Jōmō Line

The Jōmō Line (上毛線, Jōmō-sen) is a railway line in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, operated by Jōmō Electric Railway Company (上毛電気鉃道 Jōmō dentetsu). Its terminus stations are in the cities of Maebashi and Kiryū, extending 25.4 km. Eighteen of its stations opened on November 10, 1928, with one station added in each of the years 1933, 1939, 1993, and 1994.^[1]

Jōmō Line
Jōmō Electric Railway 700 series train in April 2022
Overview
Native name	上毛線
Termini	Chūō-Maebashi Nishi-Kiryū
Connecting lines	Tōbu Kiryū Line
History
Opened	November 10, 1928
Technical
Line length	25.4 km (15.8 mi)
Electrification	Overhead catenary 1,500 V

History

The entire line opened in 1928,^[1] electrified at 1500 VDC,.^[2] Freight services ceased in 1986.^[1] In April 2025, the railway aimed to be compatible with IC cards by the next winter.^[3]

Station list

All stations are in Gunma Prefecture.

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
		Between stations	Total
Chūō-Maebashi	中央前橋	-	0.0	Ryōmō Line (Maebashi)	Maebashi
Jōtō	城東	0.8	0.8
Mitsumata	三俣	0.8	1.6
Katakai	片貝	0.6	2.2
Kamiizumi	上泉	1.0	3.2
Akasaka	赤坂	1.1	4.3
Shinzō-Kekkan Center	心臓血管センター	1.3	5.6
Egi	江木	0.6	6.2
Ōgo	大胡	2.1	8.3
Higoshi	樋越	1.6	9.9
Kitahara	北原	1.0	10.9
Araya	新屋	1.1	12.0
Kasukawa	粕川	1.3	13.3
Zen	膳	1.0	14.3
Niisato	新里	1.5	15.8		Kiryū
Nikkawa	新川	1.9	17.7
Higashi-Nikkawa	東新川	1.0	18.7
Akagi	赤城	0.9	19.6	Tōbu Kiryū Line Watarase Keikoku Line (Ōmama)	Midori
Kiryū-Kyūjō-Mae	桐生球場前	2.2	21.8	Watarase Keikoku Line (Undō-Kōen)	Kiryū
Tennōjuku	天王宿	1.0	22.8
Fujiyamashita	富士山下	0.9	23.7
Maruyamashita	丸山下	0.6	24.3
Nishi-Kiryū	西桐生	1.1	25.4	Ryōmō Line (Kiryū) Watarase Keikoku Line (Kiryū)

Rolling stock

The line operates using transferred trains from other companies.

• 100 series EMU car [ja] (special event use only)^[4][5]
• 700 series 2-car EMUs [ja] (x8) (former Keio 3000 series)
• 800 series 2-car EMUs [ja] (former Tokyo Metro 03 series)^[6]