Tsuyama Line
| Tsuyama Line | |
|---|---|
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 A KiHa 47 DMU train on a Rapid service, March 2010 | |
| Overview | |
| Native name | 津山線 |
| Status | In operation |
| Owner | JR West |
| Locale | Okayama Prefecture |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 17 |
| Service | |
| Type | Regional rail |
| Operator(s) | JR West |
| Rolling stock | KiHa 40 series DMU, KiHa 120 series DMU |
| History | |
| Opened | 21 December 1898 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 58.7 km (36.5 mi) |
| Number of tracks | Entire line single tracked |
| Character | Commuter in some areas and rural in others |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | None |
| Operating speed | 95 km/h (59 mph) |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b JR時刻表 [JR Timetable]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. March 2014. p. 354. EAN 4910053110341.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
Transit in Okayama Prefecture | ||
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 Ryobi Group |
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 JR Shikoku | ||
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