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Jōban line
E531 on the Jōban Line
Route length:	350.4 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system :	(Tokyo–) Ueno - Toride : 1500 V  =
Power system :	Fujishiro - Iwanuma (- Sendai ): 20,000 V / 50 Hz  ~
Top speed:	130 km / h
Legend from Tokyo 東京 3.6 Ueno 上 野 駅 5.8 Nippori 日暮 里 駅 Tōhoku Shinkansen to Aomori Tōhoku main line to Aomori Keisei Narita Airport Line Nippori-Toneri Liner Tabata freight yard 7.0 Mikawashima 三河 島 駅 Hibiya lineage from Akihabara Tsukuba Express from Akihabara Sumidagawa freight yard 隅田川 う ぇ き 9.2 Minami-Senju 南 千 住 Senju underground workshop Sumida 120 m Keisei Narita Airport Line Tobu Skytree Line from Asakusa Chiyoda Line from Yoyogi-Uehara 11.0 Kita-Senju 北 千 住 (end of Jōban public transport ) Arakawa 450 m Tobu Skytree Line to Miyashiro Tsukuba Express to Tsukuba Ayasegawa 13.5 Ayase綾 瀬 Chiyoda Line to Kita-Ayase 15.7 Kameari亀 有 Shin-Nakagawa Shinkin freight train to Shinkoiwa 17.6 Kanamachi金 町Keisei Kanamachi Line to Takasago Edo , Tokyo / Chiba border Vehicle maintenance Matsudo 21.5 Matsudo松 戸 Shin Keisei Line to Shin Tsudanuma 23.6 Kita-Matsudo北 松 戸 24.9 Mabashi馬橋 Nagayarema Line to Nagareyama JR East Musashino Line to Fuchu 26.5 Shin-Matsudo 新 松 戸JR East Musashino Line JR East Musashino Line to Fuchu 27.8 Kita-Kogane 北 小金 30.3 Minami-Kashiwa 南柏 Tobu Urban Park Line to Ōmiya Tobu Urban Park Line to Funabashi 32.7 Kashiwa柏 Ohori 35.0 Kita-Kashiwa北 柏 37.1 Abiko我 孫子 JR East Narita Line to Narita Jōban public transport parking facility 39.8 Tennōdai天王 台 Tone , border Chiba / Ibaraki 43.2 Toride取 手 Jōsō line to Shimodate ↑ 1500 V DC System change point ↓ 20,000 V 50 Hz AC 49.2 Fujishiro藤 代 Little Beichuan Yatagawa from Ushiku swamp Ryūgasaki Line to Ryūgasaki 51.3 Sanuki 佐 貫 56.4 Ushiku牛 久 60.3 Hitachino-Ushikuひ た ち 野 う し く 63.0 Arakawaoki荒 川 沖 Sakuragawa 120 m to Kasumigaura 69.6 Tsuchiura土 浦 Shinkawa to Kasumigaura 75.7 Kandatsu神 立 Koisegawa 150 m to Kasumigaura 82.2 Takahama高 浜 85.8 Ishioka石 岡 92.3 Hatori羽 鳥 97.7 Iwama岩 間 Mito line to Oyama 104.6 Tomobe友 部 Storage area 109.3 Uchihara 内 原 115.1 Akatsuka 赤 塚 119.2 Kairakuen偕 楽 園 121.1 Mito水 戸 Suigun Line to Kamisugaya Ōarai – Kashima line to Kashima Nakagawa 430 m 126.9 Katsuta勝 田 Minato Railway to Ajigaura 131.1 Sawa佐 和 135.8 Tōkai 東海 Kuji River Momiya River 143.2 Ōmika大甕 147.8 Hitachi Taga常 陸 多 賀 152.7 Hitachi日立 158.2 Ogitsu小木 津 162.4 Jūō十 王 Hananukigawa 168.3 Takahagi高 萩 172.8 Minami-Nakagō南中 郷 Okitagawa 177.4 Isohara磯 原 184.5 Ōtsukō大 津 港 Ibaraki / Fukushima border 189.0 Nakoso勿 来 Samegawa 193.6 Ueda植 田 200.8 Izumi泉 Ena Railway to Onahama Port 207.3 Yumoto湯 本 210.8 Uchigō内 郷 Ban'etsu east line to Koriyama 215.2 Iwakiい わ き Natsuigawa 220.6 Kusano草野 225 Yotsukura四 ツ 倉 229.8 Hisanohama久 ノ 浜 233.4 Suetsugi末 続 238.2 Hirono広 野 243.6 Kido木 戸 246.7 Tatsuta竜 田 253.6 Tomioka富 岡 258.8 Yonomori夜 ノ 森 263.7 Ōno大野 Maedagawa 105 m 269.5 Futaba双 葉 274.4 Namie浪 江 279.3 Momouchi桃 内 283.3 Odaka小 高 288.2 Iwaki-Ōta磐 城 太 田 292.7 Haranomachi原 ノ 町 Tagawa Mano river 300.2 Kashima鹿島 306.9 Nittaki日立 木 312.8 Sōma相 馬 317.2 Komagamine駒 ヶ 嶺 321.4 Shinchi新地 Fukushima / Miyagi border 326.9 Sakamoto坂 元 331.8 Yamashita山下 336.0 335.4 Hamayoshida浜 吉田 340.4 Watari亘 理 343.6 Ōkuma逢 隈 Abukama Main Tōhoku line to Tokyo Siding at Nippon Paper Plant Iwanuma 348.9 Iwanuma岩 沼 352.6 Tatekoshi館 腰 Sendai Airport Train to Sendai Airport 356.1 Natori名 取 358.8 Minami-Sendai南 仙台 Tōhoku Shinkansen to Tokyo Natori River 600 m 361.0 Taishidō太子 堂 362.0 Nagamachi長 町 Hirose River Freight bypass to Higashi-Sendai 366.5 Sendai仙台 to Aomori

