The is a railway line operated by the Kantō Railway in Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. It is a non-electrified line which connects , on the Jōban Line, to , with one intermediate station at .
Services Trains operate approximately every 20 minutes during morning & evening peak hours and every 30 minutes at other times. All services on the Line are Local trains, stopping at every station. Running time is 7 minutes.
History The Ryuzaki Railway Co. opened the line on 14 August 1900 as a gauge steam-operated line. The line was regauged to in July 1915.
The company merged with the Kashima Sangu Railway Co. in 1944, which merged with the Kanto Railway Co. in 1965.
Freight services ceased in 1971, the same year the line switched to driver-only-operation (in August 1971), becoming the first driver-only-operation line in Japan.
Stations StationJapaneseDistance(km)TransfersLocation佐貫0.0 Jōban Line (Ryūgasakishi)RyūgasakiIbarakiPrefecture入地2.2 竜ヶ崎4.5
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia