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{{Short description|Railway line in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox rail line
{{Infobox rail line
|name = Karasuyama Line
|name = Karasuyama Line
|native_name = 烏山線
| color = 008000 <!-- Green -->
| color = 008000 <!-- Green -->
|image = JR East EV-E300-1 V1 ACCUM Demonstration.jpg
|image = Series EV-E301-V1.jpg
|image_width = 300px
|image_width = 300px
|caption = An EV-E301 series BEMU on the Karasuyama Line in October 2023
|caption =
|type = [[Regional rail]]
|type = [[Regional rail]]
|system = [[JR East]]
|system =
|status =
|status = In operation
|locale = [[Tochigi Prefecture]]
|locale = [[Tochigi Prefecture]]
|start = {{ja-stalink|Hōshakuji}}
|start = {{STN|Hōshakuji}}
|end = {{ja-stalink|Karasuyama}}
|end = {{STN|Karasuyama}}
|stations = 8
|stations = 8
|routes =
|routes =
|ridership =
|daily_ridership =
|open = 1923
|open = {{Start date and age|15 April 1923|df=y}}
|close =
|close =
|owner = [[JR East]]
|owner = {{ric|JR East|name=y}}
|operator =
|operator = JR East
|character = Fairly rural
|stock = [[KiHa 40 series]] DMU
|stock = [[EV-E301 series]] BEMU
|linelength = {{convert|20.4|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|linelength = {{cvt|20.4|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|tracklength =
|tracklength =
|tracks = [[Single-track railway|Single tracked]]
|notrack = 1
|gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
|gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
|el = None
|electrification = None
|speed =
|speed = {{cvt|65|km/h}}
|elevation =
|elevation =
|map = [[File:JR_Karasuyama_Line_Map.svg|thumb|200px|center]]
|map = [[File:JR_Karasuyama_Line_Map.svg|thumb|200px|center]]
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}}
}}


The {{nihongo|'''Karasuyama Line'''|烏山線|Karasuyama-sen|}} is a railway line in [[Tochigi Prefecture]], Japan, owned and operated by [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East). It connects {{ja-stalink|Hōshakuji}} in the town of [[Takanezawa, Tochigi|Takanezawa]] with {{ja-stalink|Karasuyama}} in [[Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi|Nasukarasuyama]].
The {{nihongo|'''Karasuyama Line'''|烏山線|Karasuyama-sen|}} is a railway line in [[Tochigi Prefecture]], Japan, owned and operated by [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East). It connects {{STN|Hōshakuji}} in the town of [[Takanezawa, Tochigi|Takanezawa]] with {{STN|Karasuyama}} in [[Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi|Nasukarasuyama]].


==Services==
==Services==
Trains run approximately once every hour, traveling the entire length of the line. Some trains travel through onto the [[Tōhoku Main Line]] to [[Utsunomiya Station]].
Trains run approximately once every hour, traveling the entire length of the line. Some trains travel through onto the [[Utsunomiya Line]] ([[Tohoku Main Line]]) to [[Utsunomiya Station]].


==Stations==
==Stations==
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!rowspan="2"|Location
!rowspan="2"|Location
|-
|-
!Between<br>stations
!Between<br />stations
!Total
!Total
|-
|-
|{{ja-stalink|Hōshakuji}}
|{{STN|Hōshakuji}}
|宝積寺
|宝積寺
|style="text-align:center;"| -
|style="text-align:center;"| -
|style="text-align:right;"|0.0
|style="text-align:right;"|0.0
| {{JRLS|JU}} [[Utsunomiya Line]] (Some through trains to {{STN|Utsunomiya}})
|[[Tōhoku Main Line]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Takanezawa, Tochigi|Takanezawa]], [[Shioya District, Tochigi|Shioya District]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Takanezawa, Tochigi|Takanezawa]], [[Shioya District, Tochigi|Shioya District]]
|-
|-
|{{ja-stalink|Shimotsuke-Hanaoka}}
|{{STN|Shimotsuke-Hanaoka}}
|下野花岡
|下野花岡
|style="text-align:right;"|3.9
|style="text-align:right;"|3.9
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|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|{{ja-stalink|Niita}}
|{{STN|Niita}}
|仁井田
|仁井田
|style="text-align:right;"|2.0
|style="text-align:right;"|2.0
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|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|{{ja-stalink|Kōnoyama}}
|{{STN|Kōnoyama}}
|鴻野山
|鴻野山
|style="text-align:right;"|2.4
|style="text-align:right;"|2.4
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|rowspan="5"|[[Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi|Nasukarasuyama]]
|rowspan="5"|[[Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi|Nasukarasuyama]]
|-
|-
|{{ja-stalink|Ōgane}}
|{{STN|Ōgane}}
|大金
|大金
|style="text-align:right;"|4.4
|style="text-align:right;"|4.4
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|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|{{ja-stalink|Kobana}}
|{{STN|Kobana}}
|小塙
|小塙
|style="text-align:right;"|2.6
|style="text-align:right;"|2.6
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|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|{{ja-stalink|Taki||Tochigi}}
|{{STN|Taki|Tochigi}}
|滝
|滝
|style="text-align:right;"|2.2
|style="text-align:right;"|2.2
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|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|{{ja-stalink|Karasuyama}}
|{{STN|Karasuyama}}
|烏山
|烏山
|style="text-align:right;"|2.9
|style="text-align:right;"|2.9
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==Rolling stock==
==Rolling stock==
* [[KiHa 40 series]] DMUs
* [[EV-E301 series]] BEMU (since 15 March 2014)
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* [[EV-E301 series]] BEMU (from 15 March 2014)


