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Ritsurin Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "T25". Lines The station is served by the JR Shikoku Kōtoku Line and is located 4.3 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu. Besides local services, the Uzushio limited express between , and also stops at the station. Layout Ritsurin Station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. Track 1 is the through-track while track 2 is a passing loop. The station building is part of the elevated structure. Level 1 houses shops. The waiting room and a JR ticket window (with a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facility) are located on level 2. Stairs and an escalator lead to the island platform on level 3. A large designated parking area for bikes is provided outside the station. File:Ritsurin station2.jpg, A view of the station platforms and tracks in 2010 History Ritsurin Station was opened on 21 December 1925 as an inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takamatsu
file:Takamatsu City Hall.jpg, 270px, Takamatsu City Hall file:Takamatsu city center area Aerial photograph.2007.jpg, 270px, Aerial view of Takamatsu city center file:Takamatsu200910cut.JPG, 270px, View from Yashima to Takashima port is a capital Cities of Japan, city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 414,134 in 190,120 households and a population density of 1,100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It is the capital city of the prefecture. Geography Takamatsu is located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. The city is located in the Takamatsu Plain, which is part of the Sanuki Plain, and is occupied by a gentle slope as a whole. The northern part faces the Seto Inland Sea, forming a semicircular urban area centered on Takamatsu Port and Takamatsu New Port (commonly known as Shinminato).The western part of the city consists of an alluvial fan formed by the sedimentation of the Koto River. The eastern part i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kagawa Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tokushima Prefecture to the south. Takamatsu, Kagawa, Takamatsu is the capital and largest city of Kagawa Prefecture, with other major cities including Marugame, Kagawa, Marugame, Mitoyo, Kagawa, Mitoyo, and Kan'onji, Kagawa, Kan'onji. Kagawa Prefecture is located on the Seto Inland Sea across from Okayama Prefecture on the island of Honshu, which is connected by the Great Seto Bridge. Kagawa Prefecture includes Shōdoshima, the second-largest island in the Seto Inland Sea, and the prefecture's southern land border with Tokushima Prefecture is formed by the Sanuki Mountains. History Kagawa was formerly known as Sanuki Province. For a brief period between August 1876 and December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Platform
An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are sometimes used between the opposite-direction tracks on twin-track route stations as they are cheaper and occupy less area than other arrangements. They are also useful within larger stations, where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be accessed from opposite sides of the same platform instead of side platforms on either side of the tracks, simplifying and speeding transfers between the two tracks. The historical use of island platforms depends greatly upon the location. In the United Kingdom the use of island platforms on twin-track routes is relatively common when the railway line is in a cutting or raised on an embankment, as this makes it easier to provide access to the platf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MARS (ticket Reservation System)
, short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket Computer reservation system, reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Japanese National Railways (JNR), and inherited by the (JR Systems), which is jointly owned by the seven railway companies of the JR Group: the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), West Japan Railway Company (JR West), Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku), Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). The MARS system used in JR ticket offices is Japan’s largest online Real-time computing, real-time system, providing a year-round High availability, availability of 99.999%. It offers a range of services, including seat reservations on Shinkansen and Limited express#Japan, Limited Express trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and rail freight transport, freight transport globally, thanks to its Energy efficiency in transport, energy efficiency and potentially high-speed rail, high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower friction, frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by Diesel locomotive, diesel or Electric locomotive, electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital intensity, capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takamatsu, Kagawa
270px, Takamatsu City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Takamatsu city center 270px, View from Yashima to Takashima port is a capital city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 414,134 in 190,120 households and a population density of 1,100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It is the capital city of the prefecture. Geography Takamatsu is located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. The city is located in the Takamatsu Plain, which is part of the Sanuki Plain, and is occupied by a gentle slope as a whole. The northern part faces the Seto Inland Sea, forming a semicircular urban area centered on Takamatsu Port and Takamatsu New Port (commonly known as Shinminato).The western part of the city consists of an alluvial fan formed by the sedimentation of the Koto River. The eastern part is a flooded plain formed by the Kasuga River and Shinkawa River. In the northeastern part of the island, there is Yashima, a table- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JR Shikoku
The , commonly known as , is the smallest of the seven constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates of intercity and local rail services in the four Prefectures of Japan, prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Japan. The company has its headquarters in Takamatsu, Kagawa. ." Shikoku Railway Company. Retrieved on March 27, 2010. Lines 
In 1988 JR Shikoku, unlike other JR companies, discontinued the classification of its rail lines as either main, secondary, or branch lines. Prior to the change, the Dosan, Kōtoku, Tokushima, and Yosan Lines had all been main line ...
