Akō Line

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Akō Line (赤穂線, Akō-sen^?) is a railway line of West Japan Railway Company between Aioi, Hyōgo Prefecture to Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.　A branch line off the Sanyō Main Line, Akō Line originates at Aioi, runs south of the main line along the Seto Inland Sea, and rejoins the main line at Higashi-Okayama.

The entire 57.4 km (36 mi) line is single track. Only one train runs the entire length of the line, with service split at Banshū-Akō, and no trains terminate at either of the official terminals. Trains from the east continue from Himeji on the Sanyō Main Line and terminate at Akō, while westbound service originating from Akō continue past Higashi-Okayama and continue on the Sanyō Main Line to Okayama and beyond. Rapid and Special Rapid Service trains from Kyoto and beyond make local stops between Aioi and Akō, and the segment of the line is part of JR West's Kinki region Urban Network.

[edit] Stations

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	City	Prefecture
Sanyō Main Line
Himeji	姫路		JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, JR Kobe Line, Bantan Line, Kishin Line	Himeji	Hyōgo
Agaho	英賀保
Harima-Katsuhara	はりま勝原
Aboshi	網干
Tatsuno	竜野			Tatsuno
Akō Line
Aioi	相生	0.0	JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, Sanyō Main Line	Aioi	Hyōgo
Nishi-Aioi	西相生	3.0		Aioi
Sakoshie	坂越	7.8		Ako
Banshū-Akō	播州赤穂	10.5
Tenwa	天和	14.5
Bizen-Fukukawa	備前福河	16.4
Sōgo	寒河	19.6		Bizen	Okayama
Hinase	日生	22.1
Iri	伊里	27.7
Bizen-Katakami	備前片上	31.0
Nishi-Katakami	西片上	32.3
Inbe	伊部	34.5
Kagato	香登	38.5
Osafune	長船	42.3		Setouchi
Oku	邑久	45.9
Odomi	大富	48.0
Saidaiji	西大寺	51.2		Okayama
Ōdara	大多羅	54.1
Higashi-Okayama	東岡山	57.4
Sanyō Main Line
Takashima	高島			Okayama	Okayama
Nishigawara	西川原
Okayama	岡山		JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, Sanyō Main Line, Tsuyama Line, Seto Ohashi Line (Uno Line), Kibi Line Okayama Electric Tramway: Higashiyama Main Line

[edit] References

Miki, Masafumi (July 2004). "Railway Operators in Japan 13: Chugoku Region". Japan Railway & Transport Review (39): 36–43.

[edit] See also

Kure Line

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