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Yodo Line

{{Infobox rail line

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| caption = JR Shikoku KiHa 32 series DMU at Ekawasaki Station

| type = Heavy rail

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| status = In operation

| locale = Kōchi, Ehime Prefectures

| start = {{STN|Wakai|x}}

| end = {{STN|Kita-Uwajima|x}}

| stations = 20

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| open = 1914

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| owner = JR Shikoku

| operator = JR Shikoku

| character = Rural

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| stock = KiHa 32 series, KiHa 31 series, KiHa 185 series DMU

| linelength = {{convert|76.3|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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| tracks = Entire line single tracked

| gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}

| old_gauge = {{RailGauge|762mm|lk=on}}

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| electrification = None

| speed = 85 km/h (53 mph)

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{{Yodo Line RDT}}

File:Shimanto0001.jpg

The {{nihongo|Yodo Line|予土線|Yodo-sen}} is a railway line in Shikoku, Japan, operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku). It connects {{STN|Kubokawa|x}} Station, Shimanto, Takaoka District in Kōchi Prefecture and Uwajima in Ehime Prefecture.{{cite web |title=Shikoku Railway Route Map |url=http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/pdf_guide/english.pdf |website=JR Shikoku |access-date=1 April 2020|page=16 }} Its name comes from the ancient provinces of {{nihongo|Iyo|伊予}} (now Ehime Prefecture) and {{nihongo|Tosa|土佐}} (now Kōchi Prefecture), which the line connects.

Route Description

The Yodo line is a quiet, rural single track line with passing places at some stations. The line, which is also known as Shimanto Green Line, is one of the most scenic in Japan running adjacent to the picturesque Shimanto River inland until Ekawasaki. It then winds its way across Ehime Prefecture to Uwajima.{{citation |last1=Zarifeh |first1=Ramsey |title=Japan by Rail |date=2002 |publisher=Trailblazer |location=Hindhead, surrey |isbn=1-873756-23-2 }}{{cite web |title=Train Operation Information |url=http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/info/index_en.html |website=JR Shikoku |access-date=3 April 2020}}

File:Yodo Line and Shimanto river.JPG

Kubokawa Station on the Dosan Line serves as the departure point for nearly all trains heading west. The first part of the line, to Kawaoku Junction just after Wakai, is not owned by JR but by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway. This section makes up a part of the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line, not a JR line and therefore attracts an additional fare. Passengers, especially those using the Seishun 18 Kippu, are reminded of this by conductor announcements.{{cite web |title=Shikoku Railway Route Map |url=http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/pdf_guide/english.pdf |website=JR Shikoku |access-date=1 April 2020|page=6 }}

After Wakai, the Nakamura Line turns off and the Yodo Line officially begins. The Yodo line ends at a junction with the Yosan Line just before {{STN|Kita-Uwajima|x}} and trains continue on the Yosan Line into Uwajima.

Services

The Yodo Line has only one sort of service, local trains that stop at every station.

In April 2020 there were five trips in each direction between Kubokawa and Uwajima and an additional three trips each way between Uwajima and Ekawasaki & Chikanaga.{{cite web |title=Train times and stops - Search for route |url=http://www.hyperdia.com |website=Hyperdia |access-date=3 April 2020}}

Most services are wanman (driver-only) operated.

Stations

  • All trains run through to {{STN|Kubokawa|x}} on the Dosan Line and {{STN|Uwajima|x}} on the Yosan Line.
  • All trains on the Yodo Line are local trains and stop at all stations.
  • None of the intermediate stations along the line have a staffed ticket office.
  • Trains can pass one another at stations marked "◇" and "^" and cannot pass at those marked "｜".

class="wikitable" rules="all"
rowspan="2"|Station No.

!rowspan="2"|Station

!rowspan="2"|Japanese

!colspan="2"|Distance (km)

!rowspan="2"|Transfers

!rowspan="2"| 

!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Location

Between
stations

!From
Wakai

{{JRSSN|TK|26|color=#b3bbc0}}

|{{STN|Kubokawa|x}}

|窪川

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

|style="text-align:right;"|4.4

|Dosan Line (K26)

|◇

|Shimanto, Takaoka District

|Kōchi

colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|Via the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line
{{JRSSN|TK|27|color=#b3bbc0}}
{{JRSSN|G|27}}

|{{STN|Wakai|x}}

|若井

|style="text-align:right;"|4.4

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

|Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line (TK27) (for {{STN|Nakamura|x}})

|｜

|Shimanto, Takaoka District

|rowspan="10"|Kōchi

 

|Kawaoku Junction

|川奥信号場

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

|style="text-align:right;"|(3.6)

