| Traction | 1500V DC | Nippori - Toride |
| 1500V DC + 20 kV 50 Hz AC | Toride - Fujishiro | |
| 20 kV 50 Hz AC | Fujishiro - Iwanuma |
| Opened | 1889 - 1896 | Mito - (Mikawashima) - Tabata *) | Tracks | Double track | Nippori - Ayase | Tracks | Double track | Hirono - Kido | |||
| 1897 - 1898 | Mito - Iwanuma | Four tracks | Ayase - Toride | Single track | Kido - Onō | ||||||
| 1905 | Nippori - Mikawashima | Double track | Toride - Yotsukura | Double track | Ōno - Futaba | ||||||
| Tracks | Dedicated double track | Ueno - Nippori (along Tōhoku Hon line) | Single track | Yotsukura-Hirono | Single track | Futaba - Iwanuma |
| Mapion | Major stations | Connecting lines | Km | City | Prefecture |
| Map | Ueno | JR East: Yamanote | 3.6 | Tōkyō : Taitō-ku | Tōkyō |
| Map | Nippori | TOEI: Nippori-Toneri Liner, JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku, JR East: Yamanote, JR East: Tōhoku Hon (via Oku), JR East: Tōhoku Hon (Tōkyō - Kuroiso), Keisei: Hon | 5.8 | Tōkyō : Arakawa-ku | Tōkyō |
| Map | Mikawashima | | 7.0 | Tōkyō : Arakawa-ku | |
| Map | Minami-Senju | Tōkyō Metro: Hibiya, MIR: Tsukuba Express | 9.2 | Tōkyō : Arakawa-ku | |
| Map | Kita-Senju | Tōkyō Metro: Hibiya, Tōkyō Metro: Chiyoda, Tōbu: Isesaki, MIR: Tsukuba Express | 11.0 | Tōkyō : Adachi-ku | |
| Map | Ayase | Tōkyō Metro: Chiyoda | 13.5 | Tōkyō : Adachi-ku | |
| Map | Kanamachi | Keisei: Kanamachi [Keisei Kanamachi] | 17.6 | Tōkyō : Katsushika-ku | |
| Map | Matsudo | Shin-Keisei: Shin-Keisei | 21.5 | Matsudo-shi | Chiba |
| Map | Mabashi | Ryūtetsu: Nagareyama | 24.9 | Matsudo-shi | |
| Map | Shin-Matsudo | JR East: Musashino | 26.5 | Matsudo-shi | |
| Map | Kashiwa | Tōbu: Noda | 32.7 | Kashiwa-shi | |
| Map | Abiko | JR East: Narita (Abiko) | 37.1 | Abiko-shi | |
| Map | Toride | Kantō: Jōsō | 43.2 | Toride-shi | Ibaraki |
| Map | Fujishiro | | 49.2 | Toride-shi | |
| Map | Sanuki | Kantō: Ryūgasaki | 51.3 | Ryūgasaki-shi | |
| Map | Ushiku | | 56.4 | Ushiku-shi | |
| Map | Tsuchiura | | 69.6 | Tsuchiura-shi | |
| Map | Ishioka | Kashima | 85.8 | Ishioka-shi | |
| Map | Hatori | | 92.3 | Omitama-shi | |
| Map | Tomobe | JR East: Mito | 104.6 | Kasama-shi | |
| Map | Mito | JR East: Suigun, Kashima Rinkai: Ōarai Kashima | 121.1 | Mito-shi | |
| Map | Katsuta | Hitachinaka Kaihin: Minato | 126.9 | Hitachinaka-shi | |
| Map | Ōmika | Hitachi | 143.2 | Hitachi-shi | |
| Map | Hitachi | | 152.7 | Hitachi-shi | |
| Map | Takahagi | | 168.3 | Takahagi-shi | |
| Map | Isohara | | 177.4 | Kitaibaraki-shi | |
| Map | Ōtsukō | | 184.5 | Kitaibaraki-shi | |
| Map | Iwaki | JR East: Banetsu-tō | 215.2 | Iwaki-shi | Fukushima |
| Map | Yotsukura | | 225.0 | Iwaki-shi | |
| Map | Hisanohama | | 229.8 | Iwaki-shi | |
| Map | Hirono | | 232.4 | Hirono-machi | |
| Map | Kido | | 237.8 | Naruha-machi | |
| Map | Tomioka | | 253.6 | Tomioka-machi | |
| Map | Ōno | | 263.7 | Ōkuma-machi | |
| Map | Futaba | | 269.5 | Futaba-machi | |
