Gantoku Line

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The Gantoku Line (岩徳線, Gantoku-sen^?) is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company in western Japan connecting Iwakuni Station in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture and Kushigahama Station in Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Trains running on this line continue from Kushigahama Station to Tokuyama Station in Shūnan.

This line has somewhat steep slopes and long tunnel segments as this line was originally established as a shortening of the Sanyō Main Line along the old San'yōdō.

[edit] Basic data

Operator: West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Distance: Iwakuni–Takamizu–Kushigahama 43.7 km

(Note: The 1.9 km segment from Kawanishi to Morigahara Signal Station overlaps with the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line, operated by the Nishikigawa Railway.)

Gauge: 1,067 mm
Number of stations: 15 (including both ends)
Number of track(s): single
Electrification: none

[edit] Stations

Station name	Japanese	Total distance	Transfers	Location
JR West
Iwakuni	岩国駅	0.0 km	JR West: Sanyō Main Line	Iwakuni
Nishi-Iwakuni	西岩国駅	3.7 km
Kawanishi	川西駅	5.6 km	Nishikigawa Railway: Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Morigahara Signal Station	森ヶ原信号場	(7.5 km)	(Actual point of divergence with Nishikigawa Seiryū Line)
Hashirano	柱野駅	8.5 km
Kinmeiji	欽明路駅	15.2 km
Kuga	玖珂駅	17.1 km
Suō-Takamori	周防高森駅	20.6 km
Yonekawa	米川駅	24.4 km
Takamizu	高水駅	28.8 km		Shūnan
Katsuma	勝間駅	31.1 km
Ōkawachi	大河内駅	33.3 km
Suō-Kubo	周防久保駅	34.7 km		Kudamatsu
Ikunoya	生野屋駅	38.0 km
Suō-Hanaoka	周防花岡駅	39.8 km
Kushigahama	櫛ヶ浜駅	43.7 km	JR West: San'yō Main Line (toward Yanai)	Shūnan
Tokuyama¹	徳山駅	47.1 km	JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, Sanyō Main Line (toward Hōfu, Shin-Yamaguchi Station)	Shūnan

¹: Along the San'yō Main Line.

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