Utsunomiya Line

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This article is about the line of JR East. For the line of Tōbu Railway, see Tōbu Utsunomiya Line.

The Utsunomiya Line (宇都宮線, Utsunomiya-sen^?) is the 159.9 kilometre portion of the JR East Tōhoku Main Line. It runs from Ueno Station to Kuroiso Station.

Although there is also the Tōbu Utsunomiya Line of Tōbu Railway, most references made to the "Utsunomiya Line" generally refer to JR East's line, especially in non-Tōbu environment or context. The Tōbu Utsunomiya Line is commonly just referred to as the "Tōbu Line" by residents of the neighbourhood.

[edit] Stations and Service on the JR Utsunomiya Line

Station	Distance from Ueno	Train Classification						Connecting Lines	Location
		Shōnan-Shinjuku Line		Rapid "Rabbit"	Commuter Rapid	Home Liner Koga
		Local	Rapid	Rapid "Rabbit"	Commuter Rapid	Home Liner Koga
Ueno	0.0	The Shōnan-Shinjuku Line provides direct through service to the Yokosuka Line		●	●	●	From Shinjuku, Ikebukuro	JR: Tōhoku Shinkansen・Yamanote Line・Keihin-Tōhoku Line・Jōban Line・Takasaki Line Tokyo Metro: Ginza Line・Hibiya Line Keisei Railway: Keisei Main Line（Keisei Ueno Station）	Tokyo
Oku	4.8			｜	●	｜	From Shinjuku, Ikebukuro
Akabane	9.8	●	●	●	●	｜	｜	JR: Keihin-Tōhoku Line・Takasaki Line・Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Urawa	20.8	｜	｜	●	●	●	｜	JR: Keihin Tōhoku Line	Saitama
Saitama-Shintoshin	25.3	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜	JR：Keihin Tōhoku Line
Ōmiya	26.9	●	●	●	●	●		JR: Tōhoku Shinkansen・Jōetsu Shinkansen・Keihin-Tōhoku Line・Kawagoe Line・Takasaki Line Tōbu: Noda Line Saitama New Urban Transport: Ina Line
Toro	29.9	●	｜	｜	｜	｜
Higashi-Ōmiya	32.0	●	｜	｜	｜	●
Hasuda	35.8	●	●	●	｜	●
Shiraoka	40.1	●	｜	｜	｜	｜
Shin-Shiraoka	42.5	●	｜	｜	｜	｜
Kuki	45.5	●	●	●	●	●		Tōbu: Isesaki Line
Higashi-Washinomiya	48.2	●	｜	｜	｜	｜
Kurihashi	53.8	●	｜	｜	｜	｜		Tōbu: Nikkō Line
Koga	61.3	●	●	●	●	●			Ibaraki
Nogi	66.0	●	｜	｜	｜				Tochigi
Mamada	69.9	●	｜	｜	｜
Oyama	77.2	●	●	●	●			JR: Tōhoku Shinkansen・Ryōmō Line・Mito Line
Koganei	84.7	●	●	●	●
Jichi-idai	87.3	●	●	●	●
Ishibashi	92.0	●	●	●	●
Utsunomiya Freight Station	93.2	｜	｜	｜	｜
Suzumenomiya	98.4	●	●	●	●
Utsunomiya	106.1	●	●	●	●			JR: Tōhoku Shinkansen・Nikkō Line・Karasuyama Line^
Okamoto	112.3			●	●
Hōshakuji	117.8			●	●			JR: Karasuyama Line
Ujiie	123.7			●	●
Kamasusaka	128.2			●	●
Kataoka	132.1			●	●
Yaita	138.4			●	●
Nozaki	143.2			●	●
Nishi-Nasuno	148.4			●	●
Nasushiobara	154.4			●	●			JR: Tōhoku Shinkansen
Kuroiso	159.9			●	●			JR: Tōhoku Main Line

●: Served by all trains　 |: Not served

Trains classified as "Local" (not shown above) stop at all stations except Utsunomiya Freight Station.

^Limited service. Most trips originate/terminate at Hōshakuji

[edit] Summary of service

Most Utsunomiya line trains originate at Ueno and terminate at Utsunomiya, meaning that most trips along the length of the Utsunomiya Line require at least one transfer. Roughly every second Shōnan-Shinjuku Line travelling on the Utsunomiya line terminates at Koganei instead of Utsunomiya.