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The Jōsō Line (常総線 Jōsō-sen) is a railway line operated by the Kanto Railway in Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. It is a diesel operated line which runs from Toride to Shimodate.The Jōsō Line connects with the Tsukuba Express line which opened in 2005 at Moriya Station the only interchange other than at its two termini.In fiscal 1999 the Jōsō Line carried an annual total of 14.16 million passengers (38000 per day) making it the busiest non-electrified private line in Japan.