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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 Kobe Station and Moji Station, largely running parallel the coast of the Inland Sea, in other words the southern edge of western Honshū. The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as, consists of seven for-profit companies that took over most of the Assets and Operations of the government-owned is a station located in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan. Although Kobe Station is the namesake of its city and the closest station to Kobe City Hall the commercial center An inland sea is a shallow Sea that covers central areas of continents during high stands of Sea level that result in marine transgressions In modern days or Honshu is the largest Island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of The Sanyō Shinkansen line runs largely parallel to its route since 1972. The is one of the lines of the Shinkansen High speed rail network in Japan. The name Sanyō derived from the ancient region and highway Sanyōdō, the road on the sunny (south) side of the mountains. is a Japanese term denoting both an ancient division of the country corresponding for the most part with the modern conception of the San'yō region, and the main road running through

The Sanyō Main Line is operated by the two JR companies, namely West Japan Railway Company and Kyūshū Railway Company. ( also referred to as, is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group companies and operates in western Honshū. The, also referred to as, is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group The Wadamisaki Line, a short section of line in length of 2. is an unofficial name for the Spur line of the Sanyo Main Line, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West and connecting Hyogo on the main line 7 km between Hyōgo and Wadamisaki stations in Kobe is technically part of the Sanyō Main Line. is a Train station in Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. is a railway station located in Hyogo-ku, Kobe, Japan, and is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West and Kobe Municipal Subway. is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1 Also a short section connecting to Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal is included into Sanyō Main Line.

Basic data

• Operators, distances: 537. 1 km / 333. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand 7 mi.
  • West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
    • From Kobe to Shimonoseki: 528. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States ( also referred to as, is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group companies and operates in western Honshū. 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. The, also referred to as, is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group 3 km / 3. 9 mi.
  • Japan Freight Railway Company (Services)
    • From Kobe to Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal: 534. or, is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group 4 km / 332. 1 mi.
• Gauge: 1,067 mm / 3 ft. 6 in.
• Stations:
  • Passenger stations: 118
  • Freight-only stations: 5
• Track:
  • Quadruple-track line:
    • From Kobe to Nishi-Akashi: 22. Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. 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
• Electric supply: Whole the line (1,500 V DC. The volt (symbol V) is the SI derived unit of electric Potential difference or Electromotive force. Direct current ( DC) is the unidirectional flow of Electric charge. Excluding inside Moji Station, which is 20,000 V AC. An alternating current ( AC) is an Electric current whose direction reverses cyclically as opposed to Direct current, whose direction remains constant )
• Railway signalling:
  • From Kobe to Moji: Automatic
  • From Hyōgo to Wasamisaki: Special Automatic (Track Circuit Detection); a simplified automatic system. Railway signalling is a system used to control Railway traffic safely essentially to prevent Trains from colliding.
• Maximum speed at service:
  • From Kobe 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 Kobe 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 Kobe to Kamigōri: Safety Urban Network Traffic System (SUNTRAS)

History

The main stretch of line between Kobe Station and Shimonoseki Station was originally constructed by the private company Sanyō Railway between the 1880s and 1901. (For the South African airport with IATA code "KMH" see Johan Pienaar Airport. A tilting train is a Train with a tilting mechanism that enables increased speed on regular Railway tracks Centralized traffic control ( CTC) is a signalling system used by Railroads The system consists of a centralized Train dispatcher 's office The was established in 1887 and served as a major railroad company during the Meiji period in Japan. The section between Hyōgo Station (in Kobe) and Akashi Station (in Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture) opened first in 1888. is a Train station in Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1 is a city located in southern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on the Inland Sea west of Kobe. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kinki region on Honshū Island In 1889 the line was extended to the east to Kobe Station and Tatsuno Station (in Tatsuno, Hyōgo Prefecture) to the west. is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Before the big merger in 2005 of the 1st generation its name was written 龍野市 WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kinki region on Honshū Island 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 Nationalization Act of 1906 it was purchased by the Japanese government and renamed Sanyō Main Line. The brought many of Japan 's private railway lines under national control.

The Sanyō Main Line runs mainly along the Inland Sea but some parts could be shortened by tunnels. An inland sea is a shallow Sea that covers central areas of continents during high stands of Sea level that result in marine transgressions In modern days In 1934, the Gantoku Line between Iwakuni and Tokuyama (today Shunan, Yamaguchi) was opened and replaced the former line which runs through Yanai along the Inland Sea. The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company in western Japan connecting Iwakuni Station in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture is a city located in Yamaguchi, Japan. On March 20, 2006, the old city of Iwakuni merged with the municipalities of Hongo is a city located in east central Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. is a city located in Yamaguchi, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated Population of 33161 and the density of 259 In 1944, this new alignment was replaced again by the previous coastal alignment because the coastal line was upgraded to two tracks, as a part of constructing double tracking between Kobe and Shimonoseki.

The Sanyō Main Line was connected to Kyūshū by ferry from Shimonoseki and Shimonosekiko Station (Port Shimonoseki). or Kyushu is the third-largest Island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honshū, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu In 1942, the Kanmon Tunnel under the Kanmon Straits was completed and the Sanyō Main Line was extended to Moji Station. The Kanmon Railway Tunnel, the Kanmon Roadway Tunnel and the Shin-Kanmon Tunnel are Undersea tunnels crossing the Kanmon Straits in western The Kanmon Straits (関門海峡 Kanmon Kaikyō or the Straits of Shimonoseki is the stretch of water separating two of Japan 's four main islands

Except for the Wadamisaki Line, the entire line was electrified in 1964, the year the Tōkaidō Shinkansen opened between Tokyo and Osaka. The is a Network of High-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies is a Train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the is a train station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the western terminus of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, and the eastern terminus of the Sanyō Shinkansen Between Shin-Ōsaka Station through Osaka Station many expresses ran on the Sanyō Main Line and it serves as a means of transport running through Western Honshū and connecting to Kyūshū. Ōsaka Station (大阪駅 Ōsaka eki) is a station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West located in the Umeda district in Kita-ku, or Kyushu is the third-largest Island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. The Shinkansen was extended as the Sanyō Shinkansen line. It was extended first to Okayama Station in 1972 and then to Hakata Station in 1975. is a railway station located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Hakata Station (博多駅 Hakata-eki) is the main railway terminal of the city of Fukuoka, Japan. In both occasions many expresses were made obsolete. 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. Fuji (富士 is a Sleeper train operating between Tokyo and Ōita, Japan.

Stations

From Kobe to Himeji (JR Kobe Line)

See the JR Kobe Line article for the list. The is the nickname of portions of the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Sanyō Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station

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 Osaka/Kobe 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. The is the common name for the JR West rail lines in the Hiroshima metropolitan area They become local trains from Okayama and eastward.

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 "+". is a city located in Hiroshima, Japan. The city was founded on November 15, 1936. The is the common name for the JR West rail lines in the Hiroshima metropolitan area 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.

From Tokuyama to Moji

• Rapid trains from Hiroshima City Network stop at all the stations in this section.

Wadamisaki Line

See the Wadamisaki Line article for the list. The, also referred to as, is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group The Kagoshima Main Line (鹿児島本線 is a major part of the JR Kyūshū rail network and runs between Mojikō in Kitakyūshū, and Kagoshima Station in Kitakyushu is the former city of Moji which was one of five cities merged to create Kitakyushu city in 1963 is a city located in Fukuoka prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. It is midway between Tokyo and Shanghai. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyūshū Island. is an unofficial name for the Spur line of the Sanyo Main Line, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West and connecting Hyogo on the main line

See also

• JR Kobe Line
• Wadamisaki Line