The is a 16.2-km long Japanese railway line from Shimo-Imaichi Station

Shimo-Imaichi Station

is a train station in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.- Adjacent stations :...

 to Shin-Fujiwara Station

Shin-Fujiwara Station

is a train station in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.-Lines:*Yagan Railway**Aizu Kinugawa Line*Tōbu Railway**Tōbu Kinugawa Line- Adjacent stations :...

 in Nikkō, Tochigi

Nikko, Tochigi

is a city in the mountains of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Approximately 140 km north of Tokyo and 35 km west of Utsunomiya, the capital of Tochigi Prefecture, it is a popular destination for Japanese and international tourists...

. It is owned and operated by Tobu Railway

Tobu Railway

is a Japanese commuter railway company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. It operates in Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Tochigi, and Gunma Prefectures...

. Its name was taken after Kinugawa Onsen hot spring resort area the line serves.

At Shimo-Imaichi Station it connects with the Tōbu Nikkō Line. At Shin-Fujiwara Station it connects with the Yagan Railway Aizu Kinugawa Line. Some trains goes beyond the Aizu Kinugawa Line terminus at Aizu-Kōgen Oze-guchi Station onto the Aizu Railway Aizu Line.

The line runs surcharged, reserved-seat limited express services from and to Asakusa

Asakusa Station

is a railway station in the Asakusa district of Taito, Tokyo, Japan.-Lines:* Tobu Isesaki Line* Toei Asakusa Line '* Tokyo Metro Ginza Line 'The Tsukuba Express Asakusa Station is located about 600 m to the west.-Tobu Railway:...

 and Shinjuku

Shinjuku Station

is a train station located in Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan.Serving as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between central Tokyo and its western suburbs on inter-city rail, commuter rail and metro lines, the station was used by an average of 3.64 million people per day in 2007,...

 in Tokyo.

The whole line is electrified (1,500 volts DC) but it is single tracked except a 0.8 km double-tracked section at Kinugawa-Onsen Station.

Stations

Station		Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
		Between Stations	Total
	下今市	-	0.0	Tōbu Nikkō Line	Nikkō, Tochigi Nikko, Tochigi is a city in the mountains of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Approximately 140 km north of Tokyo and 35 km west of Utsunomiya, the capital of Tochigi Prefecture, it is a popular destination for Japanese and international tourists...
	大谷向	0.8	0.8
	大桑	4.0	4.8
	新高徳	2.3	7.1
	小佐越	2.8	9.9
	鬼怒川温泉	2.5	12.4
	鬼怒川公園	2.1	14.5
	新藤原	1.7	16.2	Yagan Railway Aizu Kinugawa Line

History

• 1915: was licensed to build a 762 mm gauge steam-hauled tramway. It was renamed in the same year.
• 2 January 1917: A 3.6-mile (4.9 km) section from Daiya-gawa Hokugan Station to

Kinugawa Nangan Station was opened. Another 2.5 mile (4.0 km) was added in the same year.

• March 1919: Ōhara Station to Shimotaki Station section was opened.
• October 1919: Daiya Mukō Imaichi Station to Shin-Imaichi Station section was opened.
• 1 January 1920: Shimotaki Station to Fujiwara Station section was open to complete the whole 10.9 mile (16.2 km) line.
• 6 June 1921: The company name was renamed .
• 9 March 1922: The whole line was electrified at 600 V DC.
• April 1927: The corporate headquarters was relocated to the Tobu Railway headquarters in Tokyo.
• 22 October 1929: The 1067-millimetre (3 ft 6 in) gauge operation began on all the line.
• 1931: The voltage was raised to 1,500 V.
• 1 May 1943: Shimotsuke Electric Railway was bought out by Tobu Railway. The line became Tōbu Kinugawa Line.
• 9 October 1986: Yagan Railway Aizu Kinugawa Line through service began.
• 12 October 1990: Aizu Railway Aizu Line through service to Aizu Tajima Station began.
• 18 March 2006: New Kinugawa
  Kinugawa (train)
  The and are limited express train services in Japan operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company and Tobu Railway between in Tokyo and in Tochigi Prefecture.-History:...
  
  services to/from commence.