Sanyō Main Line
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The Sanyō Main Line (山陽本線 San'yō-honsen?) is the JR main railway line in western Japan, connecting Kōbe Station and Moji Station, largely running parallel the coast of the Inland Sea, in other words the southern edge of western Honshū. The Sanyō Shinkansen line runs largely parallel to its route since 1972. The name Sanyō derived from the ancient region and highway Sanyōdō, the road on the sunny (south) side of the mountains.
The Sanyō Main Line is operated by the two JR companies, namely West Japan Railway Company and Kyūshū Railway Company. The Wadamisaki Line, a short section of line in length of 2.7 km between Hyōgo and Wadamisaki stations in Kōbe is technically part of the Sanyō Main Line. Also a short section connecting to Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal is included into Sanyō Main Line.
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[edit] Basic data
- Operators, distances: 537.1 km / 333.7 mi.
- West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
- From Kōbe to Shimonoseki: 528.1 km / 328.1 mi.
- From Hyōgo to Wadamisaki: 2.7 km / 1.7 mi.
- Kyūshū Railway Company (Services and tracks)
- From Shimonoseki to Moji: 6.3 km / 3.9 mi.
- Japan Freight Railway Company (Services)
- From Kōbe to Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal: 534.4 km / 332.1 mi.
- West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
- Gauge: 1067 mm / 3 ft. 6 in.
- Stations:
- Passenger stations: 118
- Freight-only stations: 5
- Track:
- Quadruple-track line:
- From Kōbe to Nishi-Akashi: 22.8 km / 14.1 mi.
- From Kaitaichi to Hiroshima: 6.4 km / 4.0 mi.
- Double-track line:
- From Nishi-Akashi to Kaitaichi: 275.5 km / 171.2 mi.
- From Hiroshima to Moji: 208.0 km / 129.2 mi.
- Single-track line:
- From Hyōgo to Wadamisaki
- Quadruple-track line:
- Electric supply: Whole the line (1,500 V DC. Excluding inside Moji Station, which is 20,000 V AC.)
- Railway signalling:
- From Kōbe to Moji: Automatic
- From Hyōgo to Wasamisaki: Special Automatic (Track Circuit Detection); a simplified automatic system.
- Maximum speed at service:
- From Kōbe to Himeji: 130 km/h
- From Himeji to Okayama: Tilting trains 130 km/h, others 120 km/h
- From Okayama to Shimonoseki: 120 km/h
- From Shimonoseki to Moji: 85 km/h
- From Hyōgo to Wasamisaki: 85 km/h
- CTC centers:
- From Kōbe to Kamigōri: Shin-Ōsaka Operation Control Center
- From Kamigōri to Itozaki: Okayama Transportation Control Room
- From Itozaki to Shimonoseki: Hiroshima Operation Control Center
- From Shimonoseki to Moji: Hakata Operation Control Center
- CTC system:
- From Kōbe to Kamigōri: Safety Urban Network Traffic System (SUNTRAS)
[edit] History
The main stretch of line between Kobe Station and Shimonoseki Station was originally constructed by the private company Sanyō Railway (山陽鉄道 Sanyō Tetsudō?) between the 1880s and 1901. The section between Hyogo Station (in Kobe) and Akashi Station (in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture) opened first in 1888. In 1889 the line was extended to the east to Kobe Station and Tatsuno Station (in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture) to the west. The Sanyō Railway was gradually extended to the west, and finally in 1901 it reached Bakan Station, the current-day Shimonoseki Station. Under the Railway Nationalisation Act of 1906 it was purchased by the Japanese government and renamed Sanyō Main Line.
The Sanyō Main Line runs mainly along the Inland Sea but some parts could be shortened by tunnels. In 1934 the Gantoku Line between Iwakuni and Tokuyama (today Shunan, Yamaguchi) was opened and replaced the former line which run through Yanagii along the Inland Sea. In 1944 it was replaced again the former part because in the former part two tracks were placed. It was a part of setting double tracking between Kobe and Shimonoseki.
Sanyō Main Line was connected to Kyūshū by ferry from Shimonoseki and Shimonosekiko Station (Port Shimonoseki). In 1942 the Kanmon Tunnel under Kanmon Straits was completed and the Sanyō Main Line was extended to Moji Station.