The Jōban Line ( Japanese 常 磐 線 , Jōban-sen ) is a railway line in Japan that is part of the connection between Tokyo and Sendai , which runs along the Pacific . The actual Jōban line begins in Nippori in Tokyo Prefecture and ends in Iwanuma in Miyagi Prefecture . The name Jōban is derived from the former provinces of Hitachi ( 常 陸 ) and Ivaki ( 磐 城 ), which are connected to Tokyo by the railway line.

The operation is carried out by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Many trains on the Jōban line run beyond the terminus of the line to Ueno station at the southern end of the line and Sendai at the northern end of the line. Since March 2015, trains on the Jōban Line have been able to run directly to Tokyo Station via the Ueno-Tōkyō Line .

As a result of the Tōhoku earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear disaster, sections of the route were out of service until March 2020 . Just a few weeks after the earthquake, trains were running again on the Ueno – Hisanohama and Watari – Iwanum – Sendai sections, with further sections following over the years. Most recently, the Tomioka – Namie section , which runs through the exclusion zone of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and is two kilometers from the destroyed nuclear power plant between nähertno and Futaba, was out of operation . Until the resumption of train operations, this section was served by a replacement bus.

history

The Jōban line was built by the Mito Railway Co. and opened in sections between 1889 and 1905. It was originally used to transport coal from the Hitachi mining areas to Tokyo and was more advantageous than the Mito line because the gradients were smaller. In 1906 the Mito Railway was nationalized. The double-track expansion of the Nippori – Yotsukura section, begun in 1910, was completed in 1925.

The first electrically operated section of the Joban Line was the Nippori – Matsudo line, which began operating with 1500 V direct current in 1936, and in 1949 the extension to Toride went into operation. The Toride – Kusano section was put into operation between 1961 and 1963 with 20 kV alternating current, and in 1967 the alternating current contact line reached Iwanuma.

