Kitayama Rail Pages
Chichibu Railway


Chichibu 秩父鉄道  Chichibu Tetsudō     Chichibu Railway

Chichibu Hon 秩父本線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Takasaki Oyama Kōfu
Opened1901 - 1930TracksSingle track
A lot of freight trains between Kagemori and Kumagaya. Steam trains are running between Kumagaya and Mitsumineguchi. Click on the link to Hirashi Naito's page for much more information about this railway!

Hiroshi Naito's Chichibu railway Page (recommended!)   
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Hanyū Tōbu: Isesaki 0.0 Hanyū-shi Saitama
Higashi-Gyōda
7.3 Gyōda-shi
Gyōdashi
8.3 Gyōda-shi
Kumagaya JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen, JR East: Takasaki 14.9 Kumagaya-shi
Yorii Tōbu: Tōjō Hon, JR East: Hachikō 33.8 Yorii-machi
Nagatoro
46.5 Nagatoro-machi
Chichibu
59.0 Chichibu-shi
Ohanabatake Seibu: Chichibu [Seibu-Chichibu] 59.7 Chichibu-shi
Kagemori
62.4 Chichibu-shi
Mitsumineguchi
71.7 Chichibu-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 1, 2011
TypeNameOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Express
Kyūkō
急行
Chichibuji
秩父路
Hanyū - Kagemori11h2445 km/h
Kumagaya - Mitsumineguchi11h1049 km/h
Kumagaya - Kagemori456 min51 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通

Hanyū - Mitsumineguchi191h5039 km/h
Hanyū - Kagemori81h3340 km/h
Hanyū - Chichibu21h3637 km/h
Hanyū - Yorii11h0830 km/h
Hanyū - Kumagaya1621 min43 km/h
Higashi-Gyōda - Mitsumineguchi12h0830 km/h
Kumagaya - Mitsumineguchi31h3038 km/h
Kumagaya - Kagemori11h0941 km/h
Nagatoro - Ohanabatake - bypass - Seibu Chichibu Line - Yokoze - Hannō21h1836 km/h
Hannō - Seibu Chichibu Line - Seibu Chichibu - Kagemori - Mitsumineguchi21h1337 km/h


This page is updated Dec 11, 2011