Akō Line
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Akō Line (赤穂線 Akō-sen?) is a railway line of West Japan Railway Company between Aioi, Hyōgo Prefecture to Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. A branch line off the Sanyō Main Line, Akō Line originates at Aioi, runs south of the main line along the Seto Inland Sea, and rejoins the main line at Higashi-Okayama.
The entire 57.4 km (36 mi) line is single track. Only one train runs the entire length of the line, with service split at Banshū-Akō, and no trains terminate at either of the official terminals. Trains from the east continue from Himeji on the Sanyō Main Line and terminate at Akō, while westbound service originating from Akō continue past Higashi-Okayama and continue on the Sanyō Main Line to Okayama and beyond. Rapid and Special Rapid Service trains from Kyoto and beyond make local stops between Aioi and Akō, and the segment of the line is part of JR West's Kinki region Urban Network.
[edit] Stations
| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) |
Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Prefecture | ||||
| Sanyō Main Line | |||||
| Himeji | 姫路 | JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, JR Kobe Line, Bantan Line, Kishin Line | Himeji | Hyōgo | |
| Agaho | 英賀保 | ||||
| Harima-Katsuhara | はりま勝原 | ||||
| Aboshi | 網干 | ||||
| Tatsuno | 竜野 | Tatsuno | |||
| Akō Line | |||||
| Aioi | 相生 | 0.0 | JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, Sanyō Main Line | Aioi | Hyōgo |
| Nishi-Aioi | 西相生 | 3.0 | |||
| Sakoshie | 坂越 | 7.8 | Ako | ||
| Banshū-Akō | 播州赤穂 | 10.5 | |||
| Tenwa | 天和 | 14.5 | |||
| Bizen-Fukukawa | 備前福河 | 16.4 | |||
| Sōgo | 寒河 | 19.6 | Bizen | Okayama | |
| Hinase | 日生 | 22.1 | |||
| Iri | 伊里 | 27.7 | |||
| Bizen-Katakami | 備前片上 | 31.0 | |||
| Nishi-Katakami | 西片上 | 32.3 | |||
| Inbe | 伊部 | 34.5 | |||
| Kagato | 香登 | 38.5 | |||
| Osafune | 長船 | 42.3 | Setouchi | ||
| Oku | 邑久 | 45.9 | |||
| Odomi | 大富 | 48.0 | |||
| Saidaiji | 西大寺 | 51.2 | Okayama | ||
| Ōdara | 大多羅 | 54.1 | |||
| Higashi-Okayama | 東岡山 | 57.4 | |||
| Sanyō Main Line | |||||
| Takashima | 高島 | Okayama | Okayama | ||
| Nishigawara | 西川原 | ||||
| Okayama | 岡山 | JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, Sanyō Main Line, Tsuyama Line, Seto Ohashi Line (Uno Line), Kibi Line Okayama Electric Tramway: Higashiyama Main Line |
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[edit] References
- Miki, Masafumi (July 2004). "Railway Operators in Japan 13: Chugoku Region". Japan Railway & Transport Review (39): 36–43.
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