Kōtoku Line
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The Kōtoku Line (高徳線 Kōtoku-sen?) is one of the main railway lines of the Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Japan. It connects the prefectural capitals of Takamatsu in Kagawa Prefecture and Tokushima in Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. Its route hugs the northeastern coast of the island. Its name includes one kanji from each of the terminals: 高 (kō, the taka of Takamatsu) and 徳 (toku from Tokushima).
The name of Sanuki Province, the province that preceded the modern prefecture of Kagawa, appears in the names of some stations on the line.
[edit] Data
- Length: 74.5 kilometers
- Gauge: 1067 mm
- Stations: 29, including terminals
- Multiple-track sections: None. (In some places, this line parallels the Tokushima Line, and appears to be a double track, but trains run in both directions on each track.)
- Electrified sections: None.
- Block system: Automatic
[edit] History
- 1899: The Tokushima Railways Company opens the first segment.
- 1907: The company is nationalized.
- 1986: Freight operations ended.
- 1987: With the privatization of JNR, the line becomes part of the Shikoku Railway Company.
- 1988: Line name changed from Kōtoku Main Line to Kōtoku Line.
[edit] Stations
- T00 Tokushima Station
- T01 Sako Station
- T02 Yoshinari Station
- T03 Shōzui Station
- T04 Ikenotani Station
- T05 Bandǒ Station
- T06 Awakawabata Station
- T07 Itano Station
- T08 Awa Ōmiya
- T09 Sanuki Aioi Station
- T10 Hiketa Station
- T11 Sanuki Shirotori Station
- T12 Sanbonmatsu Station
- T13 Nibu Station
- T14 Tsuruwa Station
- T15 Sanuki Tsuda Station
- T16 Kanzaki Station
- T17 Zōda Station
- T18 Orange Town Station
- T19 Shido Station
- T20 Sanuki Mure Station
- T21 Yakuriguchi Station
- T22 Furutakamatsuminami Station
- T23 Yashima Station
- T24 Kitachō Station
- T25 Ritsurin Station
- T26 Ritsurin Kôen Kitaguchi Station
- T27 Shōwachō Station
- T28 Takamatsu Station
