Yamaguchi Line
This article is about the railway in Yamaguchi and Shimane. For the people mover in Tokyo and Saitama, see Seibu Yamaguchi Line.
| Yamaguchi Line | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Overview | |
| Type | Regional rail |
| Locale | Yamaguchi Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture |
| Termini |
Shin-Yamaguchi Masuda |
| Stations | 28 |
| Operation | |
| Owner | JR West |
| Operator(s) | JR West, JR Freight |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 93.9 km (58.3 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | None |
The Yamaguchi Line (山口線 Yamaguchi-sen) is a railway line in western Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line connects Shin-Yamaguchi Station in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi and Masuda Station in Masuda, Shimane.
History
The Ogori (now Shin-Yamaguchi) - Yamaguchi section opened in 1913, and the line was progressively extended north, reaching Masuda in 1923.
CTC signalling was commissioned in 1984.
Proposed connecting line
- Nichihara station - The Gannichi Line was proposed to be extended to this station, and construction commenced in 1967. About 50% of the roadbed had been completed when construction was abandoned in 1980.
Services
The Super Oki limited express connects Shin-Yamaguchi Station with Tottori Station and Yonago Station on the Sanin Main Line via the Yamaguchi Line.
The line is also famous for the operation of SL Yamaguchi steam train.
Stations
- ●：Train stops
- ｜：Train passes
- "Local" trains stop at every station.
| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Rapid Commuter Liner |
Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shin-Yamaguchi | 新山口 | 0.0 | ● | Sanyō Shinkansen Sanyō Main Line Ube Line |
Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi | |
| Suō-Shimogō | 周防下郷 | 1.0 | ｜ | |||
| Kamigō | 上郷 | 2.7 | ｜ | |||
| Nihozu | 仁保津 | 4.6 | ｜ | |||
| Ōtoshi | 大歳 | 7.3 | ● | |||
| Yabara | 矢原 | 8.6 | ● | |||
| Yudaonsen | 湯田温泉 | 10.3 | ● | |||
| Yamaguchi | 山口 | 12.7 | ● | |||
| Kami-Yamaguchi | 上山口 | 13.9 | ||||
| Miyano | 宮野 | 15.5 | ||||
| Niho | 仁保 | 20.2 | ||||
| Shinome | 篠目 | 28.9 | ||||
| Chōmonkyō | 長門峡 | 32.3 | ||||
| Watarigawa | 渡川 | 35.5 | ||||
| Mitani | 三谷 | 38.6 | ||||
| Nagusa | 名草 | 41.4 | ||||
| Jifuku | 地福 | 43.9 | ||||
| Nabekura | 鍋倉 | 46.4 | ||||
| Tokusa | 徳佐 | 49.9 | ||||
| Funahirayama | 船平山 | 52.8 | ||||
| Tsuwano | 津和野 | 62.9 | Tsuwano, Kanoashi |
Shimane | ||
| Aonoyama | 青野山 | 66.1 | ||||
| Nichihara | 日原 | 72.8 | ||||
| Aohara | 青原 | 77.5 | ||||
| Higashi-Aohara | 東青原 | 80.6 | ||||
| Iwami-Yokota | 石見横田 | 84.7 | Masuda | |||
| Honmataga | 本俣賀 | 89.6 | ||||
| Masuda | 益田 | 93.9 | Sanin Main Line | |||
See also
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yamaguchi Line. |
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (2005). Tetsudō Yōran (Heisei 17 Nendo) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. pp. 45, 63. ISBN 4-88548-106-6.
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