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UTSUNOMIYA
 Japan

Utsunomiya light rail map

 

 TRAM

Utsunomiya, 100 km north of Tokyo in Tochigi Prefecture (520,000 inh.)

Modern Tramway under construction between JR East’s Utsunomiya station and the Honda research and development centre in Haga city.
- opened 26 Aug 2023
- 1067 mm gauge
- line length 14.6 km
- 19 Stops
- 17 low-floor LRVs (30 m long, 2.65 m wide)

 Photos & Video

Utsunomiya Tram Utsunomiya Tram Utsunomiya Tram

 

 Links

U-Move Next (Project Website)

Miyarail (Project Website)

Utsunomiya Light Rail at Wikipedia.jp

 

 Book

Subways and Trams in JapanAndrew Phipps & Robert Schwandl:

METROS & TRAMS in JAPAN Vol. 2: Nord- und Zentraljapan | North & Central Japan

Metros in Sapporo, Sendai and Nagoya as well as trams in Hakodate, Toyama, Fukui, Takaoka, Toyohashi, Kochi, Matsuyama plus various other urban rail systems in North & Central Japan

144 pages; Network maps; ca. 300 colour photos
Text deutsch & English
ISBN 978 3 936573 52 7
03/2017

The second volume of our trilogy about urban rail systems in Japan covers all the systems in North and Central Japan, from the metros in Sapporo, Sendai and Nagoya to the numerous tram networks and various private suburban railways. This volume also includes all the cities with urban rail systems on the islands of Shikoku and Okinawa. As usual, the book is illustrated with a large number of recent colour photos and detailed network maps.

 

 


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