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Lines on this page
Railway Line Linetype
Shared Seto-ŌhashiJR railway [Nickname]
JR West UnoJR railway

Honshi-BisanJR railway
JR Shikoku Honshi-BisanJR railway
Shared

Seto-Ōhashi 瀬戸大橋線      
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Okayama - Himeji Takamatsu
Seto-Ōhashi line is the nickname used by JR for the traffic over the Great Seto Bridge (Seto-Ōhashi) between Honshū and Shikoku.
More information about the line can be find in the JR Shikoku: Honshi-Bisan section below.
Real line nameFrom - To
JR West: Uno Okayama - Chayamachi
JR West: Honshi-Bisan Chayamachi - Kojima
JR Shikoku: Honshi-Bisan Kojima - Utazu
JR Shikoku: Yosan Utazu - Takamatsu

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 1, 2011
TypeNameOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Limited Express
Tokkyū
特急		Nampu
南風 		Okayama - Utazu - Tadotsu - Kōchi - Kubokawa - Nakamura - Sukumo34h5365 km/h
Okayama - Utazu - Tadotsu - Kōchi - Kubokawa - Nakamura44h2168 km/h
Okayama - Utazu - Tadotsu - Kōchi72h2375 km/h
Shiokaze
しおかぜ 		Okayama - Utazu - Matsuyama - Uchiko - Uchiko line - Iyo-Ōzu - Uwajima14h2770 km/h
Okayama - Utazu - Matsuyama142h3881 km/h
Uzushio
うずしお 		Okayama - Utazu - Takamatsu - Tokushima21h5874 km/h
Sleeper Limited Express
Shindai tokkyū
寝台特急		Sunrise Seto
サンライズ瀬戸 		Tōkyō - Okayama - Sakaide - Takamatsu19h2785 km/h
Rapid
Kaisoku
快速		Marine Liner
マリンライナー 		Okayama - Sakaide - Takamatsu3953 min81 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通
Okayama - Kojima - Utazu - Kotohira21h3142 km/h
Okayama - Kojima - Utazu - Kan'onji21h5440 km/h

JR West 西日本旅客鉄道  Nishi Nippon Ryokaku Tetsudō     West Japan Railway Company

Uno 宇野線 1067 mm     1500V DC
NicknameFrom - To
Seto-Ōhashi Okayama - Chayamachi
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Okayama - Himeji Takamatsu
Okayama city
Opened1910 TracksDouble trackBitchū-Mishima - Kuguhara
TracksSingle trackOkayama - Bitchū-MishimaSingle trackKuguhara - Chayamachi
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Okayama JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, JR West: Sanyō Hon, JR West: Kibi,
JR West: Tsuyama, Okaden: Higashiyama (Hon) [Okayama-ekimae] 		0.0 Okayama-shi Okayama
Map Map Bitchū-Mishima
10.2 Okayama-shi
Map Map Kuguhara
13.2 Hayashima-chō
Map Map Chayamachi JR West: Honshi-Bisan 14.9 Kurashiki-shi
Map Map Uno
32.8 Tamano-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 1, 2011
TypeOrigin - DestinationTrains
per day		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Local
Futsū
普通 		Okayama - Uno1143 min46 km/h
Chayamachi - Uno1423 min47 km/h

Seto-Ōhashi line trains: See above




Honshi-Bisan 本四備讃線 1067 mm     1500V DC
NicknameFrom - To
Seto-Ōhashi Chayamachi - Kojima
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Okayama - Himeji Takamatsu
Opened1988TracksDouble track
More information about the line can be find in the JR Shikoku: Honshi-Bisan section below.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Okayama
0.0 Okayama-shi Okayama
Map Map Chayamachi JR West: Uno 14.9 Kurashiki-shi Okayama
Map Map Kojima JR Shikoku: Honshi-Bisan 27.8 Kurashiki-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 1, 2011
TypeOrigin - DestinationTrains
per day		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Local
Futsū
普通 		Okayama - Kojima1534 min49 km/h

Seto-Ōhashi line trains: See above



JR Shikoku 四国旅客鉄道  Shikoku Ryokaku Tetsudō     Shikoku Railway Company

Honshi-Bisan 本四備讃線 1067 mm     1500V DC
NicknameFrom - To
Seto-Ōhashi Kojima - Utazu
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page: Takamatsu
Opened1988TracksDouble track
The line crosses the Seto Inland Sea on six large bridges. The longest one is Minami Seto Ōhashi which is 1723 m long.
The name "Honshi-Bisan" is derived from the first kanji in the two inlands connected, Honshu and Shikoku and in the names of the ancient provinces connected, Bizen and Sanuki.
1.6 km before Utazu branches the line. The main line continues into Utazu station and connects with Yosan line, the branch turns into Yosan line in the other direction towards Sakaide. The branch is used by some trains Okayama - Takamatsu, but is not listed in the offical list of lines.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Kojima JR West: Honshi-Bisan 27.8 Kurashiki-shi Okayama
Map Map Utazu JR Shikoku: Yosan 45.9 Utazu-chō Kagawa

Traffic pattern
See Seto-Ōhashi line above

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This page is updated Dec 9, 2011