Utsunomiya Light Rail

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Utsunomiya Light Rail

Haga Utsunomiya LRT HU300 series

Overview

Owner

Utsunomiya Light Rail Co., Ltd.

Locale

Utsunomiya, Japan

Termini

Utsunomiya
Hase

Stations

Service

Type

Light rail

Operator(s)

Utsunomiya Light Rail Co., Ltd.

History

Opened

2023 (planned)

Technical

Line length

14.6 km (9.1 mi)^[1]

Track gauge

1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Electrification

750 V DC^[1]

Operating speed

40 km/h (25 mph)^[2]

Route map

Legend

					Utsunomiya Station East
					Higashi-Shukugo
					Ekihigashi Park
					Mine
					Yoto 3-chome
					Utsunomiya University Yoto Campus
					Hiraishi
					Depot
					Hiraishi-chuo Elementary School
					Kinugawa River
					Tobiyama Castle Site
					Seiryo High School
					Kiyohara District Civic Center
					Green Stadium
					Yuinomori-west
					Yuinomori-central
					Yuinomori-east
					Hagadai
					Haga Industrial Park Management Center
					Kashinomori Park
					Haga Takanezawa Industrial Park

The Utsunomiya Light Rail (宇都宮ライトレール, Utsunomiya raitorēru) is a light rail line under construction between Haga, Tochigi and Utsunomiya, the capital of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

History

The project was approved in 2016.^[3] Construction started in 2018, with a target opening date of March 2022, but it was eventually postponed to March 2023. ^[4] This date was also eventually moved back to August 2023, which, as of February 2023, is now the estimated opening date.^[5] On April 3, 2023, ten round trips a day of driver proficiency training using the new light rail vehicles began.^[6]

On November 19, 2022, an LRT train derailed during a trial run. There were no injuries.^[7]

Services

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Rolling stock

The line will be served by Utsunomiya Light Rail HU300 Series (宇都宮ライトレールHU300形) trains built by Niigata Transys, branded Lightline.^[8]

Stations

No	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
No	Station	Japanese	Between stations	Total	Transfers	Location
01	Utsunomiya Station East	宇都宮駅東口	–	–	JR East (Utsunomiya Station) Tōhoku Shinkansen JS Shōnan–Shinjuku Line JU Utsunomiya Line ■ Nikkō Line ■ Karasuyama Line	Utsunomiya	Tochigi Prefecture
02	Higashi-Shukugo	東宿郷	–	–
03	Ekihigashi Park	駅東公園前	–	–
04	Mine	峰	–	–
05	Yoto 3-chome	陽東3丁目	–	–
06	Utsunomiya University Yoto Campus	宇都宮大学陽東キャンパス	–	–
07	Hiraishi	平石	–	–
08	Hiraishi-chuo Elementary School	平石中央小学校前	–	–
09	Tobiyama Castle Site	飛山城跡	–	–
10	Seiryo High School	清陵高校前	–	–
11	Kiyohara District Civic Center	清原地区市民センター前	–	–
12	Green Stadium	グリーンスタジアム前	–	–
13	Yuinomori-west	ゆいの杜西	–	–
14	Yuinomori-central	ゆいの杜中央	–	–
15	Yuinomori-east	ゆいの杜東	–	–
16	Hagadai	芳賀台	–	–		Haga
17	Haga Industrial Park Management Center	芳賀町工業団地管理センター前	–	–
18	Kashinomori Park	かしの森公園前	–	–
19	Haga Takanezawa Industrial Park	芳賀・高根沢工業団地	–	–