Shikoku Railway Company

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A JR Shikoku series 5000 bi-level cab car leads the Takamatsu-bound Marine Liner rapid train service.

Shikoku Railway Company (四国旅客鉄道株式会社, Shikoku Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha^?), commonly known as JR Shikoku (JR四国, Jeiāru Shikoku^?), is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services in the four prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Japan.

Shikoku Railway's headquarters are in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture.

1 Lines
2 Train service
- 2.1 Gallery of trains
3 External links

[edit] Lines

JR Shikoku operates a railway system of 855.2 km. Unlike other JR companies, JR Shikoku discontinued the classification of "Main Lines" and others in the names of its railway lines in 1988. Prior to the change, the Dosan, Kōtoku, Tokushima and Yosan Lines were Main Lines.

Each line is color-coded and labeled with a letter, which is used to assign a station number to each station on the line. For example, Naruto Station on the Naruto Line (labeled N) is numbered N10. Although this method is widely accepted in metro systems in Japan, JR Shikoku was the only JR company which uses it until October 2007, when JR Hokkaidō followed suit.

Line color	Label	Name		Japanese	Termini	Notes
Main Lines
n/a	n/a	Honshi Bisan Line		本四備讃線	Kojima — Udatsu	A part of Seto-Ōhashi Line (瀬戸大橋線), connects Okayama in Honshū to Shikoku over the Great Seto Bridge. Connects to the Yosan or Kōtoku lines depending on the train. Runs north-south.
Orange	Y	Yosan Line	Main Line	予讃線	Takamatsu — Matsuyama	Connects to the Seto-Ōhashi Line, runs east-west.
	U		Main Line		Matsuyama — Mukaibara
			Branch Line (New Line)		Mukaibara — Uchiko
		Uchiko Line		内子線	Uchiko — Niiya
		Yosan Line	Branch Line (New Line)	予讃線	Niiya — Iyo-Ōzu
			Main Line		Iyo-Ōzu — Uwajima
Gray	S		Main Line (Old Line)		Mukaibara — Iyo-Ōzu
Yellowgreen	T	Kōtoku Line		高徳線	Takamatsu — Tokushima	Connects the Seto-Ōhashi Line through Takamatsu.
Pink	D	Dosan Line		土讃線	Tadotsu — Kōchi	Runs north-south.
Pink	K	Dosan Line		土讃線	Kōchi — Kubokawa	Runs north-south.
Navy	B	Tokushima Line		徳島線	Tsukuda — Sako	Runs east-west.
Other Lines
Emerald Green	M	Mugi Line		牟岐線	Tokushima — Kaifu
Purple	N	Naruto Line		鳴門線	Ikenotani — Naruto
Green	G	Yodo Line		予土線	Wakai — Kita-Uwajima

[edit] Train service

JR Shikoku provides the inter-city services with its limited express trains. The limited express trains connect major cities on the island of Shikoku, such as Matsuyama, Takamatsu, Kōchi and Tokushima each other and with Okayama on Honshū. JR Shikoku also operates local trains.

Major named trains of JR Shikoku
Type	Name	Endpoints and major intermediate stations (Stations out of Shikoku are in parentheses)	Car
Limited express	Ashizuri	Kōchi – (Nakamura)	2000 Series DMU
	Ishizuchi	Takamatsu – Matsuyama – Uwajima	2000 Series DMU, 8000 Series EMU
	Muroto	Tokushima – Anan – Kaifu	185 Series DMU
	Nanpū	(Okayama) – Kōchi – Nakamura – Sukumo	2000 Series DMU
	Uwakai	Matsuyama – Uwajima	2000 Series DMU
	Uzushio	(Okayama) – Takamatsu – Tokushima	185 Series DMU, 2000 Series DMU
	Shimanto	Takamatsu – Kōchi – (Nakamura) – (Sukumo)	2000 Series DMU
	Shiokaze	(Okayama) – Matsuyama – Uwajima	2000 Series DMU, 8000 Series EMU
	Tsurugisan	Kaifu – Tokushima – Anabuki – Awa-Ikeda	185 Series DMU
	Sunrise Seto	(Tokyo) – Takamatsu	285 Series EMU (sleeper, JR West and JR Central)
Rapid service	Marine Liner	(Okayama) – Takamatsu	5000 Series EMU, 223 Series EMU (JR West)

[edit] Gallery of trains

185 Series DMU for limited express

2000 Series DMU for limited express

5000 Series EMU for rapid service

8000 Series EMU for limited express

[edit] External links

http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/ (Japanese)

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