In 1971 a second double lane for S-Bahn traffic was built between Ayase and Toride, which has a direct connection to the Tokyo subway . The S-Bahn trains of the Jōban local transport run partly via the subway to downtown Tokyo, which relieves the existing tracks of the Jōban line and in particular the Ueno and Nippori city stations from commuter traffic.

In 1976, the Hirono – Kido and Ōno – Futaba sections were expanded to two tracks.

After the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011, there were lengthy business interruptions that were resolved by 2020. See section Effects of the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011 .

Technical specifications

The 350.4 km long electrified line has a 1067 mm gauge and serves 80 stations. From Ueno to Toride , 1500 V direct current is used , the rest of the route to Sendai is electrified with 20 kV 50 Hz alternating current . The system separation point is located between the Toride and Fujishiro stations on the open route.

Passenger trains can run between Ueno and Hitachi at 130 km / h, then 120 km / h to Iwaki and the rest of the route to Iwanuma was built for 100 km / h. The S-Bahn tracks between Ayase and Toride can travel at 90 km / h.

The line is double- tracked to Yotsukura, then it is single-tracked to Iwanuma with the double-track islands Hirono – Kido and Ōno – Futuba. There is a separate double lane for S-Bahn traffic between Ayase and Toride, which makes the line four-track here.

ATC is used as train protection between Ayase and Toride , the rest of the route is equipped with an automatic section block. Operations on the Ueno – Hatori section are carried out using the computer-aided ATOS system developed by Hitachi ; the rest of the route is connected to a remote control system (CTC). Operation on the Ayase – Toride S-Bahn tracks is also controlled by ATOS.

Route

Ueno-Ayase

From Ueno to Nippori, the double-track line runs parallel to the Jōetsu Shinkansen , the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and the Yamanote Line . After Nippori, the line turns in a tight right-hand arc with a radius of about 300 m under the Keisei Narita airport line and the Nippori-Toneri Liner to the east until it reaches Mikawashima station . From here you follow the tracks of the connection from the Tōhoku main line to the Sumidagawa freight yard, next to which the Minami-Senju station of the Jōban line is located. The tracks of the Tsukuba Express and the Hibiya Line of the Tōkyō Metro now run alongside her . All lines cross the Sumida with 120 m long truss bridges , which forms the border between Arakawa and Adachi .

After crossing the river, the Jōban line again crosses under the Keisei Narita airport line before reaching the Kita-Senju station , where the Tōbu Tetsudō can be switched to the Tobu-Skytree line and the Hibiya line ends from the subway, as well the Chiyoda line from the west is added. From this station, the Jōban line runs between the tracks of the Chiyoda line and the Tsukaba express. All three lines cross the Arakawa with 450 m long truss bridges , which is also crossed 150 m downstream by the four-lane Tobu-Skytree line. The latter turns north after crossing the river and is undercut by the Jōban line. Almost at the same point, the route of the Tsukaba Express leaves the Jōban line to the north, which is crossed under. Then the Jōban line leads north past the Tōkyō prison , crosses the Ayasegawa and reaches Ayase train station .

Jōban public transport

Multiple unit of the JR class E233-2000 used in Jōban local traffic

From Ayase, a second double lane of the Jōban line begins, which leads to Toride . It serves a S-Bahn -like operation of the JR East, the Jōban-Nahverkehr (Japanese. 常 磐 緩行 線 ). The trains stop at all stations as far as Toride, with the tracks being completely separated from the main line. There is only a possibility to change to long-distance traffic in the stations Matsudo, Mabashi, Kashiwa, Abiko, Tennōdai and Toride. The trains of the Jōban local traffic reach the Kita-Senju station via the Chiyoda line of the Tokyo subway , where you can also switch to long-distance traffic or to the subway's Hibiya line . At times, the trains of the Jōban local traffic run over the tracks of the metro to downtown Tokyo. The local multiple units used on the route have an emerald green ribbon under the window.