Except for the Wadamisaki Line, the entire line was electrified in 1964, the year the Tōkaidō Shinkansen opened between Tokyo and Osaka. Between Shin-Osaka Station through Osaka Station many expresses ran in Sanyō Main Line and it serves transport way running the Western Honshū and connection to Kyūshū. Shinkansen was extended as Sanyō Shinkansen. It was extended to Okayama Station in 1972 and to Hakata Station in 1975. In both occasions many expresses were obsoleted. Since 1972 the Sanyō Main Line is mainly used by mostly local and freight services as well as some night trains such as the Fuji service between Tokyo and Ōita.
[edit] Stations
[edit] From Kōbe to Himeji (JR Kōbe Line)
- See the JR Kōbe Line article for the list.
[edit] From Himeji to Itozaki
- Ra: Rapid (快速 Kaisoku?)
- SR: Special Rapid (新快速 Shin-Kaisoku?)
- SL: Rapid Sun Liner (快速サンライナー Kaisoku Sanrainā?)
- All the trains stop at stations signed "+". Some trains stop at "*". No trains (other than local) stop at "-".
- Rapid trains coming from Ōsaka/Kōbe area become local trains from Akashi and westward.
- Rapid Sun Liner becomes a local train when it's not in between Okayama and Fukuyama.
- Rapid trains from Hiroshima City Network stop at all the stations in this section. They become local trains from Okayama and eastward.
| Station name | Japanese | Total distance | Ra | SR | SL | Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JR West | ||||||||
| Himeji | 姫路 | 54.8 km | + | + | JR West: Bantan Line, Kishin Line, Sanyō Main Line (JR Kōbe Line), Sanyō Shinkansen Sanyō Electric Railway: Main Line (Sanyō Himeji) |
Himeji | Hyōgo | |
| Agaho | 英賀保 | 59.4 km | + | + | ||||
| Harima-Katsuhara 1 | 播磨勝原 | |||||||
| Aboshi | 網干 | 65.1 km | + | + | ||||
| Tatsuno | 竜野 | 71 km | + | + | Tatsuno | |||
| Aioi | 相生 | 75.5 km | + | + | JR West: Akō Line, Sanyō Shinkansen | Aioi | ||
| Une | 有年 | 83.1 km | + | + | Akō | |||
| Kamigōri | 上郡 | 89.6 km | + | + | Chizu Express: Chizu Line | Kamigōri, Akō | ||
| Mitsuishi | 三石 | 102.4 km | Bizen | Okayama | ||||
| Yoshinaga | 吉永 | 109.5 km | ||||||
| Wake | 和気 | 114.8 km | Wake, Wake | |||||
| Kumayama | 熊山 | 119.4 km | Akaiwa | |||||
| Mantomi | 万富 | 123.5 km | Okayama | |||||
| Seto | 瀬戸 | 128 km | ||||||
| Jōtō | 上道 | 132.7 km | ||||||
| Higashi-Okayama | 東岡山 | 136.1 km | JR West: Akō Line | |||||
| Takashima | 高島 | 138.9 km | ||||||
| Okayama | 岡山 | 143.4 km | + | JR West: Kibi Line, Sanyō Shinkansen, Tsuyama Line, Uno Line (Seto-Ōhashi Line) Okayama Electric Tramway: ■ Higashiyama Line and ■ Seikibashi Line (both at Okayama-Ekimae) |
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| Nishi-Okayama (freight) | 西岡山(貨) | 145.9 km | - | |||||
| Kitanagase | 北長瀬 | 146.8 km | - | |||||
| Niwase | 庭瀬 | 149.9 km | - | |||||
| Nakashō | 中庄 | 154.6 km | - | Kurashiki | ||||
| Kurashiki | 倉敷 | 159.3 km | + | JR West: Hakubi Line Mizushima Seaside Railway: Mizushima Main Line (Kurashikishi) |
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| Nishiachi | 西阿知 | 163.3 km | - | |||||
| Shin-Kurashiki | 新倉敷 | 168.6 km | + | JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen | ||||
| Konkō | 金光 | 174.9 km | * | Asakuchi | ||||
| Kamogata | 鴨方 | 178.4 km | * | |||||
| Satoshō | 里庄 | 182.4 km | * | Satoshō, Asakuchi | ||||
| Kasaoka | 笠岡 | 187.1 km | + | Kasaoka | ||||
| Daimon | 大門 | 194.2 km | - | Fukuyama | Hiroshima | |||
| Higashi-Fukuyama | 東福山 | 197.5 km | - | |||||
| Fukuyama | 福山 | 201.7 km | + | JR West: Fukuen Line, Sanyō Shinkansen | ||||
| Bingo-Akasaka | 備後赤坂 | 207.5 km | ||||||
| Matsunaga | 松永 | 212.4 km | ||||||
| Higashi-Onomichi | 東尾道 | 215.3 km | Onomichi | |||||
| Onomichi | 尾道 | 221.8 km | ||||||
| Itozaki | 糸崎 | 230.9 km | Mihara | |||||
- 1: Sceduled to open in 2008. The name is tentative.
