San'in Main Line

The Sanin Main Line (山陰本線, San'in-honsen^?) is a railway line in western Japan that runs from Kyoto to Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is the major railway line of the San'in region, running along the Japan Sea, crossing Kyoto, Hyōgo, Tottori, Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures. The main portion from Kyoto to Hatabu is the longest single continuous railway line in Japan at 673.8 km, although no regularly scheduled train runs through the entire line.

The section between Kyoto and Sonobe, connecting Kyoto and its northern suburbs, is a part of JR West's Urban Network and is nicknamed the Sagano Line.

Basic data

• Distances: 676.0 km
• Operators
  • West Japan Railway Company (Category 1)
    • Kyoto - Hatabu: 673.8 km
    • Nagatoshi - Senzaki: 2.2 km
  • Japan Freight Railway Company (Category 2)
    • Hōki-Daisen - Higashi-Matsue: 27.1 km

      Yonago - Higashi-Matsue temporary closed

    • Okami - Masuda: 16.9 km
• Track:
  • Double: Kyoto – Sonobe, Ayabe – Fukuchiyama, Hōki-Daisen – Yasugi, Higashi-Matsue – Matsue, Tamatsukuri-Onsen – Kimachi
  • Single: the rest
• Electric supply:
  • Kyoto - Kinosaki-Onsen, Hōki-Daisen - Nishi-Izumo: 1,500 V DC
• Railway signalling:
  • Kyoto - Nishi-Izumo: Automatic
  • Nishi-Izumo - Hatabu, including "Senzaki branch line": Special Automatic; a simplified automatic system
• Maximum speed at service (km/h):
  • Kyoto - Saga-Arashiyama: 120
  • Saga-Arashiyama - Umahori: 130
  • Umahori - Ayabe: 120
  • Ayabe - Fukuchiyama: 130
  • Fukuchiyama - Tottori: 95
  • Tottori - Izumoshi: 120
  • Izumoshi - Masuda: 110
  • Masuda - Hatabu: 95
  • Nagatoshi - Senzaki: 85

Stations

From Kyoto to Sonobe (Sagano Line)

See the Sagano Line for stopping patterns.

Stations on this segment

Kyoto - Tambaguchi - Nijo - Emmachi - Hanazono - Uzumasa - Saga-Arashiyama - Hozukyo - Umahori - Kameoka - Namikawa - Chiyokawa - Yagi - Yoshitomi - Sonobe

From Sonobe to Tottori

Rapid trains are operated as local trains and stop at every station between Sonobe and Fukuchiyama.

From Tottori to Masuda

TL: Rapid Tottori Liner (快速とっとりライナー^?)

AL: Rapid Aqua Liner (快速アクアライナー^?)

CL: Rapid Commuter Liner (快速通勤ライナー^?)

• All the trains stop at stations signed "+". Most trains stop at "‡". Most trains do not stop at "*". No trains (other than local) stop at "-".
• Rapid Commuter Liner runs from Nishi-Izumo to Yonago, one direction alone

From Masuda to Shimonoseki

Senzaki Branch Line