Ayase – toride

After Kameari , the Shin-Nakagawa is crossed before the Kanamachi station is reached, where the Shinkin freight train route from the south is added and there is a connection to the Keisei Kanamachi line . The route no longer runs on an elevated route. After the station, the line crosses the Edo with a 430 m long truss bridge , after which the double lane of the Jōban local traffic changes with an overpass on the southern side of the long-distance tracks . The Jōban line turns north before reaching Matsudo - the first train station in Chiba Prefecture . This is also where the depot of the multiple units used in Jōban local traffic is located, and the Shin-Keisei line , which leads to Keisei-Tsudanuma , begins here .

A good three kilometers north in Mabashi, you can change to the Nagareyama line that begins here and is operated by Ryutetsu . After Mabashi, the tracks of the connection to the Musashino line branch off , which crosses the Jōban line in the Shin-Matsudo tower station (German: "New Matsudo") on the upper level. In front of Kita-Kogane , the tracks for the trains coming from the Musashino line flow. At Kashiwa there is a possibility to change to the Tobu Noda Line , which leads to Funabashi or jemiya depending on the direction chosen . The Jōban Line runs north past Lake Teganuma and reaches Abiko , where the JR East Narita Line branches off. Between Abiko and Tennōdai there is a parking facility for the trains of the Jōban local traffic . After Tennōdai, the line turns northeast and crosses the Tone with three parallel truss bridges, about 1000 m long , before reaching Toride in the prefecture of Ibaraki , where the double lane and the trains of the Jōban local traffic end. There is a possibility to change to the Jōsō line , which is operated by the Kantō-Tetsudō . In Toride there used to be a siding to the Kirin brewery there .

Toride – Sendai

Between Toride and the neighboring Fujishiro station is the system change from the 1500 V direct current overhead contact line, which has been in use since Tokyo, to the 20 kV 50 Hz alternating current system, which is used up to Sendai. After Fujishiro the route leads through rural areas with individual larger settlements. The Jōban line crosses the Little Beichuan and the Yatagawa, which flows out of the Ushiku swamp , before reaching Sanuki , where you can switch to the Ryūgasaki line , which serves Ryūgasaki , 4.5 km away , with a diesel railcar that drives alone . The Jōban line runs east past the Ushiku swamp and after 18 km crosses the Sakuragawa with a 120 m long bridge shortly before Tsuchiura . The river flows into the Kasumigaura , the second largest inland lake in Japan. After another 12 kilometers, the railway crosses the Koisegawa about one and a half kilometers above its confluence with the Kasumigaura.

At Tomobe the Mito line, which branches off from the Tōhoku main line at Oyama, joins . The Suigun Line branches off at Mito , the administrative center of Ibaraki Prefecture . Likewise, the Ōarai – Kashima line of the Kashima-Rinkai-Tetsudō begins here , which leads to the coast and then along the sea to the south to Kashima . After Mito, the Jōban line crosses the Nakagawa with a 430 m long bridge . On the other side of the river, the Minato Railway branches off in Katsuta , which also leads to the coast. After Tōkai , the route crosses the Kuji River and then follows the coast of the Pacific Ocean . At Hitachi , the Jōban line passes the factory of the company with the same name , but the headquarters are no longer here, but Chiyoda in Tokyo Prefecture. After Ōtsukō , the route leads through Fukushima prefecture . It moves away from the sea at Nakoso and crosses the Samegawa on a 400 m long bridge before reaching Ueda. In Izumi , the connection to the port in Onahama, which is only used by freight traffic, branches off and is operated by Fukushima-Rinkai-Tetsudō . In Iwaki , the Ban'etsu east line branches off towards Kōriyama inland. After Yotsukura the route follows the coast again. Shortly before the line meets the Tōhoku main line in Iwanuma and the actual Jōban line comes to an end, it crosses the Abakuma on a 500 m long bridge consisting of eight trusses . From Iwanuma to Sendai there is still 17.6 km to go. In Natori , the route to Sendai Airport branches off before reaching Sendai , where there are connections to the Shinkansen lines , several JR East lines and the Sendai subway .

