: 17
• Double-tracking: None
• Electrification: None
• Railway signalling:
  • Kiryū — Shimo-Shinden: Automatic
  • Shimo-Shinden — Matō: Simplified Automatic

Station list

• Trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "｜".
• Local trains stop at all stations (other than Shimo-Shinden Signal Box).

Station	Japanese	Watarase Keikoku-gō	Transfers	Location
Kiryū	桐生		East Japan Railway Company (JR East): Ryōmō Line Jōmō Electric Railway: Jōmō Line (Nishi-Kiryū)	Kiryū	Gunma
Shimo-Shinden Signal Box	下新田信号場
Shimo-Shinden	下新田
Aioi	相老	※	Tōbu Railway: Kiryū Line
Undō-Kōen	運動公園	｜	Jōmō Electric Railway: Jōmō Line (Kiryū-Kyūjō-Mae)
Ōmama	大間々	●	Tōbu: Kiryū Line (Akagi) Jōmō Electric Railway: Jōmō Line (Akagi)	Midori
Kami-Kambai	上神梅	｜
Motojuku	本宿	｜		Kiryū
Mizunuma	水沼	●
Hanawa	花輪	｜		Midori
Nakano	中野	｜
Konaka	小中	｜
Gōdo	神戸	●
Sōri	沢入	●
Haramukō	原向	｜		Nikkō	Tochigi
Tsūdō	通洞	●
Ashio	足尾	●
Matō	間藤

External links

• Watarase Keikoku Railway official website (Japanese)