The Tōbu Yaita Line (東武矢板線, Tōbu Yaita-sen) was a 23.5 km railway line in Japan operated by Tobu Railway, which connected Shin-Takatoku on the Tōbu Kinugawa Line to Yaita on the Tōhoku Main Line in Tochigi Prefecture.
The line opened on 1 March 1924, and closed on 30 June 1959.
[1] In its final years, there were just five trains in each direction daily, with only three in each direction running over the entire length of the line.
[2] Trains were mixed passenger and freight services hauled by 4-4-0 steam locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock & Company in England, with passenger cars converted from former Tobu electric multiple units.
[2] The line first opened on 1 March 1924 by the Shimotsuke Electric Railway (下野電気鉄道, Shimotsuke Denki Tetsudō), as a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge branch line which extended 9.9 km from Takatoku Station (later Shin-Takatoku Station) to Tenchō Station (天頂駅).