|Official branch point for Nakamura Line and Yodo Line

|◇

|Kuroshio, Hata District

{{JRSSN|G|28}}

|{{STN|Iejigawa|x}}

|家地川

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

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

| 

|｜

|rowspan="5"|Shimanto, Takaoka District

{{JRSSN|G|29}}

|{{STN|Utsuigawa|x}}

|打井川

|style="text-align:right;"|4.9

|style="text-align:right;"|10.7

| 

|｜

{{JRSSN|G|30}}

|{{STN|Tosa-Taishō|x}}

|土佐大正

|style="text-align:right;"|6.9

|style="text-align:right;"|17.6

| 

|◇

{{JRSSN|G|31}}

|{{STN|Tosa-Shōwa|x}}

|土佐昭和

|style="text-align:right;"|8.9

|style="text-align:right;"|26.5

| 

|｜

{{JRSSN|G|32}}

|{{STN|Tōkawa|x}}

|十川

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

|style="text-align:right;"|31.0

| 

|｜

{{JRSSN|G|33}}

|{{STN|Hage|x}}

|半家

|style="text-align:right;"|7.9

|style="text-align:right;"|38.9

| 

|｜

|rowspan="3"|Shimanto

{{JRSSN|G|34}}

|{{STN|Ekawasaki|x}}

|江川崎

|style="text-align:right;"|3.8

|style="text-align:right;"|42.7

| 

|◇

{{JRSSN|G|35}}

|{{STN|Nishigahō|x}}

|西ヶ方

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

|style="text-align:right;"|45.4

| 

|｜

{{JRSSN|G|36}}

|{{STN|Matsuchi|x}}

|真土

|style="text-align:right;"|5.9

|style="text-align:right;"|51.3

| 

|｜

|rowspan="3"|Matsuno, Kitauwa District

|rowspan="11"|Ehime

{{JRSSN|G|37}}

|{{STN|Yoshinobu|x}}

|吉野生

|style="text-align:right;"|1.7

|style="text-align:right;"|53.0

| 

|◇

{{JRSSN|G|38}}

|{{STN|Matsumaru|x}}

|松丸

|style="text-align:right;"|2.3

|style="text-align:right;"|55.3

| 

|｜

{{JRSSN|G|39}}

|{{STN|Izume|x}}

|出目

|style="text-align:right;"|3.5

|style="text-align:right;"|58.8

| 

|｜

|rowspan="3"|Kihoku, Kitauwa District

{{JRSSN|G|40}}

|{{STN|Chikanaga|x}}

|近永

|style="text-align:right;"|1.6

|style="text-align:right;"|60.4

| 

|◇

{{JRSSN|G|41}}

|{{STN|Fukata|x}}

|深田

|style="text-align:right;"|2.1

|style="text-align:right;"|62.5

| 

|｜

{{JRSSN|G|42}}

|{{STN|Ōuchi|x}}

|大内

|style="text-align:right;"|2.9

|style="text-align:right;"|65.4

| 

|｜

|rowspan="5"|Uwajima

{{JRSSN|G|43}}

|{{STN|Futana|x}}

|二名

|style="text-align:right;"|1.5

|style="text-align:right;"|66.9

| 

|｜

{{JRSSN|G|44}}

|{{STN|Iyo-Miyanoshita|x}}

|伊予宮野下

|style="text-align:right;"|2.2

|style="text-align:right;"|69.1

| 

|◇

{{JRSSN|G|45}}

|{{STN|Muden|x}}

|務田

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

|style="text-align:right;"|70.0

| 

|｜

{{JRSSN|G|46}}

|{{STN|Kita-Uwajima|x}}

|北宇和島

|style="text-align:right;"|6.3

|style="text-align:right;"|76.3

|Yosan Line (U27) (for {{STN|Matsuyama|x|Ehime}})

|◇

colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|Through to Uwajima via the Yosan Line
{{JRSSN|G|47}}

|{{STN|Uwajima|x}}

|宇和島

|style="text-align:right;"|1.5

|style="text-align:right;"|77.8

| 

|^

|Uwajima

|Ehime

History

In 1914, the Uji Light Railway Co. opened a {{RailGauge|762mm}} gauge line 18 km between Uwajima and Chikanaga.{{cite web |title=Light Rail Transport starts |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2952774/7 |website=National Diet Library Digital Collections |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=ja |date=22 October 1914}} In 1923, the line was extended 7 km from Chikanaga to Yoshino.{{cite web |title=Regional Rail Transit |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2955550/12 |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=ja| website=National Diet Library Digital Collections |date=25 December 1923}} In 1931 the Uwajima Railway began operating a single gasoline-powered locomotive.

The Uwajima Railway was nationalised by Japanese Government Railways in 1933, becoming the Uwajima Line; Miyanoshita Station was renamed Iyo-Miyanoshita Station, Nakano became Futana, and Yoshino was renamed Yoshinobu.{{cite web |title=Ministry of Railways Notifications 330 & 331 |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2958441/7 |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=ja| website=National Diet Library Digital Collections |date=25 July 1933}}

File:Yodo Line-1989-02.jpg

In 1941, the line was re-gauged to {{RailGauge|1067mm}}, the section between Uwajima and Muden replaced by a new route, Kita-Uwajima became the line's starting point and Takagushi and Mitsuma stations on the old section were closed.{{cite web |title=Ministry of Railways Notifications 126, 127 & 128 |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2960823/4 |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=ja| website=National Diet Library Digital Collections |date=10 June 1941}}

The 10 km Yoshinobu - Ekawasaki section opened in 1953, and the 43 km Ekawasaki - Wakai section opened in 1974, linking to the Dosan Line with the line renamed as the Yodo Line. In the same year, CTC signalling was commissioned, and freight operations ceased.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

References

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External links

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  • [http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/ JR Shikoku official website] {{in lang|ja}}

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Category:Lines of Shikoku Railway Company

Category:Rail transport in Ehime Prefecture

Category:Rail transport in Kōchi Prefecture

Category:Railway lines opened in 1914

Category:1067 mm gauge railways in Japan

Category:1914 establishments in Japan