The is a railway line operated by

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West) and Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Japan which links Okayama Station in

Okayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefecture borders Tottori Prefecture to the nor ...

with Takamatsu Station in

Kagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and To ...

via the

Great Seto Bridge The is a series of double deck bridges connecting Okayama and Kagawa prefectures in Japan across a series of five small islands in the Seto Inland Sea. Built over the period 1978–88, it is one of the three routes of the Honshū–Shikoku Bri ...

. It is not a distinct railway line, but an official nickname given to a composite line formed of three different lines.

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 The is the principal railway line on the island of Shikoku in Japan, connecting the major cities of Shikoku, and via the Honshi-Bisan Line, with Honshu. It is operated by the Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku), and is aligned approximately p ...

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: *Stations: 22 *Track: **Double: Chayamachi — Takamatsu **Single: the remainder *Electrification: 1,500 V DC *

Railway signalling Railway signalling (), also called railroad signaling (), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them uniquely susceptible to collision. This susceptibility is exacerbated by the enor ...

: Automatic

Services

As a link between

Honshu , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island ...

and

Shikoku is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is long and between wide. It has a population of 3.8 million (, 3.1%). It is south of Honshu and northeast of Kyushu. Shikoku's ancient names include ''Iyo-no-futana-shima'' (), ...

, the line has many limited express trains, including the '' Shiokaze'', ''

Nanpū The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku), which runs from to . Trains are formed of 3-car or 2+3 car sets of 2700 series DMUs, and sometimes are coupled with '' Shimanto'' services betwee ...

'', '' Uzushio'', and ''

Sunrise Seto The is an overnight sleeping car train service in Japan operated jointly by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) since July 1998. Operations The ''Sunrise Seto'' runs daily between and in Kaga ...

''. 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 A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC or IC card) is a physical electronic authentication device, used to control access to a resource. It is typically a plastic credit card-sized card with an embedded integrated circuit (IC) c ...

ticketing system.

Stations

All trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass stations marked "｜". Most trains stop at "▲" and few trains stop at "△" :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 △.

External links

JR Shikoku official website

JR West official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seto-Ohashi Line Lines of Shikoku Railway Company Lines of West Japan Railway Company 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan

Basic data

Services

Stations

See also

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