Effects of the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011

The destroyed passerelle is all that remains of Shinchi Station after the 2011 tsunami. In the foreground the remains of the washed away multiple unit

Collapsed Maedagawa Bridge between Ōno and Futaba

On the afternoon of March 11, 2011, the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011 destroyed large parts of the Pacific coast in the Tōhoku region. Six magnitude 5 tremors were measured, which led to the immediate cessation of operations on the Jōban line. The day after, operations could be resumed at the southern end of the line. To the north of Toride, however, operations stopped because, on the one hand, the earthquake had destroyed the track in the prefectures of Ibaraki and Miyagi , and, on the other hand, the ten-meter-high tsunami triggered by the seaquake devastated entire stretches of land along the coasts of the Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures . A station in Shinchi parked electric train set and a residing on the route between the stations Yoshida and Yamashita container train were directly hit by the tsunami and washed away. Operations on the Hirono – Haranomachi section also had to be stopped because the area was contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster .

Resumption of operations

On the island operation Haranomachi-Sōma used multiple unit in the station Kashima

On some sections of the route, the damage from the tsunami was relatively minor, so operations could be resumed after a few months. From May 14, 2011, the trains ran again on the Ueno – Nippori – Hisanohama and Watari – Iwanum – Sendai routes, and from October 10, 2011 also on the Hisanohama – Hirono route.

From December 21, 2011 trains ran again between Haranomachi and Sōma. Because this 20 km long route is cut off from the rest of the route network, the rail vehicles required for operation had to be brought by road.

On the Watari – Hamayoshida section, operations were resumed on March 16, 2013, so that the trains can again run continuously between Hamayoshida and Sendai.

On June 1, 2014, contrary to the wishes of the railway workers' union, operations between Hirono and Tatsuta were resumed. The Doro-Mito union feared that the railway workers would be harmed by increased doses of ionizing radiation . The Odaka – Haranomachi section was put into operation on June 12, 2016 at the same time as the evacuation was lifted. From February 2015 a replacement bus operated between Tatsuta and Haranomachi, which from 2017 also served the intermediate stations.

Replacement bus for the Watari – Sōma section in Watari station (October 2011)

The Sōma – Hamayoshida section has been re-routed, with the route following national road 6 between Watari and Komagamine . In this somewhat higher position, the railway should be better protected from tsunamis. This made the route about 600 meters longer. The new route went into operation on December 10, 2016. On April 1, 2017, the section from Namie to Odaka was also reopened. On October 21, 2017, the section from Tatsuta to Tomioka went back into operation.

The Tomioka – Namie section was not restored until March 2020 because it is located in the restricted area of ​​the Fukushima nuclear disaster - the route between Ōno and Futaba is two kilometers from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant . The collapsed Maedagawa Bridge between Ōno and Futaba reopened in 2019. Approx. 300,000 m³ of radioactively contaminated waste was expected when the route was repaired. On March 14, 2020, the Tomioka – Namie section was finally opened, so that for the first time since 2011, trains can run on the Jōban line between Tokyo and Sendai.

Table of operations after the Tōhoku earthquake

Route section	Start of operations
Ueno – Nippori – Toride	March 12, 2011
Toride – Hisanohama	May 14, 2011
Hisanohama-Hirono	October 10, 2011
Hirono – Tatsuta	June 1, 2014
Tatsuta-Tomioka	October 21, 2017
Tomioka Namie	March 14, 2020
Namie-Odaka	April 1, 2017
Odaka-Haranomachi	June 12, 2016
Haranomachi-Sōma	December 21, 2011
Sōma-Hamayoshida	December 10, 2016
Hamayoshida – Watari	March 16, 2013
Watari – Iwanum – Sendai	May 14, 2011