| Map | Haranomachi | | 292.7 | Minami-Sōma-shi | |
| Map | Sōma | | 312.8 | Sōma-shi | |
| Map | Shinchi | | 321.6 | Shinchi-machi | |
| Map | Yamashita | | 331.5 | Yamamoto-chō | Miyagi |
| Map | Iwanuma | JR East: Tōhoku Hon (Kuroiso - Sendai) | 348.9 | Iwanuma-shi |
| Type | Name | Origin - Major stops - Destination | Frequency | Fastest train | Average speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEX | Super Hitachi | Iwaki - Iwanuma - Sendai | 1/day | 2h04 | 73 km/h |
| Ueno - Katsuta - Iwanuma - Sendai | 3/day | 4h12 | 86 km/h | ||
| Ueno - Katsuta - Iwaki | 12/day | 2h18 | 92 km/h | ||
| Fresh Hitachi | Ueno - Katsuta - Iwaki | 1/day | 2h27 | 86 km/h | |
| Ueno - Katsuta - Takahagi | 6/day | 1h50 | 90 km/h | ||
| Ueno - Katsuta | 12/day | 1h20 | 92 km/h | ||
| Ueno - Tsuchiura | 3/day | 52 min | 76 km/h | ||
| Rapid | Ueno - Abiko - Narita line - Narita | 16/day | 1h14 | 54 km/h | |
| Local | Karakida - Odakyū Tama & Odawara lines - Yoyogi-Uehara - Tōkyō Metro Chiyoda line - Ayase - Abiko One train /day contines to Toride | Normally 1/hour | 1h43 | 43 km/h | |
| Yoyogi-Uehara - Tōkyō Metro Chiyoda line - Ayase - Abiko Some rush hours trains as well as first/last trains of the day start/terminate at other stations 24 rush hour trains per day terminate in Toride. | At least every 12 min | 1h09 | 40 km/h | ||
| Ueno - Matsudo | 5/day | 19 min | 57 km/h | ||
| Ueno - Abiko | 3/day | 33 min | 61 km/h | ||
| Ueno - Toride | 75/day | 39 min | 61 km/h | ||
| Ueno - Tsuchiura (some are Rapid trains) | 27/day | 55 min | 72 km/h | ||
| Ueno - Mito | 3/day | 2h09 | 55 km/h | ||
| Ueno - Mito - Katsuta | 16/day | 2h03 | 60 km/h | ||
| Ueno - Mito - Takahagi | 9/day | 2h56 | 56 km/h | ||
| Ueno - Mito - Otsuko | 2/day | 3h22 | 54 km/h | ||
| Ueno - Mito - Iwaki | 10/day | 3h26 | 62 km/h | ||
| Abiko - Mito - Takahagi | 1/day | 2h25 | 54 km/h | ||
| Tsuchiura - Mito - Takahagi | 1/day | 1h45 | 56 km/h | ||
| Tsuchiura - Mito - Iwaki | 1/day | 2h34 | 57 km/h | ||
| Oyama - Mito line - Tomobe - Mito | 2/day | 1h18 | 51 km/h | ||
| Oyama - Mito line - Tomobe - Mito - Katsuta | 9/day | 1h24 | 52 km/h | ||
| Oyama - Mito line - Tomobe - Mito - Takahagi | 3/day | 2h13 | 52 km/h | ||
| Oyama - Mito line - Tomobe - Mito - Iwaki | 1/day | 3h28 | 46 km/h | ||
| Mito - Hitachi | 1/day | 31 min | 61 km/h | ||
| Mito - Takahagi | 1/day | 47 min | 60 km/h | ||
| Mito - Iwaki | 11/day | 1h32 | 61 km/h | ||
| Mito - Iwaki - Yotsukura | 1/day | 1h54 | 55 km/h | ||
| Mito - Iwaki - Haranomachi | 2/day | 3h03 | 56 km/h | ||
| Kasuta - Iwaki - Hisanohama | 1/day | 1h43 | 60 km/h | ||
| Iwaki - Tomioka | 1/day | 38 min | 61 km/h | ||
| Iwaki - Haranomachi | 3/day | 1h17 | 60 km/h | ||
| Iwaki - Haranomachi - Iwanuma - Sendai | 11/day | 2h30 | 61 km/h | ||
| Haranomachi - Iwanuma - Sendai | 12/day | 1h12 | 62 km/h | ||
| Shinchi - Iwanuma - Sendai | 2/day | 51 min | 53 km/h | ||
| Yamashita - Iwanuma - Sendai | 5/day | 42 min | 50 km/h |