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Shikoku Railway Company
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Shikoku Railway Company (四国旅客鉄道株式会社 Shikoku Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?), commonly known as JR Shikoku (JR四国 Jeiāru Shikoku?), is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services in the four prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Japan.
Shikoku Railway's headquarters are in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture.
JR Shikoku operates a railway system of 855.2 km. Unlike other JR companies, JR Shikoku discontinued the classification of "Main Lines" and others in the names of its railway lines in 1988. Prior to the change, the Dosan, Kōtoku, Tokushima and Yosan Lines were Main Lines.
Each line is color-coded and labeled with a letter, which is used to assign a station number to each station on the line. For example, Naruto Station on the Naruto Line (labeled N) is numbered N10. Although this method is widely accepted in metro systems in Japan, JR Shikoku was the only JR company which uses it until October 2007, when JR Hokkaidō followed suit.
| Line color | Label | Name | Japanese | Termini | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Lines | ||||||
| n/a | n/a | Honshi Bisan Line | 本四備讃線 | Kojima — Udatsu | A part of Seto-Ōhashi Line (瀬戸大橋線), connects Okayama in Honshū to Shikoku over the Great Seto Bridge. Connects to the Yosan or Kōtoku lines depending on the train. Runs north-south. | |
| Orange | Y | Yosan Line | Main Line | 予讃線 | Takamatsu — Matsuyama | Connects to the Seto-Ōhashi Line, runs east-west. |
| U | Matsuyama — Mukaibara | |||||
| Branch Line (New Line) | Mukaibara — Uchiko | |||||
| Uchiko Line | 内子線 | Uchiko — Niiya | ||||
| Yosan Line | Branch Line (New Line) | 予讃線 | Niiya — Iyo-Ōzu | |||
| Main Line | Iyo-Ōzu — Uwajima | |||||
| Gray | S | Main Line (Old Line) | Mukaibara — Iyo-Ōzu | |||
| Yellowgreen | T | Kōtoku Line | 高徳線 | Takamatsu — Tokushima | Connects the Seto-Ōhashi Line through Takamatsu. | |
| Pink | D | Dosan Line | 土讃線 | Tadotsu — Kōchi | Runs north-south. | |
| K | Kōchi — Kubokawa | |||||
| Navy | B | Tokushima Line | 徳島線 | Tsukuda — Sako | Runs east-west. | |
| Other Lines | ||||||
| Emerald Green | M | Mugi Line | 牟岐線 | Tokushima — Kaifu | ||
| Purple | N | Naruto Line | 鳴門線 | Ikenotani — Naruto | ||
| Green | G | Yodo Line | 予土線 | Wakai — Kita-Uwajima | ||
- http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/ (Japanese)
| JR Group | |||||||||||||
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| Past: Japanese Government Railways | Japanese National Railways | JNR Settlement Corporation | |||||||||||||
| Passenger Railway Companies: | JR Hokkaido | JR East | JR Central | JR West | JR Shikoku | JR Kyushu | |||||||
| JR Bus Companies: | JR Bus Hokkaido | JR Bus Tohoku | JR Tokai Bus | West JR Bus | JR Shikoku Bus | JR Kyushu Bus | |||||||
| JR Bus Kanto | Chugoku JR Bus | ||||||||||||
| Others: | JR Freight | RTRI | JR Systems | ||||||||||
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