Kotoden Nagao Line

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| caption = Kotoden Nagao Line EMU, January 2006

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| locale = Kagawa Prefecture

| start = {{STN|Kawaramachi|x|Kagawa}}

| end = {{STN|Nagao|x|Kagawa}}

| stations = 16

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| open = 30 April 1912

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| owner = Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad

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| linelength = {{convert|14.6|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}{{cite book | last = Terada | first = Hirokazu |title = データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title=Databook: Japan's Private Railways | publisher = Neko Publishing | date = July 2002 | location = Japan | page = 156 | isbn = 4-87366-874-3}}

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| tracks = Single

| gauge = {{RailGauge|1435mm|lk=on}}

| electrification = 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary

| speed = {{Convert|65|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=5}}

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File:Time-lapse video Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad Nagao Line (Mizuta to Nagao).ogv

The {{nihongo|Kotoden Nagao Line|琴電長尾線|Kotoden Nagao-sen|}} is a Japanese railway line in Kagawa Prefecture, which connects Kawaramachi Station in Takamatsu with Nagao Station in Sanuki. It is owned and operated by the Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad. The line color is green.

Station list

All stations are located in Kagawa Prefecture. Station number "N00" is used for Takamatsu-Chikkō Station, and "N01" is for Kataharamachi Station on the Kotohira Line.

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rowspan=2|No.

!rowspan=2|Name

!rowspan=2|Japanese

!colspan=2|Distance (km)

!rowspan=2|Connections

!rowspan=2|Location

between stations

!from Kawaramachi

colspan="7" align="center"|↑ Through services to/from {{STN|Takamatsu-Chikkō|x}} via the Kotohira Line
N02

|{{STN|Kawaramachi|x|Kagawa}}

|瓦町

|style="text-align: right;"

style="text-align: right;"|0.0

|{{Color|#ffd400|■}} Kotoden Kotohira Line (K02) (through service)
{{Color|#ff3366|■}} Kotoden Shido Line (S00)

|rowspan="8"|Takamatsu

N03

|{{STN|Hanazono|x|Kagawa}}

|花園

|style="text-align:right;"|0.9

|style="text-align:right;"|0.9

N04

|{{STN|Hayashimichi|x}}

|林道

|style="text-align:right;"|1.8

|style="text-align:right;"|2.7

N05

|{{STN|Kita-Higashiguchi|x}}

|木太東口

|style="text-align:right;"|0.7

|style="text-align:right;"|3.4

N06

|{{STN|Motoyama|x|Takamatsu}}

|元山

|style="text-align:right;"|1.1

|style="text-align:right;"|4.5

N07

|{{STN|Mizuta|x}}

|水田

|style="text-align:right;"|1.3

|style="text-align:right;"|5.8

N08

|{{STN|Nishi-Maeda|x}}

|西前田

|style="text-align:right;"|1.4

|style="text-align:right;"|7.2

N09

|{{STN|Takata|x|Kagawa}}

|高田

|style="text-align:right;"|1.1

|style="text-align:right;"|8.3

N10

|{{STN|Ikenobe|x}}

|池戸

|style="text-align:right;"|1.3

|style="text-align:right;"|9.6

|rowspan="7"|Miki Kita District

N11

|{{STN|Nōgakubumae|x}}

|農学部前

|style="text-align:right;"|0.8

|style="text-align:right;"|10.4

N12

|{{STN|Hiragi|x}}

|平木

|style="text-align:right;"|0.5

|style="text-align:right;"|10.9

N13

|{{STN|Gakuen-dōri|x}}

|学園通り

|style="text-align:right;"|0.6

|style="text-align:right;"|11.5

N14

|{{STN|Shirayama|x|Kagawa}}

|白山

|style="text-align:right;"|1.3

|style="text-align:right;"|12.8

N15

|{{STN|Ido|x}}

|井戸

|style="text-align:right;"|0.5

|style="text-align:right;"|13.3

N16

|{{STN|Kumonmyō|x}}

|公文明

|style="text-align:right;"|0.6

|style="text-align:right;"|13.9

N17

|{{STN|Nagao|x|Kagawa}}

|長尾

|style="text-align:right;"|0.7

|style="text-align:right;"|14.6

|Sanuki

History

File:Kotoden-Nagao-line-Nagao-station-building-20070718.jpg

The line first opened as the {{Nihongo|Takamatsu Electric Tramway|高松電気軌道|Takamatsu Denki Kidō}} on 30 April 1912 between {{Nihongo|Dehare|出晴}} (close to the present Kawaramachi Station) and Nagao. The line was originally {{RailGauge|1067mm}} gauge and electrified at 600 V DC, but it was regauged to {{RailGauge|1435mm}} in June 1945, and the overhead line voltage was raised to 1,500 V from December 1976.

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