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Dosan line
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Dosan 土讃線 1067 mm     
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Fukuyama Takamatsu Niihama Kubokawa Kōchi
Kōchi city
Traction1500V DCTadotsu - Kotohira
Non-electricKotohira - Kubokawa
Opened1889Tadotsu - KotohiraOpened1939-1951Susaki - Kubokawa
1923-1935Kotohira - SusakiTracksSingle track 
The section Tadotsu - Kotohira is part of Shikoku's second railway, opened in 1889 as Sanuki Railway between Marugama and Kotohira. Due to landslides, parts of the line were rerouted in the 1960's.
Curiosity: Shingai station is situated on a short branch track. Take a look at the map!

MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Tadotsu JR Shikoku: Yosan 0.0 Tadotsu-chō Kagawa
Map Map Zentsūji
6.0 Zentsūji-shi
Map Map Kotohira Kotoden: Kotohira [Kotoden-Kotohira] 11.3 Kotohira-chō
Map Map Tsukuda JR Shikoku: Tokushima 38.8 Miyoshi-shi Tokushima
Map Map Awa-Ikeda
43.9 Miyoshi-shi
Map Map Ōboke
65.5 Miyoshi-shi
Map Map Shingai
103.9 Kami-shi Kōchi
Map Map Tosayamada
111.3 Kami-shi
Map Map Gomen Tosaden: Gomen [Gomennishimachi], Tosa Kuroshio: Asa (Gomen-Nahari) 116.2 Nankoku-shi
Map Map Kōchi Tosaden: Sanbashi [Kōchi ekimae] 126.6 Kōchi-shi
Map Map Asakura Tosaden: Ino [Asakura ekimae] 132.7 Kōchi-shi
Map Map Ino Tosaden: Ino [Ino ekimae] 138.0 Ino-chō
Map Map Susaki
168.7 Susaki-shi
Map Map Kubokawa Tosa Kuroshio: Nakamura 198.7 Shimanto-chō

Traffic pattern
In addition to the trafficpattern shown below, Dosan line is used by:
Tokushima line trains between Tsukuda and Awa-Ikeda
Turo Kuroshio Railway trains between Gomen and Kōchi
The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 1, 2011
TypeNameOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Limited Express
Tokkyū
特急		Ashizuri
あしずり 		Kōchi - Kubokawa - Nakamura - Sukumo12h3653 km/h
Kōchi - Kubokawa - Nakamura11h4168 km/h
Nampu
南風 		Okayama - Tadotsu - Kōchi - Kubokawa - Nakamura - Sukumo34h5365 km/h
Okayama - Tadotsu - Kōchi - Kubokawa - Nakamura44h2168 km/h
Okayama - Tadotsu - Kōchi72h2375 km/h
Shimanto
しまんと 		Takamatsu - Yosan line - Tadotsu - Kōchi - Kubokawa - Nakamura14h0069 km/h
Takamatsu - Yosan line - Tadotsu - Kōchi
Three of the trains runs together with LEX Nampu
between Utazu and Kōchi.		42h1869 km/h
Rapid
Kaisoku
快速		Sun Port
サンポート 		Takamatsu - Yosan line - Tadotsu - Kotohira647 min56 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通
Okayama - Tadotsu - Kotohira21h3142 km/h
Takamatsu - Yosan line - Tadotsu - Kotohira151h0243 km/h
Tadotsu - Oboke11h4737 km/h
Tadotsu - Awa-Ikeda358 min45 km/h
Tadotsu - Kotohira913 min52 km/h
Kotohira - Susaki15h4527 km/h
Kotohira - Oboke11h4531 km/h
Kotohira - Awa-Ikeda445 min43 km/h
Awa-Ikeda - Kōchi 72h1836 km/h
Awa-Ikeda - Tosayamada11h3742 km/h
Tosayamada - Kōchi - Kubokawa13h0628 km/h
Tosayamada - Kōchi - Susaki51h3736 km/h
Tosayamada - Kōchi - Ino156 min29 km/h
Tosayamada - Kōchi1123 min40 km/h
Kōchi - Kubokawa71h5737 km/h
Kōchi - Susaki101h0439 km/h
Kōchi - Ino519 min36 km/h
Susaki - Kubokawa241 min44 km/h

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This page is updated Dec 2, 2011