Kusatsu Line

Kusatsu Line
113 series on the Kusatsu Line
Overview
Native name	草津線
Status	Operational
Owner	JR West
Locale	Mie Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture
Termini	Tsuge Kusatsu
Stations	11
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	Urban Network
Rolling stock	113 series EMU 117 series EMU 221 series EMU 223-1000 series EMU 223-2000 series EMU 225-0 series EMU 225-100 series EMU
History
Opened	1889 (1889)
Technical
Line length	36.7 km (22.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)
Route map Legend Kansai Main Line 0.0 Tsuge (柘植) Kansai Main Line River Kurabe 5.3 Aburahi (油日) River Ichino 7.4 Kōka (甲賀) Shin-Meishin Expressway (E1A) 10.5 Terashō (寺庄) 12.5 Kōnan (甲南) Shigaraki Kohgen Railway 15.3 Kibukawa (貴生川) Ohmi Railway Main Line River Soma 20.5 Mikumo (三雲) River Osa 24.3 Kōsei (甲西) 27.6 Ishibe (石部) Meishin Expressway (E1) 32.7 Tehara (手原) National Route 8 Prefectural Route 31 Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tōkaidō Main Line 36.7 Kusatsu (草津) Tōkaidō Main Line

The Kusatsu Line (草津線, Kusatsu-sen) is a railway line in western Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Tsuge on the Kansai Main Line with Kusatsu on the Biwako Line (Tōkaidō Main Line).