Kotoden Nagao Line

     Kotoden Nagao Line

Kotoden Nagao Line EMU, January 2006
Overview
Locale Kagawa Prefecture
Termini Kawaramachi
Nagao
Stations 16
Operation
Opened 30 April 1912
Owner Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad
Technical
Line length 14.6 km (9.1 mi)[1]
No. of tracks Single
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Minimum radius 109 m
Electrification 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed 65 km/h (40 mph)[1]

The Kotoden Nagao line (琴電長尾線 Kotoden Nagao-sen?) is a Japanese railway line in Kagawa Prefecture, which connects Kawaramachi Station in Takamatsu with Nagao Station in Sanuki. It is owned and operated by the Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad. The line color is green.

Station list

All stations are located in Kagawa Prefecture.

Name Japanese Distance between

Stations(km)

Distance from Kawaramachi (km) Transfers Locations
Kawaramachi 瓦町 - 0.0 Kotoden Kotohira Line
Kotoden Shido Line
Takamatsu
Hanazono 花園 0.9 0.9  
Hayashimichi 林道 1.8 2.7  
Kita-higashiguchi 木太東口 0.7 3.4  
Motoyama 元山 1.1 4.5  
Mizuta 水田 1.3 5.8  
Nishimaeda 西前田 1.4 7.2  
Takata 高田 1.1 8.3  
Ikenobe 池戸 1.3 9.6   Miki Kita District
Nōgakubumae 農学部前 0.8 10.4  
Hiragi 平木 0.5 10.9  
Gakuen-dōri 学園通り 0.6 11.5  
Shirayama 白山 1.3 12.8  
Ido 井戸 0.5 13.3  
Kumommyō 公文明 0.6 13.9  
Nagao 長尾 0.7 14.6   Sanuki

History

The line first opened as the Takamatsu Electric Tramway (高松電気軌道 Takamatsu Denki Kidō?) on 30 April 1912 between Dehare (出晴?) (close to the present Kawaramachi Station) and Nagao. The line was originally 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge and electrified at 600 V DC, but it was regauged to 1,435 mm in June 1945, and the overhead line voltage was raised to 1,500 V from December 1976.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.