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274:1,500 V DC
251:Track gauge
242:Line length
150:Native name
1736:Categories
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1646:Sōbu Rapid
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1560:Utsunomiya
1484:Rikuu West
1479:Rikuu East
1384:Karasuyama
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1011:References
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394:Transfers
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69:newspapers
1611:Chūō-Sōbu
1429:Musashino
1404:Kesennuma
1334:Hachinohe
1304:Aterazawa
1263:Shin'etsu
1147:Nippon TV
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1099:吾妻線新線で試運転
1037:27 August
965:Yamba Dam
888:Shibukawa
850:Four-car
520:Ichishiro
444:Kanashima
437:Shibukawa
413:Shibukawa
404:stations
397:Location
388:Japanese
338:Shibukawa
287:Route map
237:Technical
187:Shibukawa
139:EMU, 2020
1689:Marumori
1678:Iwaizumi
1590:Yonesaka
1585:Yokosuka
1580:Yokohama
1575:Yamanote
1535:Tazawako
1530:Takasaki
1510:Shinonoi
1409:Kitakami
1379:Kamaishi
1339:Hakushin
1299:Agatsuma
1226:Yamagata
1206:Hokuriku
969:Iwashima
910:Iwashima
906:Nakanojō
748:Tsumagoi
630:Iwashima
548:Nakanojō
537:Nakanojō
463:Ubashima
385:Station
364:Stations
358:Takasaki
356:to/from
201:Stations
145:Overview
1716:Aoimori
1705:Shinano
1630:Akabane
1628:(incl.
1550:Tsurumi
1545:Tsugaru
1500:Senseki
1474:Ōminato
1454:Ōfunato
1444:Negishi
1394:Kawagoe
1389:Kashima
1329:Hachikō
1278:Tōkaidō
1130:AsiaOne
949:JR East
872:History
839:Kusatsu
800:Present
788:
769:
760:万座・鹿沢口
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678:長野原草津口
662:
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482:Onogami
476:
457:
420:
402:Between
224:History
209:Service
180:Termini
164:JR East
83:scholar
1684:Kihara
1626:Saikyō
1599:Others
1570:Yamada
1565:Yahiko
1555:Uchibō
1540:Tōgane
1525:Tadami
1520:Suigun
1515:Sotobō
1505:Senzan
1495:Sagami
1439:Narita
1419:Kururi
1374:Jōetsu
1349:Iiyama
1344:Hanawa
1319:Echigo
1273:Tōhoku
1216:Tōhoku
1211:Jōetsu
1077:
823:Former
653:川原湯温泉
611:Yagura
592:Gōbara
505:小野上温泉
407:Total
229:Opened
170:Locale
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
1699:Nagai
1672:Ashio
1490:Ryōmō
1449:Nikkō
1434:Nambu
1414:Koumi
1399:Keiyō
1369:Jōban
1292:Local
1283:Uetsu
1221:Akita
1069:[
995:onsen
990:onsen
785:55.6
766:52.5
741:49.6
722:46.7
712:Haneo
703:44.5
697:群馬大津
684:42.3
659:36.4
640:30.5
621:28.0
602:26.3
577:22.9
571:群馬原町
558:19.8
530:16.4
511:13.7
492:11.9
160:Owner
90:JSTOR
76:books
1694:Mōka
1667:Aizu
1660:Past
1464:Ōito
1424:Mito
1324:Gonō
1268:Sōbu
1253:Chūō
1246:Main
1112:2014
1075:ISBN
1039:2016
971:and
963:The
938:Ōmae
895:長野原駅
881:長野原線
782:3.1
775:Ōmae
763:2.9
738:2.9
719:2.2
716:羽根尾
700:2.2
681:5.9
656:5.9
637:5.5
618:1.7
599:3.4
574:3.1
555:3.4
552:中之条
527:2.3
508:1.8
489:4.2
486:小野上
473:7.7
470:2.2
467:祖母島
454:5.5
451:5.5
423:0.0
342:Ōmae
340:and
309:The
232:1945
214:Type
192:Ōmae
62:news
1469:Ōme
1459:Oga
1359:Itō
945:JNR
928:太子駅
779:大前
735:袋倉
634:岩島
615:矢倉
596:郷原
524:市城
448:金島
417:渋川
317:吾妻線
154:吾妻線
45:by
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1707:/
1258:Ōu
1145:,
1127:,
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