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Kanto Railway Joso Line 常総線

Railway · Kantō Railway 関東鉄道 · 25 stations

How to ride Kantō Railway (Jōsō Line, Ryūgasaki Line) P

Operator-wide facts from Kantō Railway (Jōsō Line, Ryūgasaki Line)'s own pages; individual lines and stations can differ.

IC cards (Suica etc.)Accepted PPASMO, Suica
Credit card touchNot confirmed
Step-free accessStation list → PStep-free by elevator at Yumemino, Togashira and Moriya, by slope at Terahara, Shin-Toride, Inatoi, Kokinu, Mitsukaido, Kita-Mitsukaido, Minami-Ishige, Ishige, Shimotsuma and Daiho, and a wheelchair escalator at Toride. If you need staff help (e.g. at an unstaffed station), call the managing station listed on the page in advance; otherwise you wait for staff after using the intercom.
Passes5 valid herefrom ¥2,000
IC cards and payment in detail

PASMO, and Suica through mutual use, work at the gates. Stations without automatic gates have simple readers with separate entry and exit pads: touch the right one. Charging and fare adjustment are possible only at staffed stations; if your balance runs short at an unstaffed station, settle later at a staffed one. One card per person. Auto-charge cannot be applied for here. P

「PASMO(パスモ)」は1枚で首都圏のほとんどの私鉄とバスでご利用いただける便利なカードで、JR東日本とも相互利用しているため、「Suica(スイカ)」をご利用いただくことも可能のほか、加盟店舗では電子マネーとしてもご利用いただけます。

Getting on

  1. Buy a ticket at the station (each station sells tickets from that station; valid on the day of purchase), or use PASMO/Suica.
  2. IC card: touch the gate reader for about 1 second until it beeps. At stations without automatic gates, touch the entry pad of the simple reader.
  3. Coupon tickets were discontinued at the end of 2022.

Getting off

  1. IC card: touch the exit gate or the exit pad of the simple reader. If the balance is short, the gate closes: charge or pay at a staffed station.
  2. If you rode beyond your ticket, pay the difference.
Sources checked 2026-10-10 · review: draft_unreviewed

Passes valid on this line 5 P

Day passes, regional passes and special tickets that include this line, cheapest first. Prices and rules change: check the official page before you buy.

Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides

Jōsō Line One-Day Free Ticket

常総線1日フリーきっぷ · Kantō Railway

¥2,000 Adult · ¥1,000 Child · ¥2,000 Parent-and-child discount: 1 adult + up to 2 children

Day of first use only; Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, 13 Nov (Ibaraki Day) and 29 Dec–3 Jan. Sold from 7 days before.

Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides

Jōsō Line & Mōka Line One-Day Free Ticket

常総線・真岡鐵道線共通一日自由きっぷ · Mōka Railway and Kantō Railway (joint)

¥2,300 Adult · ¥1,150 Child

Day of use only. Saturdays, holidays and New Year period; also weekdays 1 Apr–31 May, 1 Jul–31 Aug and 1 Nov–31 Jan.

Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides

Tokiwaji Pass

ときわ路パス · JR East

¥2,430 Adult · ¥650 Child (6–11)

One day (weekends and holidays in each season).

Anyone can buy 2 days · Round trip + area

TX & Jōsō Line Round-Trip Ticket

TX&常総ライン往復きっぷ · Kantō Railway

¥3,210 Shimodate–Daihō ⇄ Akihabara · ¥3,010 Shimodate–Daihō ⇄ Kita-Senju · ¥2,910 Shimotsuma–Tamamura ⇄ Akihabara · +3 more ¥1,255/day

2 days from the day of use; sold on the day.

Seniors See validity · Unlimited rides

Sukoyaka Pass (70+ Jōsō Line pass)

すこやかパス · Kantō Railway

¥9,000 1 month · ¥25,000 3 months · ¥48,000 6 months

1, 3 or 6 months; usable every day. Sold from 7 days before the start date.

IC cards (Suica, ICOCA…) P

23 stations are not in the IC areas we have; check at the station.

How IC card areas work →

Stations

In order along the main route; branch stations, if any, are listed at the end. English names and readings where OpenStreetMap has them.

#StationEnglishPassengers / day (2024)Guide / other lines
1取手
とりで 🗣
Toride59,183Jōban Line
2西取手 🗣Nishi-Toride2,601
3寺原
てらはら 🗣
Terahara2,245
4新取手 🗣Shin-Toride1,970
5ゆめみ野 🗣Yumemino2,301
6稲戸井 🗣Inatoi1,446
7戸頭 🗣Togashira5,037
8南守谷 🗣Minami-Moriya2,704
9守谷
もりや 🗣
Moriya65,239Tsukuba Express
10新守谷 🗣Shin-Moriya4,006
11小絹 🗣Kokinu1,878
12水海道
みつかいどう 🗣
Mitsukaido2,973
13北水海道 🗣Kita-Mitsukaido506
14中妻 🗣Nakatsuma192
15三妻 🗣Mitsuma255
16南石下 🗣Minami-Ishige305
17石下 🗣Ishige874
18玉村 🗣Tamamura78
19宗道
そうどう 🗣
Sodo196
20下妻
しもつま 🗣
Shimotsuma1,802
21大宝 🗣Daiho97
22騰波ノ江 🗣Tobanoe72
23黒子 🗣Kurogo171
24大田郷 🗣Otago328
25下館 🗣Shimodate24,841Mooka Railway Mooka Line, JR Mito Line

Passengers per day: people boarding and getting off on an average day, all operators at the station counted once each (MLIT station passenger data S12).

Lines and stations: 「国土数値情報(鉄道データ、駅別乗降客数データ)」(国土交通省)を加工して作成 (MLIT National Land Numerical Information, railway data N02-24 and station passengers S12-25, CC BY 4.0). English station names and readings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), where they match. Data & credits.