Honshi-Bisan Line

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Honshi-Bisan Line

Marine Liner on the Honshi-Bisan Line
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Locale Okayama, Kagawa prefectures
Termini Chayamachi
Utazu
Stations 6
Operation
Opening 1988
Owner JR West, JR Shikoku
Operator(s) JR West, JR Shikoku, JR Freight
Technical
Line length 31.0 km (19.3 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead
Operating speed 130 km/h (80 mph)
Route map

The Honshi-Bisan Line (本四備讃線 Honshi-Bisan-sen) is a Japanese railway line which connects Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture with Utazu in Kagawa Prefecture. It is owned and operated jointly by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku). The line is the central section of the Seto-Ōhashi Line, a service connecting Okayama and Takamatsu; as a result, the Honshi-Bisan Line is rarely referred to by itself, but rather as a part of the larger Seto-Ōhashi Line service.

The line's name comes from the two islands it links: Honshu and Shikoku, and the old provincial names of the areas through which the line passes, Bitchū Province/Bizen Province and Sanuki Province.

Basic data

  • Operators, distances:
  • Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Cape gauge narrow gauge
  • Stations: 6
  • Double-tracked section: Entire line
  • Electrification: 1500 V DC
  • Railway signalling: Centralized Traffic Control (CTC)
  • Maximum speed:
    • Chayamachi – Kojima: 130 km/h (80 mph)
    • Kojima – Utazu: 120 km/h (75 mph)
  • CTC center:
    • Chayamachi – Kojima: Okayama Transport Control Center
    • Kojima – Utazu: Takamatsu Control Center

Station list

Station Japanese Distance
(km)		 Transfers Location
Chayamachi 茶屋町 0.0 Uno Line Kurashiki Okayama
Uematsu 植松 2.9   Okayama
Kimi 木見 5.6   Kurashiki
Kaminochō 上の町 9.7  
Kojima 児島 12.9  
Border between JR West and JR Shikoku
Utazu 宇多津 31.0 Yosan Line Utazu, Ayauta District Kagawa

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