:Seto-Ōhashi Line

{{Short description|Railway line in Japan}}

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The {{nihongo|Seto-Ōhashi Line|瀬戸大橋線|Seto-Ōhashi-sen}} is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Japan which links Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture with Takamatsu Station in Kagawa Prefecture via the Great Seto Bridge. It is not a distinct railway line, but an official nickname given to a composite section formed of three different lines. Service commenced along with the opening of the Great Seto Bridge in 1988.

Basic data

  • Operators, lines:
  • Total distance: 71.8 km
  • JR West (Services and tracks)
  • Uno Line 1: Okayama — Chayamachi, 14.9 km
  • Honshi-Bisan Line: Chayamachi — Kojima, 12.9 km
  • JR Shikoku (Services and tracks)
  • Honshi-Bisan Line: Kojima — Utazu, 18.1 km
  • Yosan Line 1: Utazu — Sakaide — Takamatsu 25.9 km
  • JR Freight (Services)
  • Uno Line 1: Okayama — Chayamachi, 14.9 km
  • Honshi-Bisan Line: Chayamachi — Kojima — Utazu, 31.0 km
  • Yosan Line 1: Utazu — Sakaide — Takamatsu 25.9 km

:1: Only the portions of these lines are called Seto-Ōhashi Line.

  • Gauge: {{track gauge|1067mm}}
  • Stations: 22
  • Track:
  • Double: Chayamachi — Takamatsu
  • Single: the remainder
  • Electrification: 1,500 V DC
  • Railway signalling: Automatic

Services

As a link between Honshu and Shikoku, the line has many limited express trains, including the Shiokaze, Nanpū, Uzushio, and Sunrise Seto. There are also rapid trains such as the Sun Port and Marine Liner.

The segment operated by JR West (Okayama — Kojima) accepts ICOCA, a smart card ticketing system.

Stations

:SK: Shiokaze

:NP: Nampū

:US: Uzushio

:SS: Sunrise Seto

:ML: Rapid Marine Liner

:SP: Rapid Sun Port

All trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass stations marked "-". Some trains stop at "▲" and few trains stop at △.

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OperatorLinecolspan="3" | StationDistance
(km)
SKNPUSSSMLSPTransferscolspan=2 | Location
rowspan=13 style="background-color:blue; color:white" |JR Westrowspan=8 | Uno Line{{RouteBox|M01#0073bc}}{{STN|Okayama|x}}岡山align=right | 0.0align=center | ●align=center | ●align=center | ●align=center | ●align=center | ●20px Sanyō Shinkansen
20px 20px Sanyō Main Line
20px Tsuyama Line
20px Kibi Line (Momotaro Line)
Okaden:
Higashiyama Line
Seikibashi Line (Both at {{STN|Okayama-Ekimae|x}})
rowspan=2 | Kita-ku,
Okayama
rowspan=14 | Okayama
{{RouteBox|M02#0073bc}}{{STN|Ōmoto|x|Okayama}}大元align=right | 2.5align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center |△
{{RouteBox|M03#0073bc}}{{STN|Bizen-Nishiichi|x}}備前西市align=right | 4.5align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | △align=center |rowspan=3 | Minami-ku,
Okayama
{{RouteBox|M04#0073bc}}{{STN|Senoo|x}}妹尾align=right | 8.3align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | ▲
{{RouteBox|M05#0073bc}}{{STN|Bitchū-Mishima|x}}備中箕島align=right | 10.2align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -
{{RouteBox|M06#0073bc}}{{STN|Hayashima|x}}早島align=right | 11.9align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | ▲rowspan=2 | Hayashima
{{RouteBox|M07#0073bc}}{{STN|Kuguhara|x}}久々原align=right | 13.2align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -
rowspan=2| {{RouteBox|M08#0073bc}}rowspan=2|{{STN|Chayamachi|x}}rowspan=2|茶屋町rowspan=2 align=right|14.9rowspan=2 align=center | -rowspan=2 align=center | -rowspan=2 align=center | -rowspan=2 align=center | -rowspan=2 align=center|● rowspan=2 | 20px Uno Line (L08, Southward)rowspan=2 | Kurashiki
rowspan=8 | Honshi-Bisan Line 
{{RouteBox|M09#0073bc}}{{STN|Uematsu|x}}植松align=right | 17.8align=center
|align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | △align=center |Minami-ku,
Okayama
{{RouteBox|M10#0073bc}}{{STN|Kimi|x}}木見align=right | 20.5align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | -align=center | △align=center |rowspan=4 | Kurashiki
{{RouteBox|M11#0073bc}}{{STN|Kaminochō|x}}上の町align=right | 24.6align=center
|align=center
|align=center
|align=center
| align=center | △
rowspan=2 | {{RouteBox|M12#0073bc}}rowspan=2 | {{STN|Kojima|x}}rowspan=2 | 児島rowspan=2 align=right | 27.8rowspan=2 |●rowspan=2 |●rowspan=2 |●rowspan=2 align=center | ●rowspan=2 | ● rowspan=2 | 
rowspan=14 style="background-color:deepskyblue; color:black" |JR Shikoku

| 

colspan=13 | (Great Seto Bridge)
rowspan=2 | {{JRSSN|Y|09}}rowspan=2 | {{STN|Utazu|x}}rowspan=2 | 宇多津rowspan=2 align=right | 45.9rowspan=2 align=center |●rowspan=2 align=center |●rowspan=2 align=center |●rowspan=2|   rowspan=2 align=center | ●rowspan=2 | Yosan Line (Westward)rowspan=2 | Utazurowspan=12 | Kagawa
rowspan=11 | Yosan Line

| 

{{JRSSN|Y|08}}{{STN|Sakaide|x}}坂出align=right | 50.5align=center |align=center
| align=center | ●align=center | ●align=center | ●rowspan=4 | Sakaide
{{JRSSN|Y|07}}{{STN|Yasoba|x}}八十場align=right | 53.2align=center
| align=center
| align=center | -align=center | -
{{JRSSN|Y|06}}{{STN|Kamogawa|x}}鴨川align=right | 55.2align=center
| align=center
| align=center | △align=center | △
{{JRSSN|Y|05}}{{STN|Sanuki-Fuchū|x}}讃岐府中align=right | 57.6align=center |align=center
|align=center
| align=center
| align=center | -
{{JRSSN|Y|04}}{{STN|Kokubu|x|Kagawa}}国分align=right | 59.9align=center
| align=center
|align=center | △align=center | △rowspan=6 | Takamatsu
{{JRSSN|Y|03}}{{STN|Hashioka|x}}端岡align=right | 62.3align=center
| align=center
| align=center | △align=center | ●
{{JRSSN|Y|02}}{{STN|Kinashi|x}}鬼無align=right | 65.7align=center
| align=center
| align=center | △align=center | △
Takamatsu Freight Terminal高松貨物ターミナルalign=right | 67.1align=center |align=center
| align=center
| -align=center | -
{{JRSSN|Y|01}}{{STN|Kōzai|x}}香西align=right | 68.4align=center
|align=center
| align=center | -align=center | -
{{JRSSN|Y|00}}{{STN|Takamatsu|x|Kagawa}}高松align=right | 71.8align=center | ●align=center | ●align=center | ●align=center | ● Kōtoku Line (T28)
Kotoden Kotohira Line ({{STN|Takamatsu-Chikkō|x}})

See also