Kōtoku Line
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Kōtoku Line
高徳線 |
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 Local train traveling over the Kasuga River with Yashima in the background |
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| Overview | |||
| Type | Heavy rail | ||
| Locale | Kagawa, Tokushima prefectures | ||
| Termini | Takamatsu Tokushima |
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| Stations | 29 | ||
| Operation | |||
| Opened | 1899 | ||
| Operator(s) | JR Shikoku | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 74.5 km (46.3 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
| Electrification | None | ||
| Operating speed | 130 km/h (81 mph) | ||
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The Kōtoku Line (高徳線 Kōtoku-sen) is a railway line owned and operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku). It connects the prefectural capitals of Takamatsu in Kagawa Prefecture and Tokushima in Tokushima Prefecture. The route hugs the northeastern coast of the island of Shikoku. Its name comes from the characters in the names of the prefectures that the line connects: Takamatsu (高松) and Tokushima (徳島).
Sanuki (讃岐), the name of the ancient province that preceded the modern Kagawa Prefecture, appears in the names of some stations on the line.
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[edit] Services
The Uzushio limited express serves the entire line. Two round-trips per day run through to/from Okayama.
In addition to local trains that run the entire length of the Kōtoku Line, there are trains that run between Takamatsu and Orange Town, Sambommatsu, and Hiketa, as well as between Tokushima and Itano and Tokushima and Hiketa. For a single-tracked line service levels are quite high, except along the prefectural border between Itano and Hiketa. In Tokushima there are through trains to/from the Naruto and Mugi lines, with one train per day running from Takamatsu to Mugi via Anan.
Since the completion of electrification work between Takamatsu and Iyoshi on the Yosan Line, the Kōtoku Line has received some of the newest DMUs on the JR Shikoku network. Local services often use 1000 series, 1200 series and 1500 series DMUs, while limited express services are handled by N2000 series DMUs.
[edit] Station list
- Local trains stop at all stations. For details of the Uzushio limited express service see that article.
- Trains can pass one another at stations marked "◇" and "^" and cannot pass at those marked "｜".
| Station number |
Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |||
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| Between stations |
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| T28 | Takamatsu | 高松 | - | 0.0 | ■ Yosan Line (Y00) (Seto-Ōhashi Line) Kotoden Kotohira Line (Takamatsu-Chikkō) |
∨ | Takamatsu | Kagawa |
| T27 | Shōwachō | 昭和町 | 1.5 | 1.5 | ｜ | |||
| T26 | Ritsurin-Koen-Kitaguchi | 栗林公園北口 | 1.7 | 3.2 | ｜ | |||
| T25 | Ritsurin | 栗林 | 1.1 | 4.3 | ◇ | |||
| T24 | Kitachō | 木太町 | 2.4 | 6.7 | ｜ | |||
| T23 | Yashima | 屋島 | 2.8 | 9.5 | ◇ | |||
| T22 | Furutakamatsu-Minami | 古高松南 | 1.3 | 10.8 | ｜ | |||
| T21 | Yakuriguchi | 八栗口 | 1.5 | 12.3 | ◇ | |||
| T20 | Sanuki-Mure | 讃岐牟礼 | 1.1 | 13.4 | Kotoden Shido Line (Yakuri-Shimmichi) | ｜ | ||
| T19 | Shido | 志度 | 2.9 | 16.3 | Kotoden Shido Line (Kotoden-Shido) | ◇ | Sanuki | |
| T18 | Orange Town | オレンジタウン | 2.6 | 18.9 | ◇ | |||
| T17 | Zōda | 造田 | 2.4 | 21.3 | ◇ | |||
| T16 | Kanzaki | 神前 | 2.1 | 23.4 | ｜ | |||
| T15 | Sanuki-Tsuda | 讃岐津田 | 4.3 | 27.7 | ◇ | |||
| T14 | Tsuruwa | 鶴羽 | 2.7 | 30.4 | ◇ | |||
| T13 | Nibu | 丹生 | 4.0 | 34.4 | ◇ | Higashikagawa | ||
| T12 | Sambommatsu | 三本松 | 3.2 | 37.6 | ◇ | |||
| T11 | Sanuki-Shirotori | 讃岐白鳥 | 3.1 | 40.7 | ◇ | |||
| T10 | Hiketa | 引田 | 4.4 | 45.1 | ◇ | |||
| T09 | Sanuki-Aioi | 讃岐相生 | 2.5 | 47.6 | ◇ | |||
| T08 | Awa-Ōmiya | 阿波大宮 | 5.6 | 53.2 | ◇ | Itano, Itano District | Tokushima | |
| T07 | Itano | 板野 | 4.8 | 58.0 | ◇ | |||
| T06 | Awa-Kawabata | 阿波川端 | 1.8 | 59.8 | ｜ | |||
| T05 | Bandō | 板東 | 2.3 | 62.1 | ◇ | Naruto | ||
| T04 | Ikenotani | 池谷 | 2.1 | 64.2 | ■ Naruto Line (N04) (some trains through to Tokushima) | ◇ | ||
| T03 | Shōzui | 勝瑞 | 2.7 | 66.9 | ◇ | Aizumi, Itano District | ||
| T02 | Yoshinari | 吉成 | 1.3 | 68.2 | ◇ | Tokushima | ||
| T01 | Sako | 佐古 | 4.9 | 73.1 | ■ Tokushima Line (B01) (All trains through to Tokushima) | ◇ | ||
| T00 | Tokushima | 徳島 | 1.4 | 74.5 | ■ Mugi Line (M00) | ◇ | ||
[edit] History
- February 16, 1899: Tokushima Railway opens section from Kamojima – Sako – Tokushima
- September 1, 1907: Tokushima Railway nationalized
- March 20, 1935: Entire line completed with the opening of the Hiketa – Itanishi (now Itano) and Yoshinari – Sako sections
- November 1, 1986: Freight operations cease
- April 1, 1987: With the privatization of JNR, the line becomes part of the Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku).
- June 1, 1988: Line name changes from Kōtoku Main Line to Kōtoku Line
- July 27, 1993: Track elevated near Sako Station
- March 14, 1998: Track construction allowing faster speeds completed; Orange Town Station opens
- May 13, 2001: New Takamatsu Station opens; line length reduced by 0.3 km
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Media related to Kōtoku Line at Wikimedia Commons
- JR Shikoku official website (Japanese)
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