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line in

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, Japan, operated by between

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and

Nagareyama Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan operated by the private railway operator Ryūtetsu. It is numbered station RN6. Lines Nagareyama Station is the terminus of the Nagareyama Line, and ...

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. The line and the operator company was called the and respectively until the renaming on August 1, 2008. The present line name was the most popular short name of the line. It was also called . This is the only line Ryūtetsu operates, making the company unique for being an independent railway operator with just a single 5.7 km line and no major subsidiary businesses (unlike Yamaman or

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and their

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). The short line functions as a link between the centre of the city of Nagareyama and the

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(JR East)

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. However, after the opening of the Tsukuba Express on August 24, 2005, ridership fell sharply.

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and PASMO

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s cannot be used, and Ryūtetsu reportedly has no plans to introduce the system on the line.

Basic data

*Double-tracking: None *

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: Automatic Train Stop *

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: Kogane-Jōshi Station

History

The company was incorporated on November 7, 1913 as and opened a gauge railway on March 14, 1916. The company renamed in November 1922 and rebuilt the railway track to gauge in 1924. The company name was again changed to Nagareyama Electric Railway (''Nagareyama Denki Tetsudō'') in 1949, to Nagareyama Electric Railway (''Nagareyama Dentetsu'') in 1967, to Sōbu Nagareyama Electric Railway in 1971 and to Ryūtetsu in 2008.

Stations

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References

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* {{Tokyo transit Railway lines in Japan Railway lines in Chiba Prefecture 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1916 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in Japan 1916 establishments in Japan