Tōbu Utsunomiya Line

Utsunomiya Line

An 8000 series EMU on the Tobu Utsunomiya Line, October 2008
Overview
Native name	宇都宮線
Status	In service
Owner	Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.
Locale	Kantō Region
Termini	Shin-Tochigi Tōbu Utsunomiya
Stations	11
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Tobu Railway
Route number	TN
Operator(s)	Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.
Rolling stock	Tobu 350 series, Tobu 8000 series, Tobu 20400 series EMUs
History
Opened	August 11, 1931 (August 11, 1931)
Technical
Line length	24.3 km (15.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	90 km/h (56 mph)

The Utsunomiya Line (宇都宮線, Utsunomiya-sen) is a 24.3-kilometre (15.1 mi) railway line in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. It connects Shin-Tochigi Station in Tochigi with Tobu Utsunomiya Station in Utsunomiya.

Shin-Tochigi Station offers connections to the Tōbu Nikkō Line and the Tobu Main Line network.

Stations

All stations are in Tochigi Prefecture.

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Shin-Tochigi	新栃木	0.0	Nikkō Line (TN12)	Tochigi
Yashū-Hirakawa	野州平川	2.0
Yashū-Ōtsuka	野州大塚	3.9
Mibu	壬生	7.3		Mibu, Shimotsuga District
Kuniya	国谷	10.8
Omocha-no-Machi	おもちゃのまち	12.6
Yasuzuka	安塚	14.8
Nishi-Kawada	西川田	18.3		Utsunomiya
Esojima	江曽島	20.3
Minami-Utsunomiya	南宇都宮	22.1
Tōbu-Utsunomiya	東武宇都宮	24.3

Rolling stock

Tobu 350 series EMUs (Shimotsuke limited express services)
Tobu 8000 series 4-car EMUs (all-stations "Local" services)
Tobu 20400 series 4-car EMUs^[1]

A 4-car 350 series EMU on a Shimotsuke service, December 2008
A 4-car 8000 series EMU, February 2015
A 4-car 20400 series EMU, June 2019

History

The entire line opened in 1931, electrified at 1,500 V DC.^[2]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Tobu Utsunomiya Line stations adopting the prefix "TN" in orange.^[3]

References

^ 東武20400形が営業運転を開始 [Tobu 20400 series begins commercial operation]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

Tobu Railway Utsunomiya Line
Shin-Tochigi Yashū-Hirakawa Yashū-Ōtsuka Mibu Kuniya Omocha-no-Machi Yasuzuka Nishi-Kawada Esojima Minami-Utsunomiya Tōbu-Utsunomiya

Tobu Railway lines
Main lines	Tobu Skytree Line Kameido Line Daishi Line Isesaki Line Sano Line Koizumi Line Kiryū Line Nikkō Line Utsunomiya Line Kinugawa Line Tōbu Urban Park Line
Tojo lines	Tojo Line Ogose Line
Closed lines	Ikaho Tramway Keishi Line Kumagaya Line Nikkō Tramway Ōya Line Yaita Line
Related lines	Akechidaira Ropeway Yagan Railway
Major stations	Asakusa Funabashi Ikebukuro Kasukabe Kawagoe Kita-Senju Ōmiya Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Tōbu Nikkō