[edit] From Itozaki to Tokuyama (Hiroshima City Network)
- CL: Rapid City Liner (快速シティライナー Kaisoku Shitī Rainā?)
- CE: Rapid Commuter Liner (快速通勤ライナー Kaisoku Tsūkin Rainā?), east to Hiroshima
- CW: Rapid Commuter Liner, west to Hiroshima
- All the trains stop at stations signed "+". Some trains stop at "*". No trains (other than local) stop at "-".
- Rapid Commuter Liner runs from suburbs to Hiroshima on morning, from Hiroshima to suburbs on evening.
| Station name | Japanese | Total distance | CL | CE | CW | Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JR West | ||||||||
| Itozaki | 糸崎 | 230.9 km | + | + | Mihara | Hiroshima | ||
| Mihara | 三原 | 233.3 km | + | + | JR West: Kure Line, Sanyō Shinkansen | |||
| Hongō | 本郷 | 242.8 km | + | + | ||||
| Kōchi | 河内 | 255.1 km | + | + | Higashihiroshima | |||
| Nyūno | 入野 | 259.5 km | + | + | ||||
| Shiraichi | 白市 | 263.9 km | + | + | ||||
| Nishitakaya | 西高屋 | 268.3 km | + | + | ||||
| Saijō | 西条 | 272.9 km | + | + | ||||
| Hachihommatsu | 八本松 | 278.9 km | + | + | ||||
| Seno | 瀬野 | 289.5 km | + | - | Skyrail Service: Skyrail Midorizaka Line (Midoriguchi) | Aki, Hiroshima | ||
| Nakanohigashi | 中野東 | 292.4 km | - | - | ||||
| Aki-Nakano | 安芸中野 | 294.4 km | - | - | ||||
| Kaitaichi | 海田市 | 298.3 km | - | - | JR West: Kure Line | Kaita, Aki | ||
| Mukainada | 向洋 | 300.6 km | - | - | Fuchū, Aki | |||
| Tenjingawa | 天神川 | 302.4 km | - | - | Minami, Hiroshima | |||
| Hiroshima Freight Terminal | 広島貨物ターミナル | 303.1 km | - | - | ||||
| Hiroshima | 広島 | 304.7 km | + | + | + | Hiroden: ■ Route 1, ■ 2, ■ 3, ■ 5, ■ 6, ■ 7, or ■ 8; Main Line JR West: Geibi Line, Sanyō Shinkansen |
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| Yokogawa | 横川 | 307.7 km | + | + | Hiroden: ■ Route 7 and ■ 8; Yokogawa Line JR West: Kabe Line |
Nishi, Hiroshima | ||
| Nishi-Hiroshima | 西広島 | 310.2 km | + | + | Hiroden: ■ Route 2 and ■ 3; Main Line and Miyajima Line (Hiroden-nishi-hiroshima) | |||
| Shin-Inokuchi | 新井口 | 314.4 km | + | + | Hiroden: ■ Route 2; Miyajima Line (Shōkō Center-iriguchi) | |||
| Itsukaichi | 五日市 | 316.8 km | + | + | Hiroden: ■ Route 2; Miyajima Line (Hiroden-itsukaichi) | Saeki, Hiroshima | ||
| Hatsukaichi | 廿日市 | 320.2 km | - | - | Hiroden: ■ Route 2; Miyajima Line (Hiroden-hatsukaichi) | Hatsukaichi | ||
| Miyauchi-Kushido | 宮内串戸 | 321.8 km | - | + | Hiroden: ■ Route 2; Miyajima Line (Miyauchi) | |||
| Ajina | 阿品 | 324.8 km | - | - | Hiroden: ■ Route 2; Miyajima Line (Hiroden-ajina) | |||
| Miyajimaguchi | 宮島口 | 326.5 km | + | + | Hiroden: ■ Route 2; Miyajima Line (Hiroden-miyajima-guchi) JR West: JR Miyajima Ferry |
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| Maezora | 前空 | 328.3 km | - | - | ||||