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Kōtoku Line
The is a railway line in northeastern Shikoku, Japan that connects the prefectural capitals Takamatsu ( Kagawa) and Tokushima (Tokushima). Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) owns and operates the line, whose name comes from the characters in the cities that the line connects: and . Sanuki, the name of the ancient province that preceded the modern Kagawa Prefecture, appears in the names of four stations on the line. Services The '' Uzushio'' limited express serves the entire line. Two round-trips per day run through to/from . In addition to local trains that run the entire length of the Kōtoku Line, there are trains that run between Takamatsu and Orange Town, Sambommatsu, and Hiketa, as well as between Tokushima and Itano and Tokushima and Hiketa. For a single-tracked line service levels are quite high, except along the prefectural border between Itano and Hiketa. In Tokushima there are through trains to/from the Naruto and Mugi lines, with one train per day running from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takamatsu Station (Kagawa)
is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "Y00" and "T28" . Lines The station is terminus of the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 297.6 km from the opposing terminus of the line at Uwajima. It is also the terminus of the JR Shikoku Kōtoku Line and is 74.5 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Tokushima. Layout Takamatsu Station is an above-ground station with four bay platforms serving nine tracks. As the platforms all dead head, the station building is located at the end, allowing barrier-free access. The station has a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office. Ground-level platforms History Takamatsu Station opened on 21 February 1897. With the privatization and dissolution of Japan National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzushio (train)
The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku), which runs from to . The ''Uzushio'' service was introduced on 10 April 1988. Route The main stations served by this service are as follows. - . Rolling stock * 2600 series 2-, or 4-car tilting DMUs (since 2017) * 2700 series 2-, 3-, 4-, or 5-car tilting DMUs (since 2019) File:JR shikoku 2600 takamatsu Station 20180421.jpg, A 2600 series DMU on an ''Uzushio'' service in 2018 File:JR shikoku 2700series DMU 2706+2756 at tokushima.jpg, A 2700 series DMU on an ''Uzushio'' service in 2019 Most trains are operated by 2700 series, while some are operated by 2600 series. Past rolling stock * KiHa 181 series DMUs (1993) * 2000 series tilting DMUs (1999–2011) * N2000 series tilting DMUs (1998–2020) * KiHa 185 series 2-, 3-, or 4-car DMUs (1988–2025) File:Kiha181 uzusio.jpg, A KiHa 181 series DMU on an ''Uzushio'' service in 1993 File:JRS DC N2000 uzushio.jpg, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national rail transport, railway system directly operated by the until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Railways Group. Name The English name "Japanese Government Railways" was what the Ministry of Railways (established in 1920) used to call its own and sometimes the ministry itself as a railway operator. Other English names for the government railways include Imperial Japanese Government Railways and Imperial Government Railways, which were mainly used prior to the establishment of the ministry. This article covers the railways operated by the central government of Japan from 1872 to 1949 notwithstanding the official English name of the system of each era. Network By the end of World War II in 1945, the Japanese Government Railways operated on the main Japanese islands of Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Karafuto Prefecture, Karafuto. The railways in Taiwan and Korea were op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese National Railways
The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 prefectures of Japan. This figure expanded to in 1981 (excluding Shinkansen), but later reduced to as of March 31, 1987, the last day of JNR. JNR operated both passenger and freight services. Shinkansen Shinkansen, the world's first high-speed railway was debuted by JNR in 1964. By the end of JNR in 1987, four lines had been constructed: ; Tōkaidō Shinkansen: , completed in 1964 ; Sanyō Shinkansen: , completed in 1975 ; Tōhoku Shinkansen: , as of 1987 ; Jōetsu Shinkansen: , completed in 1982 Buses JNR operated bus lines as feeders, supplements or substitutions of railways. The JR Bus companies are the successors of the bus operation of JNR. Ships JNR operated ferries to connect railway networks separated by sea or to meet other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
