The is a Japanese railway line in Gunma Prefecture, between Takasaki Station in Takasaki and Shimonita Station in Shimonita, operated by the private railway operator . This is the only rail line operated by the company, although it also operates a small number of bus lines. The first section of the Joshin Line opened in 1897.
Rolling stock , the following rolling stock is used on the line.
150 series 2-car EMUs x3 (former Seibu Railway EMUs) 200/250 series single-car and two-car EMUs 500 series 2-car EMUs x2 (former Seibu Railway EMUs) 700 series 2-car EMUs (former JR East 107 series EMUs; since March 2019) 1000 series 2-car EMU x1 6000 series 2-car EMU x1 7000 series 2-car EMU x1 (since December 2013) Class DeKi 1 electric locomotives DeKi 1 and 3 (built by Siemens) Class ED31 electric locomotive ED31 6 (former JNR Class ED31)
The 1000 and 6000 series EMUs purchased new are unusual in having the driver's seat on the right-hand side facing the direction of travel.
History The line opened on 10 May 1897, as a gauge steam-hauled railway line from to Fukushima (present-day ), operated by the . The entire line to was opened on 25 September in the same year. The line was planned to be extended southward from Shimonita to connect with the Saku Railway (present-day Koumi Line) at , and the owning company was accordingly renamed from 25 August 1921. The line was ultimately never extended, but the track was regauged to and electrified with an overhead wire at 1,500 V DC.
Freight operations on the line were discontinued from 1 October 1994.
On 30 November 2003, Takasaki Fairy LandThis leisure complex was managed by a railway department of Joshin Electric Railway which was a leisure complex being established as "Kappa Pia" in 1961 was discontinued. In this leisure complex, "NAKASONE FESTIVAL" was held during summerAbout NAKASONE FESTIVAL because "Matsugoro Nakasone" who is a father of Yasuhiro Nakasone was a CEO of Joshi Electric Railway.
Stations StationJapaneseDistance (km)TransfersLocationBetweenstationsTotal高崎駅 -0.0Joetsu ShinkansenHokuriku ShinkansenTakasaki LineShōnan–Shinjuku LineUeno–Tokyo LineJōetsu LineAgatsuma LineRyōmō Line and Shin'etsu Main LineTakasaki, Gunma南高崎駅0.90.9 佐野のわたし駅1.32.2 根小屋駅1.53.7 高崎商科大学前駅1.35.0 山名駅1.16.1 西山名駅0.97.0 馬庭駅2.49.4 Yoshii吉井駅2.311.7 西吉井駅1.713.4 上州新屋駅1.214.6 Kanra, Gunma上州福島駅2.016.6 東富岡駅2.719.3 Tomioka, Gunma上州富岡駅0.920.2 西富岡駅0.821.0 上州七日市駅0.821.8 上州一ノ宮駅1.323.1 神農原駅2.325.4 南蛇井駅2.828.2 千平駅1.729.9 下仁田駅2.733.7 Shimonita, Gunma
See also List of railway companies in Japan List of railway lines in Japan
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