| Ōnoura | 大野浦 | 331.4 km | - | - | ||||
| Kuba | 玖波 | 336.4 km | - | - | Ōtake | |||
| Ōtake | 大竹 | 340.8 km | - | + | ||||
| Waki 2 | 和木 | 342.4 km | + | + | Waki, Kuga | Yamaguchi | ||
| Iwakuni | 岩国 | 346.1 km | + | + | JR West: Gantoku Line | Iwakuni | ||
| Minami-Iwakuni | 南岩国 | 350.7 km | + | + | ||||
| Fujū | 藤生 | 353.4 km | + | * | ||||
| Tsuzu | 通津 | 358.6 km | + | * | ||||
| Yū | 由宇 | 361.6 km | + | + | ||||
| Kōjiro | 神代 | 366.8 km | + | * | ||||
| Ōbatake | 大畠 | 371.9 km | + | * | Yanai | |||
| Yanaiminato | 柳井港 | 376.4 km | + | * | ||||
| Yanai | 柳井 | 379.2 km | + | + | ||||
| Tabuse | 田布施 | 385.4 km | + | * | Tabuse, Kumage | |||
| Iwata | 岩田 | 390.9 km | + | * | Hikari | |||
| Shimata | 島田 | 395.9 km | + | * | ||||
| Hikari | 光 | 400.7 km | + | * | ||||
| Kudamatsu | 下松 | 406.9 km | + | * | Kudamatsu | |||
| Kushigahama | 櫛ヶ浜 | 411.5 km | + | * | JR West: Gantoku Line | Shūnan | ||
| Tokuyama | 徳山 | 414.9 km | + | + | JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen | |||
- 2: Sceduled to open in 2008.
[edit] From Tokuyama to Moji
- Rapid trains from Hiroshima City Network stop at all the stations in this section.
| Station name | Japanese | Total distance | Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JR West | |||||
| Tokuyama | 徳山 | 414.9 km | JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen | Shūnan | Yamaguchi |
| Shinnan-yō | 新南陽 | 421.9 km | |||
| Fukugawa | 福川 | 425.7 km | |||
| Heta | 戸田 | 425.7 km | |||
| Tonomi | 富海 | 434.2 km | Hōfu | ||
| Hōfu (freight) | 防府(貨) | 437.2 km | |||
| Hōfu | 防府 | 441.4 km | |||
| Daidō | 大道 | 449.2 km | |||
| Yotsutsuji | 四辻 | 454 km | Yamaguchi | ||
| Shin-Yamaguchi | 新山口 | 459.2 km | JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, Ube Line, Yamaguchi Line | ||
| Kagawa | 嘉川 | 463.2 km | |||
| Hon-Yura | 本由良 | 467.7 km | |||
| Kotō | 厚東 | 478 km | Ube | ||
| Ube | 宇部 | 484.5 km | JR West: Ube Line | ||
| Onoda | 小野田 | 488 km | JR West: Onoda Line | Sanyōonoda | |
| Asa | 厚狭 | 494.3 km | JR West: Mine Line, Sanyō Shinkansen | ||
| Habu | 埴生 | 502.6 km | |||
| Ozuki | 小月 | 508.8 km | Shimonoseki | ||
| Chōfu | 長府 | 515 km | |||
| Shin-Shimonoseki | 新下関 | 520.9 km | JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen | ||
| Hatabu | 幡生 | 524.6 km | JR West: Sanin Main Line | ||
| Hatabu Yard | 幡生操車場 | 525.4 km | |||
| Shimonoseki | 下関 | 528.1 km | |||
| JR Kyūshū | |||||
| Shimonoseki | 下関 | Shimonoseki | Yamaguchi | ||
| Moji | 門司 | 534.4 km | JR Kyūshū: Kagoshima Main Line | Moji, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka |
[edit] Wadamisaki Line
- See the Wadamisaki Line article for the list.
