Utsunomiya Light Rail
is a light rail transit (LRT) company that operates the , also known as Haga Utsunomiya LRT, serving the  in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The light rail line links Utsunomiya, the capital city of Tochigi, with the nearby town of Haga. It is a 14.6 km line between , a tram stop in front of the East Exit of Utsunomiya Station in central Utsunomiya, and  in Haga. History
The project was approved in 2016. Construction started in 2018, with a target opening date of March 2022, but it was eventually moved back to March 2023. This date was later further postponed to August 26, 2023. On April 3, 2023, ten round trips a day of driver proficiency training using the new light rail vehicles began. On November 19, 2022, an LRT train derailed during a trial run. There were no injuries. The line started operation on August 26, 2023. Utsunomiya became the first city in Japan to have a new tram system in 75 years after Takaoka, Toyama. Services

Rolling stock
The line is served by the , branded Lightline. Niigata Transys built and delivered 17 sets of three-section low-floor light rail vehicles. Stations

See also
List of light-rail transit systems
List of urban rail systems in Japan
List of railway lines in Japan
List of railway companies in Japan

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Railway lines in Japan
Tram transport in Japan
Utsunomiya
Rail transport in Tochigi Prefecture
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
Japanese third-sector railway lines
750 V DC railway electrification
Railway lines opened in 2023