Karasuyama Line
An EV-E301 series BEMU on the Karasuyama Line in October 2023
Overview
Native name	烏山線
Status	In operation
Owner	JR East
Locale	Tochigi Prefecture
Termini	Hōshakuji Karasuyama
Stations	8
Service
Type	Regional rail
Operator(s)	JR East
Rolling stock	EV-E301 series BEMU
History
Opened	15 April 1923; 101 years ago (15 April 1923)
Technical
Line length	20.4 km (12.7 mi)
Number of tracks	Single tracked
Character	Fairly rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)
Route map

TheKarasuyama Line (烏山線,Karasuyama-sen) is a railway line inTochigi Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated byEast Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connectsHōshakuji in the town ofTakanezawa withKarasuyama inNasukarasuyama.

Trains run approximately once every hour, traveling the entire length of the line. Some trains travel through onto theUtsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line) toUtsunomiya Station.

• EV-E301 series BEMU (since 15 March 2014)

From the start of the revised timetable on 15 March 2014, a newEV-E301 series two-carbattery electric multiple unit (BEMU) was introduced on the Karasuyama Line andTohoku Main Line between Utsunomiya and Karasuyama.^[1] Developed from the experimental "Smart Denchi-kun" battery electric railcar also tested on this line since 2012, the EV-E301 series train is recharged at a special recharging facility built atKarasuyama Station, and operates on battery power over the non-electrified Karasuyama Line tracks.^[2]

All of the remainingKiHa 40 series diesel trains used on the line were withdrawn on 3 March 2017, and replaced with EV-E301 series battery electric units from the start of the revised timetable on 4 March 2017.^[3]

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  EV-E301 series BEMU set

• KiHa 40 series DMUs (until 3 March 2017)

• 
  A KiHa 40-1000 series DMU in January 2011

The line opened on 15 April 1923.^[4] With the privatization ofJapanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the line came under the control of JR East.^[4]

Wanmandriver only operation commenced on the line on 10 March 1990, using KiHa 40 series DMUs.^[5]

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