Kōtoku Line

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Kōtoku Line
Kōtoku Line
The limited express train Uzushio.
The limited express train Uzushio.
Yashima Station with local trains.
Yashima Station with local trains.

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.

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[edit] Data

  • Length: 74.5 kilometers
  • Gauge: 3 ft 6 in (1,067 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

No. Station name Japanese Total dist.
(km)		 Transfers Location
T00 Tokushima 徳島 0.0 JR: ■ Mugi Line (M00) Tokushima Tokushima
T01 Sako 佐古 1.4 JR: ■ Tokushima Line (B01)
T02 Yoshinari 吉成 6.3
T03 Shōzui 勝瑞 7.6 Aizumi, Itano
T04 Ikenotani 池谷 10.3 JR: ■ Naruto Line (N04) Naruto
T05 Bandō 板東 12.4
T06 Awa-Kawabata 阿波川端 14.7 Itano, Itano
T07 Itano 板野 16.5
T08 Awa-Ōmiya 阿波大宮 21.3
T09 Sanuki-Aioi 讃岐相生 26.9 Higashikagawa Kagawa
T10 Hiketa 引田 29.4
T11 Sanuki-Shirotori 讃岐白鳥 33.8
T12 Sambommatsu 三本松 36.9
T13 Nibu 丹生 40.1
T14 Tsuruwa 鶴羽 44.1 Sanuki
T15 Sanuki-Tsuda 讃岐津田 46.8
T16 Kanzaki 神前 51.1
T17 Zōda 造田 53.2
T18 Orange Town オレンジタウン 55.6
T19 Shido 志度 58.2 Kotoden: Shido Line (Kotoden-​Shido)
T20 Sanuki-Mure 讃岐牟礼 61.1 Kotoden: Shido Line (Yakuri-​Shimmichi) Takamatsu
T21 Yakuriguchi 八栗口 62.2
T22 Furutakamatsu-​Minami 古高松南 63.7
T23 Yashima 屋島 65.0
T24 Kitachō 木太町 67.8
T25 Ritsurin 栗林 70.2
T26 Ritsurin-Kōen-​Kitaguchi 栗林公園北口 71.3
T27 Shōwachō 昭和町 73.0
T28 Takamatsu 高松 74.5 JR: ■ Yosan Line (Seto-​Ōhashi Line) (Y00)
Kotoden: Kotohira Line (Takamatsu-​Chikkō)

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