Train stations

railway station	Japanese	Route kilometers	Transfer options	place
Ueno	上 野	0.0	JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen JR East: Nagano Shinkansen JR East: Main Tōhoku Line JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku Line JR East: Yamanote Line JR East: Takasaki Line Tokyo Metro : Hibiya Line , Ginza Line	Taitō	Tokyo
Nippori	日暮 里	2.2	JR East: Yamanote Line Keisei: Narita Airport Line Toei Metro : Nippori-Toneri Liner	Arakawa
Mikawashima	三河 島	3.4
Minami-Senju	南 千 住	5.6	Tokyo Metro : Hibiya Line Shutoken Shintoshi : Tsukuba Express
Kita-Senju	北 千 住	7.4	Tokyo Metro : Hibiya Line , Chiyoda Line Tōbu : Isesaki Line Shutoken Shintoshi : Tsukuba Express	Adachi
Ayase	綾 瀬	9.9	Tokyo Metro : Chiyoda Line
Kameari	亀 有	12.1		Katsushika
Kanamachi	金 町	13.0	Keisei: Kanamachi Line
Matsudo	松 戸	17.9	Keisie: Shin-Keisei line	Matsudo	Chiba
Kita Matsudo	北 松 戸	20.0
Mabashi	馬橋	21.3	Ryūtetsu : Nagayarema line
Shin-Matsudo	新 松 戸	22.9	JR East: Musashino Line
Kita-Kogane	北 小金	24.2
Minami-Kashiwa	南柏	26.7		Kashiwa
Kashiwa	柏	29.1	Tōbu : Noda Line
Kita-Kashiwa	北 柏	31.4
Abiko	我 孫子	33.5	JR East: Narita Line	Abiko
Tennodai	天王 台	36.2
Torids	取 手	39.6	Kantō-Tetsudō : Jōsō line	Torids	Ibaraki
Fujishiro	藤 代	45.6
Sanuki	佐 貫	47.7	Kantō-Tetsudō : Ryūgasaki line	Ryūgasaki
Ushiku	牛 久	52.8		Ushiku
Hitachino-Ushiku	ひ た ち 野 う し く	56.7
Arakawaoki	荒 川 沖	59.4		Tsuchiura
Tsuchiura	土 浦	66
Kandatsu	神 立	72.1
Takahama	高 浜	78.6		Ishioka
Ishioka	石 岡	82.2
Hatori	羽 鳥	88.7		Omitama
Iwama	岩 間	94.1		Kasama
Tomobe	友 部	101	JR East: Mito Line
Uchihara	内 原	105.7		Mito
Akatsuka	赤 塚	111.5
Kairakuen	偕 楽 園	115.6
Mito	水 戸	117.5	JR East: Suigun Line Kashima-Rinkai-Tetsudō : Ōarai-Kashima line
Katsuta	勝 田	123.3	Minato line	Hitachinaka
Sawa	佐 和	127.5
Tōkai	東海	132.2		Naka
Ōmika	大甕	139.6		Hitachi
Hitachi Taga	常 陸 多 賀	144.2
Hitachi	日立	149.1
Ogitsu	小木 津	154.6
Jūō	十 王	158.8
Takahagi	高 萩	164.7		Takahagi
Minami-Nakagō	南中 郷	169.2		Kitaibaraki
Isohara	磯 原	173.8
Ōtsukō	大 津 港	180.9
Nakoso	勿 来	185.4		Iwaki	Fukushima
Ueda	植 田	190
Izumi	泉	197.2
Yumoto	湯 本	203.7
Uchigō	内 郷	207.2
Iwaki	い わ き	211.6	JR East: Ban'etsu East Line
Kusano	草野	217
Yotsukura	四 ツ 倉	221.4
Hisanohama	久 ノ 浜	226.2
Suetsugi	末 続	229.8
Hirono	広 野	234.6		Futaba
Kido	木 戸	240
Tatsuta	竜 田	243.1
Tomioka	富 岡	250
Yonomori	夜 ノ 森	255.2
Ōno	大野	260.1
Futaba	双 葉	265.9
Namie	浪 江	270.8
Momouchi	桃 内	275.7		Minamisoma
Odaka	小 高	279.7
Iwaki-Ōta	磐 城 太 田	284.6
Haranomachi	原 ノ 町	289.1
Kashima	鹿島	296.6
Nittaki	日立 木	303.3		Sōma
Sōma	相 馬	309.2
Komagamine	駒 ヶ 嶺	313.6		Sōma (County)
Shinchi	新地	318
Sakamoto	坂 元	323.4		Watari	Miyagi
Yamashita	山下	327.9
Hamayoshida	浜 吉田	331.8
Watari	亘 理	336.8
Ōkuma	逢 隈	340
Ivanuma	岩 沼	345.3	JR East: Main Tōhoku Line	Ivanuma
Tatekoshi	館 腰	349	JR East: Main Tōhoku Line	Natori
Natori	名 取	352.5	JR East: Main Tōhoku Line Sendai Airport Transit: Sendai Airport Line
Minami-Sendai	南 仙台	355.2	JR East: Main Tōhoku Line	Sendai
Taishidō	太子 堂	357.4	JR East: Main Tōhoku Line
Nagamachi	長 町	358.4	JR East: Main Tōhoku Line Sendai Subway : Namboku Line
Sendai	仙台	362.9	JR East: Akita Shinkansen JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen JR East: Ishinomaki Line JR East: Senseki Line JR East: Senzan Line JR East: Main Tōhoku Line Sendai Subway: Namboku Line

