Utsunomiya Light Rail
Utsunomiya Light Rail HU300 series "Lightline"
Overview
Other name(s)Haga Utsunomiya LRT
Native name宇都宮ライトレール
StatusOperational
OwnerUtsunomiya City and Haga Town
LocaleUtsunomiya and Haga,
Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Termini
  • Utsunomiya Station East
  • Haga Takanezawa Industrial Park
Stations19
Websitehttps://www.miyarail.co.jp/index.html
Service
TypeLight rail
Operator(s)Utsunomiya Light Rail Co., Ltd.
Rolling stockHU300 series
History
Opened26 August 2023 (2023-08-26)
Technical
Line length14.6 km (9.1 mi)[1]
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification750 V DC[1]
Operating speed40 km/h (25 mph)[2]
Route map

宇都宮駅東口
East Japan Railway Company
 Utsunomiya Station East
東宿郷
Higashi-Shukugo
駅東公園前
Ekihigashi Park
峰
Mine
陽東3丁目
Yoto 3-chome
宇都宮大学陽東キャンパス
Utsunomiya University Yoto Campus
平石
Hiraishi
Depot
平石中央小学校前
Hiraishi-chuo Elementary School
鬼怒川
Kinugawa River
飛山城跡
Tobiyama Castle Site
清陵高校前
Seiryo High School
清原地区市民センター前
Kiyohara District Civic Center
グリーンスタジアム前
Green Stadium
ゆいの杜西
Yuinomori-west
ゆいの杜中央
Yuinomori-central
ゆいの杜東
Yuinomori-east
芳賀台
Hagadai
芳賀町工業団地管理センター前
Haga Industrial Park Management Center
かしの森公園前
Kashinomori Park
芳賀・高根沢工業団地
Haga Takanezawa Industrial Park

Utsunomiya Light Rail Co., Ltd. (宇都宮ライトレール株式会社, Utsunomiya raitorēru Kabushiki-gaisha) is a light rail transit (LRT) company that operates the Utsunomiya Haga Light Rail Line, also known as Haga Utsunomiya LRT, serving the Utsunomiya metropolitan area in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The light rail line links Utsunomiya, the capital city of Tochigi, with the nearby town of Haga. It is a 14.6 km line between Utsunomiya Station East, a tram stop in front of the East Exit of Utsunomiya Station in central Utsunomiya, and Haga Takanezawa Industrial Park in Haga.

History

The project was approved in 2016.[3] Construction started in 2018, with a target opening date of March 2022, but it was eventually moved back to March 2023.[4] This date was later further postponed to August 26, 2023.[5] On April 3, 2023, ten round trips a day of driver proficiency training using the new light rail vehicles began.[6]

On November 19, 2022, an LRT train derailed during a trial run. There were no injuries.[7]

The line started operation on August 26, 2023. Utsunomiya became the first city in Japan to have a new tram system in 75 years after Takaoka, Toyama.[8]

Services

Rolling stock

The line is served by the Utsunomiya Light Rail HU300 series, branded Lightline.[9] Niigata Transys built and delivered 17 sets of three-section low-floor light rail vehicles.[9]

A HU300 series train (21 August 2023)

Stations

Line map
No Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
Between
stations		 Total
01 Utsunomiya Station East ja:宇都宮駅東口停留場 – 0.0 JR East (Utsunomiya Station) Utsunomiya Tochigi Prefecture
02 Higashi-Shukugo ja:東宿郷停留場 0.4 0.4
03 Ekihigashi Park ja:駅東公園前停留場 0.4 0.8
04 Mine ja:峰停留場 0.7 1.5
05 Yoto 3-chome ja:陽東3丁目停留場 0.6 2.1
06 Utsunomiya University Yoto Campus ja:宇都宮大学陽東キャンパス停留場 0.7 2.8
07 Hiraishi ja:平石停留場 0.9 3.7
08 Hiraishi-chuo Elementary School ja:平石中央小学校前停留場 0.5 4.2
09 Tobiyama Castle Site ja:飛山城跡停留場 1.9 6.1
10 Seiryo High School ja:清陵高校前停留場 1.3 7.4
11 Kiyohara District Civic Center ja:清原地区市民センター前停留場 0.8 8.2
12 Green Stadium ja:グリーンスタジアム前停留場 0.8 9.0
13 Yuinomori-west ja:ゆいの杜西停留場 1.7 10.7
14 Yuinomori-central ja:ゆいの杜中央停留場 0.5 11.2
15 Yuinomori-east ja:ゆいの杜東停留場 0.5 11.7
16 Hagadai ja:芳賀台停留場 0.7 12.4 Haga
17 Haga Industrial Park Management Center ja:芳賀町工業団地管理センター前停留場 0.5 12.9
18 Kashinomori Park ja:かしの森公園前停留場 0.9 13.8
19 Haga Takanezawa Industrial Park ja:芳賀・高根沢工業団地停留場 0.7 14.5

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Project Shiryou utsunomiya.tochigi.jp
  2. ↑ "宇都宮ライトレール株式会社".
  3. ↑ Barrow, Keith (3 October 2016). "Japan approves Utsunomiya light rail project". International Railway Journal.
  4. ↑ "宇都宮ライトレールの開業がさらに延期か？…交通量が多い交差点での工事が難航" [Utsunomiya Light Rail's Opening to be Further Delayed? ...Construction work at a busy intersection encountered difficulties]. news.yahoo.co.jp (in Japanese). 4 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "3月1日からライトラインの試運転(第二弾)が開始されます".
  6. ↑ "4/3～ 習熟運転を開始します".
  7. ↑ "Next-generation tram derails during trial run". 19 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Japan's 1st new tram system in 75 years starts operating north of Tokyo". Kyodo News. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  9. 1 2 "First Lightline tram arrives". Metro Report International. 1 June 2021.
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