Most services on the line are operated by [[KiHa 40 series]] single-car [[diesel multiple unit]] (DMU) trains, but from the start of the revised timetable on 15 March 2014, a new [[EV-E301 series]] two-car [[battery electric multiple unit]] (BEMU) was introduced on the Karasuyama Line and [[Tohoku Main Line]] between Utsunomiya and Karasuyama.<ref name="railfan20140316">{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2014/03/16/174500.html|title= 烏山線でEV-E301系が営業運転を開始|trans_title= EV-E301 series enters revenue service on Karasuyama Line|date= 16 March 2014|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 17 March 2014}}</ref> Developed from the experimental "[[NE Train|Smart Denchi-kun]]" battery electric railcar also tested on this line since 2012, the EV-E301 series train is recharged at a special recharging facility built at [[Karasuyama Station]], and operates on battery power over the non-electrified Karasuyama Line tracks.<ref name="hobidas20121106">{{cite web |url= http://rail.hobidas.com/news/info/article/134417.html|title= JR東日本　烏山線に新型蓄電池電車導入|trans_title= JR East to introduce new battery train on Karasuyama Line|date= 6 November 2012|work= Tetsudo Hobidas|publisher= Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 6 November 2012}}</ref> All of the remaining diesel trains used on the line will be replaced with new EV-E301 series battery electric units from the start of the revised timetable on 4 March 2017.<ref name="jreast20161216">{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20161219.pdf|script-title=ja: ２０１７年３月 ダイヤ改正について |trans_title= March 2017 timetable revision|date= 16 December 2016|work= News release|publisher= East Japan Railway Company |location= Japan|page= 4|language= Japanese|format= PDF|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20161217143005/http://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20161219.pdf|archivedate= 17 December 2016|dead-url=no |accessdate= 17 December 2016}}</ref>
From the start of the revised timetable on 15 March 2014, a new [[EV-E301 series]] two-car [[battery electric multiple unit]] (BEMU) was introduced on the Karasuyama Line and [[Tohoku Main Line]] between Utsunomiya and Karasuyama.<ref name="railfan20140316">{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2014/03/16/174500.html|script-title=ja: 烏山線でEV-E301系が営業運転を開始|trans-title=EV-E301 series enters revenue service on Karasuyama Line|date= 16 March 2014|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 17 March 2014}}</ref> Developed from the experimental "[[NE Train|Smart Denchi-kun]]" battery electric railcar also tested on this line since 2012, the EV-E301 series train is recharged at a special recharging facility built at [[Karasuyama Station]], and operates on battery power over the non-electrified Karasuyama Line tracks.<ref name="hobidas20121106">{{cite web |url= http://rail.hobidas.com/news/info/article/134417.html|script-title=ja: JR東日本 烏山線に新型蓄電池電車導入|trans-title=JR East to introduce new battery train on Karasuyama Line|date= 6 November 2012|work= Tetsudo Hobidas|publisher= Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 6 November 2012}}</ref>
All of the remaining [[KiHa 40 series]] diesel trains used on the line were withdrawn on 3 March 2017, and replaced with EV-E301 series battery electric units from the start of the revised timetable on 4 March 2017.<ref name="sankei20170304">{{cite web |url= http://www.sankei.com/life/news/170304/lif1703040025-n1.html |script-title=ja: ＪＲ烏山線のディーゼル車「キハ４０形」 「たらこ色」の車両ラストラン |trans-title=Last run on JR Karasuyama Line for red KiHa 40 diesel cars |date= 4 March 2017|work= Sankei News |publisher= The Sankei Shimbun & Sankeu Digital |location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170304023645/http://www.sankei.com/life/news/170304/lif1703040025-n1.html |archive-date= 4 March 2017|url-status=live |access-date= 4 March 2017}}</ref>


<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Kiha40-1003 20110102.jpg|A KiHa 40-1000 series DMU, January 2011
File:JR East EV-E300-1 V1 ACCUM Demonstration.jpg|EV-E301 series BEMU set
</gallery>

===Former rolling stock===
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* [[KiHa 40 series]] DMUs (until 3 March 2017)

<gallery>
File:Kiha40-1003 20110102.jpg|A KiHa 40-1000 series DMU in January 2011
</gallery>
</gallery>


