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Mooka Railway Mooka Line 真岡線

Railway · Mōka Railway 真岡鐵道 · 17 stations

How to ride Mōka Railway (Mōka Line) P

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

IC cards (Suica etc.)Not accepted P
Credit card touchNot accepted PVisa, Mastercard etc. contactless
Delays & suspensionsLive status →Status line on the top page; Japanese only
Passes2 valid herefrom ¥2,300
IC cards and payment in detail

Suica, PASMO and other IC cards, and credit cards, cannot be used on ordinary trains or the SL Mōka steam train. P

普通列車・SLともSuica・PASMOなどの交通系ICカード、クレジットカードはご利用できません。

Getting on

  1. SL Mōka (steam train): you need an ordinary ticket for your section (commuter passes and coupons not valid) plus an SL seat ticket (SL整理券, adult ¥500, child ¥250, unreserved), bought on the day; web reservation recommended.
  2. Boarding the SL at an unstaffed station: buy the tickets from the conductor after boarding.
Wheelchair assistance

Head office main number. No accessibility page was found. Tel. 0285-84-2911

Sources checked 2026-10-09 · review: draft_unreviewed

Passes valid on this line 2 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 & 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).

IC cards (Suica, ICOCA…) P

16 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下館 🗣Shimodate24,841Kanto Railway Joso Line, JR Mito Line
2下館二高前 🗣Shimodate-Nikomae180
3折本 🗣Orimoto43
4ひぐち 🗣Higuchi55
5久下田 🗣Kugeta250
6寺内 🗣Terauchi90
7真岡 🗣Mooka780
8北真岡 🗣Kita-Moka150
9西田井 🗣Nishidai55
10北山 🗣Kitayama90
11益子 🗣Mashiko220
12七井 🗣Nanai240
13多田羅 🗣Tatara100
14市塙 🗣Ichihana120
15笹原田 🗣Sasaharada7
16天矢場 🗣Ten-yaba18
17茂木 🗣Motegi470

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.