Jōmō Line

The Jōmō Line (上毛線, Jōmō-sen) is a railway line in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, operated by Jōmō Electric Railway Company (上毛電気鉃道 Jōmō dentetsu). Its terminus stations are in the cities of Maebashi and Kiryū, extending 25.4 km. Eighteen of its stations opened on November 10, 1928, with one station added in each of the years 1933, 1939, 1993, and 1994.^[1]

Jōmō Electric Railway 700 series train in April 2022

History edit

The entire line opened in 1928,^[1] electrified at 1500 VDC,^[2] to service the local silk industry. The line was noted for operating freight services with its EMUs acting as the locomotive (it did not own electric locomotives), and for carriages that had 50% of the floorspace partitioned for the transport of silk.

Freight services ceased in 1986.^[1]

Station list edit

All stations are in Gunma Prefecture.

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
Station	Japanese	Between stations	Total	Transfers	Location
Chūō-Maebashi	中央前橋	-	0.0	Ryōmō Line (Maebashi)	Maebashi
Jōtō	城東	0.8	0.8
Mitsumata	三俣	0.8	1.6
Katakai	片貝	0.6	2.2
Kamiizumi	上泉	1.0	3.2
Akasaka	赤坂	1.1	4.3
Shinzō-Kekkan Center	心臓血管センター	1.3	5.6
Egi	江木	0.6	6.2
Ōgo	大胡	2.1	8.3
Higoshi	樋越	1.6	9.9
Kitahara	北原	1.0	10.9
Araya	新屋	1.1	12.0
Kasukawa	粕川	1.3	13.3
Zen	膳	1.0	14.3
Niisato	新里	1.5	15.8		Kiryū
Nikkawa	新川	1.9	17.7
Higashi-Nikkawa	東新川	1.0	18.7
Akagi	赤城	0.9	19.6	Tōbu Kiryū Line Watarase Keikoku Line (Ōmama)	Midori
Kiryū-Kyūjō-Mae	桐生球場前	2.2	21.8	Watarase Keikoku Line (Undō-Kōen)	Kiryū
Tennōjuku	天王宿	1.0	22.8
Fujiyamashita	富士山下	0.9	23.7
Maruyamashita	丸山下	0.6	24.3
Nishi-Kiryū	西桐生	1.1	25.4	Ryōmō Line (Kiryū) Watarase Keikoku Line (Kiryū)

Rolling stock edit

100 series EMU car (special event use only)
700 series 2-car EMUs (x8) (former Keio 3000 series)
800 series 2-car EMUs (former Tokyo Metro 03 series)

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "企業情報" [Company History]. jomorailway.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ Bushell, Chris, ed. (2006). Railway Directory 2006 (111th ed.). Reed Business Information. p. 120. ISBN 0-617-01031-5.

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[:0-1] "企業情報" [Company History]. jomorailway.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[RD2006-2] Bushell, Chris, ed. (2006). Railway Directory 2006 (111th ed.). Reed Business Information. p. 120. ISBN 0-617-01031-5.

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