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Tsuyama Line
A KiHa 47 DMU train on a Rapid service, March 2010
Overview
Native name津山線
OwnerJR West
LocaleOkayama Prefecture
Termini
Service
TypeRegional rail
History
Opened21 December 1898
Technical
Line length58.7 km (36.5 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
ElectrificationNone

The Tsuyama Line (津山線, Tsuyama-sen) is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting Okayama and Tsuyama in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

Stations

All-stations "Local" (普通, futsū) and limited-stop "Rapid" (快速, kaisoku) services called Kotobuki (ことぶき) operate over the line. In the "Rapid" column in the table below, "O" indicates stations at which "Rapid" services stop.[1]

Station Japanese Distance
(km)
Rapid Connections Location
Okayama 岡山 0.0 O Sanyō Shinkansen, Sanyō Main Line, Akō Line (Higashi-Okayama)-
Hakubi Line (Kurashiki), Uno Line (Seto-Ōhashi Line), Kibi Line
Okayama Electric Tramway Higashiyama Line, Okayama Electric Tramway Seikibashi Line
Kita-ku, Okayama Okayama
Hōkaiin 法界院 2.3 O  
Bizen-Hara 備前原 5.1    
Tamagashi 玉柏 7.5    
Makiyama 牧山 11.4    
Nonokuchi 野々口 16.7    
Kanagawa 金川 19.7 O  
Takebe 建部 27.0    
Fukuwatari 福渡 30.3 O  
Kōme 神目 36.5     Kumenan,
Kume District
Yuge 弓削 40.5 O  
Tanjōji 誕生寺 43.5    
Obara 小原 45.5     Misaki
Kume District
Kamenokō 亀甲 49.1 O  
Sarayama 佐良山 53.4     Tsuyama
Tsuyamaguchi 津山口 56.8    
Tsuyama 津山 58.7 O Kishin Line, Inbi Line

Some Rapid services also stop at Nonokuchi and Takebe stations.[1]

History

The line was opened on 21 December 1898 by the Chugoku Railway (中国鉄道).[2] It was nationalized on 1 June 1944, becoming part of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) system, and from 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, it was transferred to the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b JR時刻表 [JR Timetable]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. March 2014. p. 354. EAN 4910053110341.
  2. ^ Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 254–256. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  3. ^ Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. I. Japan: JTB. p. 96. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.