The is a Japanese railway line connecting
Oyama in
Tochigi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,943,886 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,408 km2 (2,474 sq mi). Tochigi Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to th ...
with
Maebashi
is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 335,352 in 151,171 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . I ...
in
Gunma Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 km2 (2,456 sq mi). Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fuku ...
. long, the line is owned and operated by the
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters ar ...
(JR East). The name refers to the fact that Gunma and Tochigi prefectures were once part of an ancient
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...
called , which was later split into
Kōzuke (Gunma) and
Shimotsuke (Tochigi). This line connects both halves of the old province.
Services
Most Ryōmō Line services continue beyond Shin-Maebashi and terminate at on the
Joetsu Line. Local trains run about once in an hour during the day between Oyama and Maebashi and twice or three times as frequently between Maebashi and Takasaki. Some rapid services from Ueno and the
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line travel through onto the Ryōmō Line, but they stop at every station.
Station list
Rolling stock
Present
Takasaki to Oyama
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211-3000 series 4- and 6-car EMUs (since August 2016)
Takasaki to Maebashi (Takasaki Line through services)
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E231-1000 series
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E233-3000 series (since 1 September 2012)
Ashikaga Ō-Fuji-Matsuri special services
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185 series (since 2005)
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E257 series (since 2005)
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485 series
The (and the earlier 481 and 483 series variants) is a Japanese limited express electric multiple unit (EMU) type introduced in 1964 by Japanese National Railways (JNR), and subsequently operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), We ...
(since 2006)
Former
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107 series (until October 2017)
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115-1000 series 4-car EMUs (until March 2018)
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185 series (''
Akagi'' limited express services until March 2016)
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651 series (''
Akagi'' limited express services until 12 March 2021 and ''Ashikaga Ō-Fuji-Matsuri'' special services)
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E653 series
The is an AC/ DC dual-voltage electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan on limited express services since 1997. Originally used on Joban Line '' Fresh Hitachi'' limited express serv ...
(''Ashikaga Ō-Fuji-Matsuri'' special services in 2013 and 2014)
History
The Oyama to Kiryu section was opened in 1888 by the Ryomo Railway, and extended to Shin-Maebashi the following year. The company merged with the Nippon Railway in 1897, and that company was nationalised in 1906.
References
External links
Stations of the Ryōmō Line(JR East)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryomo Line
Lines of East Japan Railway Company
Rail transport in Tochigi Prefecture
Rail transport in Gunma Prefecture
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
Railway lines opened in 1889