Tōbu Koizumi Line

Tobu Koizumi Line
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A Tobu Koizumi Line down train between Tatebayashi and Narushima stations in March 2008
Overview
Native name	東武小泉線
Owner	Tobu Railway
Locale	Gunma Prefecture
Termini	Tatebayashi Nishi-Koizumi/Higashi-Koizumi
Stations	10 total 7 (main branch), 3 (Ota branch)
Service
Type	Commuter rail
History
Opened	12 March 1917
Technical
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary

The Tobu Koizumi Line (東武小泉線, Tōbu Koizumi-sen), operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway, connects Tatebayashi Station located in Tatebayashi, Gunma to Nishi-Koizumi Station located in Ōizumi, Gunma as well as Higashi-Koizumi Station in Ōizumi town to Ōta Station in Ōta, Gunma Japan.

Stations

No.	Name		Connections	Location
TI10	Tatebayashi	館林	TI Tobu Isesaki Line TI Tobu Sano Line	Tatebayashi	Gunma
TI41	Narushima	成島
TI42	Hon-Nakano	本中野		Ōra
TI43	Shinozuka	篠塚
TI44	Higashi-Koizumi	東小泉	TI Tobu Koizumi Line for Ōta	Ōizumi
TI45	Koizumimachi	小泉町
TI46	Nishi-Koizumi	西小泉
The line splits at Higashi-Koizumi.
TI44	Higashi-Koizumi	東小泉	TI Tobu Koizumi Line (For Tatebayashi/Nishi-Koizumi)	Ōizumi	Gunma
TI47	Ryūmai	竜舞		Ōta
TI18	Ōta	太田	TI Tobu Isesaki Line TI Tobu Kiryu Line

Abandoned stations

• Shin-Koizumi Station ^[jp] - Sengokugashi Station ^[jp]
• Kobugannon Station (between Higashi-Koizumi Station and Shinozuka Station)
• Mujinazuka Station (between Narushima Station and Hon-Nakano Station)

History

The first section of the line from Tatebayashi Station to Koizumimachi Station was opened for passenger service on March 12, 1917, operated by the Chūgen Railway, which was purchased by Tobu Railway company in 1937.^{[citation needed]}

The 3 km Sengokugashi Freight Line (仙石河岸貨物線) from Koizumimachi Station to Sengokugashi Station (仙石河岸駅) opened on April 13, 1939, as a freight-only branch line. Passenger services as far as Nishi-Koizumi commenced in 1941.^{[citation needed]}

In 1941, Higashi-Koizumi Station to Ōta Station section opened on June 1, 1941, to service the Nakajima Aircraft Company Ōta and Koizumi plants. The lines were electrified in 1943.^{[citation needed]}

The Nishi-Koizumi to Sengoku freight branch closed in 1976, and freight services ceased on the line in 1996.^{[citation needed]}

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

• Ryōzō Kawashima (2004). Zenkoku Tetsudo Jijo Daikenkyu. Tōkyō: Sōshisha. ISBN 4-7942-1291-7.
• Yukiyasu Sugizaki (2000). Ekisha Sai-hakken. Tōkyō: JTB. ISBN 4-533-03675-9.
• Shunzō Miyawaki (1997). Tetsudo Haisenato o Aruku. Tōkyō: JTB. ISBN 4-533-02743-1.

External links

• History of Tobu Railway (in Japanese)