Yamaguchi Line

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The Yamaguchi Line (山口線, Yamaguchi-sen^?) is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company in western Japan connecting Shin-Yamaguchi Station in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture and Masuda Station in Masuda, Shimane Prefecture.

[edit] Basic data

• Operator(s):

West Japan Railway Company (JR West) - Category-1 railway business (owner-operator)

Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) - Category-2 railway business (operation only)

• Distance: 93.9 km
• Gauge: 1,067 mm
• Number of stations: 28 (including both ends)
• Number of track(s): single
• Electrification: none

[edit] Services

The limited express Super Oki connects Shin-Yamaguchi Station with Tottori Station and Yonago Station on the Sanin Main Line via the Yamaguchi Line.

The line is also famous for the operation of SL Yamaguchi steam train.

[edit] Stations

●：Train stops,｜：Train passes

• Local trains stop at every station.
• On the Rapid Yamaguchi Liner, through service to Masuda for the Yamaguchi-Masuda segment operates as a local train.

[edit] References

• Kokudo Kōtsū Shō Tetsudō Kyoku (2005). Tetsudō Yōran (Heisei 17 Nendo) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Denkisha Kenkyūkai, pp. 45, 63. ISBN 4885481066. 

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