Web links

Commons : Jōban Line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Operation plan of the Joban line. (PDF) (No longer available online.) JR East Mito, October 3, 2011, archived from the original on September 16, 2012 ; Retrieved December 22, 2014 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Operation plan of the Joban line. (PDF) (No longer available online.) JR East Mito, December 14, 2011, archived from the original on October 21, 2014 ; Retrieved December 22, 2014 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Timetable changes March 2013. (PDF) (No longer available online.) JR East Mito, December 21, 2012, archived from the original on October 30, 2014 ; Retrieved December 23, 2014 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Joban Line (Hirono – Tatsuta): Resumption of operations. (PDF) (No longer available online.) JR East Mito, May 30, 2014, archived from the original on May 31, 2014 ; Retrieved December 22, 2014 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ Doro-Mito Strikes Against Work Exposed to Radiation . In: Doro-Chiba Quake Report . No. 62 , June 19, 2014 ( pdf ).
6. ↑ JR 常 磐 線 の 不通 区間 に 代行 バ ス. (No longer available online.) November 28, 2014, archived from the original on December 6, 2014 ; Retrieved December 23, 2014 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Change of the kilometering of the Joban Line on the occasion of the restart of the Sōma – Hamayoshida line. (PDF) JR East Sendai, October 12, 2016, accessed April 22, 2017 (Japanese). 
8. ^ Operation of the Joban Line after the evacuation order for Tomioka and Namie was lifted. (PDF) JR East Mito, March 10, 2017, accessed April 22, 2017 (Japanese). 
9. ^ Joban Line, Tatsuta – Tomioka operations resumed. (PDF) JR East Mito, March 10, 2017, accessed April 22, 2017 (Japanese). 
10. ↑ ＪＲ 常 磐 線 の 復旧 状況 公開 年内 の 試 運 転 目 指 す 、 福島 . Sankei Shimbun , March 7, 2019, accessed March 18, 2020 (Japanese). 
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12. ↑ Kyōdō Tsūshinsha : JR East's Joban Line fully reopens after nine long years following Fukushima disaster. The Japan Times , March 14, 2020, accessed March 18, 2020 .