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San'yō Main Line
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 JNR 115-3000 in Setouchi yellow livery run near the Seto Inland Sea. | |
| Overview | |
| Other name(s) | JR Kobe Line (Kobe – Himeji) |
| Native name | 山陽本線 |
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| Locale | Kansai, Chugoku, Kyushu regions |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 124 |
| Service | |
| Type | Heavy rail, commuter rail |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1872 |
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| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
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The San'yō Main Line (山陽本線, San'yō-honsen) is a major railway line owned by JR Group companies in western Japan, connecting Kōbe Station and Moji Station, largely paralleling the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, in other words, the southern coast of western Honshu. The San'yō Shinkansen line largely parallels its route. The name Sanyō derived from the ancient region and highway San'yōdō, the road on the sunny (south) side of the mountains.
The Sanyō Main Line is operated by two JR companies:
- West Japan Railway Company (JR West) JR Kobe Line, San'yō Line
- Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) San'yō Line
The Wadamisaki Line, a short section of line in the length of 2.7 km (1.7 mi) between Hyōgo and Wadamisaki stations in Kobe is a branch of the Sanyō Main Line. A short section connecting Kitakyushu Freight Terminal also forms part of the Sanyō Main Line.
Basic data
- Operators, distances: 537.1 km (333.7 mi).
- West Japan Railway Company (Category-1, Services and tracks)
- From Kobe to Shimonoseki: 528.1 km (328.1 mi).
- From Hyōgo to Wadamisaki: 2.7 km (1.7 mi).
- Kyushu Railway Company (Category-1, Services and tracks)
- From Shimonoseki to Moji: 6.3 km (3.9 mi).
- Japan Freight Railway Company (Category-2, Services)
- From Kobe to Kitakyushu Freight Terminal: 534.4 km (332.1 mi).
- West Japan Railway Company (Category-1, Services and tracks)
- Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
- Stations:
- Passenger stations: 124
- Freight terminals: 5
- Track:
- Quadruple-track line:
- From Kobe to Nishi-Akashi: 22.8 km (14.2 mi).
- From Kaitaichi to Hiroshima: 6.4 km (4.0 mi).
- Double-track line:
- From Nishi-Akashi to Kaitaichi: 275.5 km (171.2 mi).
- From Hiroshima to Moji: 208.0 km (129.2 mi).
- Single-track line:
- From Hyōgo to Wadamisaki
- Quadruple-track line:
- Electrification: Entire line (1,500 V DC. Excluding inside Moji Station and Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal, which is 20,000 V AC, 60 Hz.)
- Railway signalling:
- From Kobe to Moji: Automatic
- From Hyōgo to Wadamisaki: Special Automatic (Track Circuit Detection); a simplified automatic system.
- Maximum speed at service:
- From Kobe to Himeji: 130 km/h (81 mph)
- From Himeji to Okayama: Tilting trains 130 km/h (81 mph), others 120 km/h (75 mph)
- From Okayama to Shimonoseki: 120 km/h (75 mph)
- From Shimonoseki to Moji: 85 km/h (53 mph)
- From Hyōgo to Wadamisaki: 85 km/h (53 mph)
- CTC centers:
- From Kobe to Kamigōri: Shin-Ōsaka Operation Control Center
- From Kamigōri to Itozaki: Okayama Transportation Control Room
- From Itozaki to Shimonoseki: Hiroshima Operation Control Center
- From Shimonoseki to Moji: Hakata Operation Control Center
- CTC system:
- From Kobe to Kamigōri: Safety Urban Network Traffic System (SUNTRAS)
Stations
From Kobe to Himeji (JR Kobe Line)
●: Trains stop at all times
｜: Trains pass at all times
▲: Eastbound trains pass in the morning
○: Weekday mornings only
| Official line name | No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Stop | Transfers | Location | ||||
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| Between stations | from Osaka | Local | Rapid | Special Rapid | Ward, City | Prefecture | |||||
| Through service to/from the JR Kyoto Line | |||||||||||
| Tokaido Main Line | A63 | Kobe | 神戸 | 1.7 | 33.1 | ● | ● | ● |
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Chuo-ku, Kobe | Hyōgo |
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| A64 | Hyōgo | 兵庫 | 1.8 | 34.9 | ● | ● | | | Wadamisaki Line (San'yō Main Line) | Hyogo-ku, Kobe | ||
| A65 | Shin-Nagata | 新長田 | 2.3 | 37.2 | ● | | | | |
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Nagata-ku, Kobe | ||
| A66 | Takatori | 鷹取 | 1.0 | 38.2 | ● | | | | | Suma-ku, Kobe | |||
| A67 | Suma-Kaihinkōen | 須磨海浜公園 | 0.9 | 39.1 | ● | | | | | ||||
| A68 | Suma | 須磨 | 1.3 | 40.4 | ● | ▲ | | |  Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 06: Sanyo Suma Station)
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| A69 | Shioya | 塩屋 | 2.0 | 43.3 | ● | | | | | Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 08: Sanyo Shioya Station)
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Tarumi-ku, Kobe | ||
| A70 | Tarumi | 垂水 | 2.9 | 46.2 | ● | ▲ | | | Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 11: Sanyo Tarumi Station)
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| A71 | Maiko | 舞子 | 2.0 | 48.2 | ● | ▲ | | | Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 13: Maiko-koen Station)
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| A72 | Asagiri | 朝霧 | 1.9 | 50.1 | ● | | | | | Akashi | |||
| A73 | Akashi | 明石 | 2.4 | 52.5 | ● | ● | ● | Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 17: Sanyo Akashi Station)
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| A74 | Nishi-Akashi | 西明石 | 3.4 | 55.9 | ● | ● | ● |  San'yō Shinkansen
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| A75 | Okubo | 大久保 | 2.8 | 58.7 | ○ | ● | | | ||||
| A76 | Uozumi | 魚住 | 3.5 | 62.2 | ○ | ● | | | ||||
| A77 | Tsuchiyama | 土山 | 3.1 | 65.3 | ○ | ● | | | Harima | |||
| A78 | Higashi-Kakogawa | 東加古川 | 3.3 | 68.6 | ○ | ● | | | Kakogawa | |||
| A79 | Kakogawa | 加古川 | 3.6 | 72.2 | ○ | ● | ● | I Kakogawa Line | |||
| A80 | Hoden | 宝殿 | 3.3 | 75.5 | ● | | | Takasago | ||||
| A81 | Sone | 曽根 | 4.0 | 79.5 | ● | | | |||||
| A82 | Himeji Bessho | ひめじ別所 | 2.0 | 81.5 | ● | | | Himeji | ||||
| A83 | Gochaku | 御着 | 2.1 | 83.6 | ● | | | |||||
| A84 | Higashi-Himeji | 東姫路 | 2.4 | 86.0 | ● | | | |||||
| A85 | Himeji | 姫路 | 1.9 | 87.9 | ● | ● |
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| Through service to/from the San'yō Main Line (below) | |||||||||||
From Himeji to Itozaki
- All trains except Limited Express trains stop at all stations in this section.[1]
- Rapid trains coming from Osaka/Kobe area become local trains after Akashi and Special Rapid trains stop at all stations west of Himeji, operating up to Kamigōri or through to the Akō Line.