Gantoku Line
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The Gantoku Line (岩徳線 Gantoku-sen?) is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company in western Japan connecting Iwakuni Station in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture and Kushigahama Station in Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Trains running on this line continue from Kushigahama Station to Tokuyama Station in Shūnan.
This line has somewhat steep slopes and long tunnel segments as this line was originally established as a shortening of the Sanyō Main Line along the old San'yōdō.
[edit] Basic data
- Operator: West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- Distance: Iwakuni–Takamizu–Kushigahama 43.7 km
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- (Note: The 1.9 km segment from Kawanishi to Morigahara Signal Station overlaps with the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line, operated by the Nishikigawa Railway.)
- Gauge: 1,067 mm
- Number of stations: 15 (including both ends)
- Number of track(s): single
- Electrification: none
[edit] Stations
| Station name | Japanese | Total distance | Transfers | Location |
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| JR West | ||||
| Iwakuni | 岩国駅 | 0.0 km | JR West: Sanyō Main Line | Iwakuni |
| Nishi-Iwakuni | 西岩国駅 | 3.7 km | ||
| Kawanishi | 川西駅 | 5.6 km | Nishikigawa Railway: Nishikigawa Seiryū Line | |
| Morigahara Signal Station | 森ヶ原信号場 | (7.5 km) | (Actual point of divergence with Nishikigawa Seiryū Line) | |
| Hashirano | 柱野駅 | 8.5 km | ||
| Kinmeiji | 欽明路駅 | 15.2 km | ||
| Kuga | 玖珂駅 | 17.1 km | ||
| Suō-Takamori | 周防高森駅 | 20.6 km | ||
| Yonekawa | 米川駅 | 24.4 km | ||
| Takamizu | 高水駅 | 28.8 km | Shūnan | |
| Katsuma | 勝間駅 | 31.1 km | ||
| Ōkawachi | 大河内駅 | 33.3 km | ||
| Suō-Kubo | 周防久保駅 | 34.7 km | Kudamatsu | |
| Ikunoya | 生野屋駅 | 38.0 km | ||
| Suō-Hanaoka | 周防花岡駅 | 39.8 km | ||
| Kushigahama | 櫛ヶ浜駅 | 43.7 km | JR West: San'yō Main Line (toward Yanai) | Shūnan |
| Tokuyama1 | 徳山駅 | 47.1 km | JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, Sanyō Main Line (toward Hōfu, Shin-Yamaguchi Station) | |
- 1: Along the San'yō Main Line.
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