==History==
==History==
The line opened on 15 April 1923.<ref name="teishajo1998">{{cite book |script-title=ja: 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 |trans-title=Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR|publisher = JTB | editor1-last = Ishino| editor1-first = Tetsu| year = 1998 |location = Japan |language = ja | volume = I |page = 106|isbn = 4-533-02980-9}}</ref> With the privatization of [[Japanese National Railways]] (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the line came under the control of JR East.<ref name="teishajo1998"/>
The line opened in 1923, and diesel railcars (or [[Diesel multiple unit|DMUs]]) were introduced in 1934.{{cn|date=August 2014}}


''Wanman'' [[driver only operation]] commenced on the line on 10 March 1990, using KiHa 40 series DMUs.<ref name="jrr2004">{{cite book |title = JR気動車客車編成表 '04年版 |trans_title= JR DMU & Coaching Stock Formations - 2004| publisher = JRR | date = 1 July 2004 | location = Japan | page = 197| isbn = 4-88283-125-2}}</ref>
''Wanman'' [[driver only operation]] commenced on the line on 10 March 1990, using KiHa 40 series DMUs.<ref name="jrr2004">{{cite book |script-title=ja: JR気動車客車編成表 '04年版 |trans-title=JR DMU & Coaching Stock Formations - 2004| publisher = JRR | date = 1 July 2004 | location = Japan | page = 197| isbn = 4-88283-125-2}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/result.aspx?mode=2&rosen=20=1=%89G%8ER%90%FC JR East Karasuyama Line information] {{ja icon}}
* [http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/result.aspx?mode=2&rosen=20=1=%89G%8ER%90%FC JR East Karasuyama Line information] {{in lang|ja}}


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{{East Japan Railway Company Lines}}

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[[Category:1923 establishments in Japan]]

Latest revision as of 05:03, 23 November 2024

Karasuyama Line
An EV-E301 series BEMU on the Karasuyama Line in October 2023
Overview
Native name烏山線
StatusIn operation
OwnerLogo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East
LocaleTochigi Prefecture
Termini
Stations8
Service
TypeRegional rail
Operator(s)JR East
Rolling stockEV-E301 series BEMU
History
Opened15 April 1923; 101 years ago (15 April 1923)
Technical
Line length20.4 km (12.7 mi)
Number of tracksSingle tracked
CharacterFairly rural
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
ElectrificationNone
Operating speed65 km/h (40 mph)
Route map

The Karasuyama Line (烏山線, Karasuyama-sen) is a railway line in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Hōshakuji in the town of Takanezawa with Karasuyama in Nasukarasuyama.

Services

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Trains run approximately once every hour, traveling the entire length of the line. Some trains travel through onto the Utsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line) to Utsunomiya Station.

Stations

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Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
Between
stations 		Total
Hōshakuji 宝積寺 - 0.0 JU Utsunomiya Line (Some through trains to Utsunomiya) Takanezawa, Shioya District
Shimotsuke-Hanaoka 下野花岡 3.9 3.9  
Niita 仁井田 2.0 5.9  
Kōnoyama 鴻野山 2.4 8.3   Nasukarasuyama
Ōgane 大金 4.4 12.7  
Kobana 小塙 2.6 15.3  
Taki 滝 2.2 17.5  
Karasuyama 烏山 2.9 20.4  

Rolling stock

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From the start of the revised timetable on 15 March 2014, a new EV-E301 series two-car battery electric multiple unit (BEMU) was introduced on the Karasuyama Line and Tohoku Main Line between Utsunomiya and Karasuyama.[1] Developed from the experimental "Smart Denchi-kun" battery electric railcar also tested on this line since 2012, the EV-E301 series train is recharged at a special recharging facility built at Karasuyama Station, and operates on battery power over the non-electrified Karasuyama Line tracks.[2]

All of the remaining KiHa 40 series diesel trains used on the line were withdrawn on 3 March 2017, and replaced with EV-E301 series battery electric units from the start of the revised timetable on 4 March 2017.[3]

  • EV-E301 series BEMU set
    EV-E301 series BEMU set

Former rolling stock

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  • A KiHa 40-1000 series DMU in January 2011
    A KiHa 40-1000 series DMU in January 2011

History

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The line opened on 15 April 1923.[4] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the line came under the control of JR East.[4]

Wanman driver only operation commenced on the line on 10 March 1990, using KiHa 40 series DMUs.[5]

References

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  1. ^ 烏山線でEV-E301系が営業運転を開始 [EV-E301 series enters revenue service on Karasuyama Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  2. ^ JR東日本 烏山線に新型蓄電池電車導入 [JR East to introduce new battery train on Karasuyama Line]. Tetsudo Hobidas (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  3. ^ ＪＲ烏山線のディーゼル車「キハ４０形」 「たらこ色」の車両ラストラン [Last run on JR Karasuyama Line for red KiHa 40 diesel cars]. Sankei News (in Japanese). Japan: The Sankei Shimbun & Sankeu Digital. 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Japan: JTB. p. 106. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  5. ^ JR気動車客車編成表 '04年版 [JR DMU & Coaching Stock Formations - 2004]. Japan: JRR. 1 July 2004. p. 197. ISBN 4-88283-125-2.
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