Transit in Greater Tokyo
Shinkansen	Tōhoku Shinkansen Yamagata Akita Jōetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen Tōkaidō Shinkansen Chūō (planned)
JR East lines passing through Central Tokyo	Yamanote Line Keihin–Tōhoku Line - Negishi Line Chūō–Sōbu Line Chūō Line Yokosuka Line - Sōbu Line (Rapid) Utsunomiya Line & Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Line Ueno–Tokyo Line Saikyō Line Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Jōban Line (Rapid) Jōban Line (Local) Keiyō Line
JR East lines in satellite cities or suburbs	Musashino Line Yokohama Line Nambu Line Tsurumi Line Sagami Line Hachikō Line/Kawagoe Line Ryōmō Line Jōetsu Line Agatsuma Line Shin'etsu Main Line Tohoku Direction Karasuyama Line Nikkō Line Chuo Direction Chūō Main Line Itsukaichi Line Ōme Line Koumi Line Shinonoi Line Ōito Sobu Direction Sōbu Main Line Sotobō Line Uchibō Line Kururi Line Tōgane Line Joban Direction Mito Line Narita Line Suigun Line Kashima Line Tokaido Direction Itō Line
Tokyo Metro	Chiyoda Line Fukutoshin Line Ginza Line Hibiya Line Marunouchi Line Namboku Line Tōzai Line Yūrakuchō Line Hanzōmon Line
Toei Subway	Asakusa Line Ōedo Line Mita Line Shinjuku Line
Yokohama Municipal Subway	Blue Line Green Line
Keikyu	Main Line Airport Daishi Kurihama Zushi
Keio Corporation	Keiō Line Keiō New Line Dōbutsuen Line Keibajō Line Sagamihara Line Takao Line Inokashira Line
Keisei	Main Line Chiba Line Chihara Line Higashi-Narita Line Kanamachi Line Matsudo Line Oshiage Line Narita Sky Access Line
Odakyu	Odawara Line Enoshima Line Tama Line
Seibu Railway	Ikebukuro Line Sayama Line Seibu Chichibu Line Seibu Yūrakuchō Line Toshima Line Shinjuku Line Haijima Line Kokubunji Line Seibuen Line Tamagawa Line Tamako Line
Sagami Railway	Sōtetsu Main Line Sōtetsu Izumino Line Sōtetsu–JR Link Line Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line
Tobu Railway	Tobu Skytree Line Kameido Line Daishi Line Isesaki Line Sano Line Koizumi Line Kiryū Line Nikkō Line Kinugawa Line Utsunomiya Line Tōbu Urban Park Line Tojo Line Ogose Line
Tōkyū Railways	Den-en-toshi Line Ikegami Line Meguro Line Ōimachi Line Tōkyū Tamagawa Line Tōyoko Line Kodomonokuni Line Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line
Other heavy rail lines	Hokusō Line Kantō Railway Jōsō Line Ryūgasaki Line Nagareyama Line Rinkai Line Saitama Railway Line Shibayama Railway Line Tōyō Rapid Railway Line Tsukuba Express Minatomirai Line
Medium-capacity rails	Kanazawa Seaside Line New Shuttle Nippori–Toneri Liner Yurikamome
Monorails	Chiba Urban Monorail Disney Resort Line Shonan Monorail Tama Toshi Monorail Line Haneda Airport Line
Trams and light rails	Enoden Setagaya Line Toden Arakawa Line Utsunomiya Light Rail
People movers	Yamaguchi Line Yūkarigaoka
Hinterland	Chichibu Main Line Jōmō Line Jōshin Line Watarase Keikoku Yagan Mooka Line Minato Line Ōarai Kashima Line Chōshi Electric Railway Line Isumi Line Kominato Line
Funiculars and aerial lifts	Ōyama Cable Car Hodosan Ropeway (Takao Tozan Railway Mitake Tozan Cable Car ) (Nokogiriyama Ropeway Mount Tsukuba Cable Car Mount Tsukuba Ropeway) Akechidaira Ropeway Ikaho Ropeway Yokohama Air Cabin
Bus	Willer Express List of bus operating companies in Japan
Public ferries	Tokyo-Wan Ferry Tokyo Cruise Ship Tokyo Mizube Line Keihin Ferry Boat The Port Service (Yokohama)
Major terminals	Rail Akihabara Chiba Hachiōji Ikebukuro Kita-Senju Mito Odawara Ōmiya Ōtemachi Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Tachikawa Tokyo Ueno Yokohama Shin-Yokohama Bus Busta Shinjuku T-CAT Airports Haneda Narita Chōfu Ibaraki Ports Yokohama Tokyo Heliports Tokyo Heliport Camp Zama
Miscellaneous	Transit cards Pasmo Suica ~~Passnet~~ Transport in Greater Tokyo Rail transport in Japan List of named passenger trains of Japan List of through trains in Japan Toei Subway rolling stock Tokyo Metro rolling stock List of East Japan Railway Company stations List of Tokyo Metro stations List of Toei Subway stations Station numbering
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Chūkyō Fukuoka–Kitakyushu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Hakone–Fuji–Izu Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen monorails (list) trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

Stations

Rolling stock

History

See also

References