Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line

Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line
Sumaura-koen Station, looking east
Overview
Native name山陽電気鉄道本線
OwnerSanyo Electric Railway
LocaleHyogo Prefecture
Termini
Stations43
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Technical
Line length54.7 km (34.0 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Minimum radius160 m
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed110 km/h (70 mph)[1]
Route map

Dentetsu Hyōgo
Until 1968
Daikai-dōri
Until 1952
Nagata
Until 1968
0.0
Nishidai
Nishidai depot
1.0
Itayado
1.8
Higashi-Suma
Higashi-Suma depot
2.6
Tsukimiyama
3.3
Sumadera
Up arrowSanyo Main Line
3.7
Sanyo Suma
Ichinotani
Until 1946
Atsumorizuka
Until 1948
Sakaihama
5.1
Sumaura-kōen
Higashi-Shioya
Until 1932
6.8
Sanyo Shioya
7.8
Takinochaya
8.6
Higashi-Tarumi
9.6
Sanyo Tarumi
Goshikiyama
Until 1951
10.7
Kasumigaoka
Utashikiyama
Until 1964
11.5
Maiko-kōen
12.4
Nishi-Maiko
14.3
Ōkuradani
Akashi Kōjomae
Until 1948
14.9
Hitomarumae
Yūenchimae
Until 1946
15.7
Sanyo Akashi
Akashi
Until 1939
Left arrowSanyo Main Line
16.9
Nishi-Shimmachi
18.4
Hayashisaki-Matsuekaigan
20.4
Fujie
21.8
Nakayagi
23.5
Eigashima
24.9
Nishi-Eigashima
25.6
Sanyo Uozumi
27.3
Higashi-Futami
Higashi-Futami depot
28.6
Nishi-Futami
29.9
Harimachō
Left arrowBefu Railway: Noguchi LineRight arrow
32.2
Befu
Right arrowBefuguchi
34.1
Hamanomiya
Onoe
35.5
Onoenomatsu
37.3
Takasago
Right arrowTakasago-kitaguchi
Up arrowJNR: Takasago LineRight arrow
38.5
Arai
39.7
Iho
41.3
Sanyo Sone
42.8
Ōshio
44.2
Matogata
Matogata Tunnle 192m
46.2
Yaka
47.6
Shirahamanomiya
Mega Tunnel 181m
49.0
Mega
Ichi River
Shikamakō
r)Down arrowBantan Line "Shikamakō Line"
50.9
Shikama
Right arrowShikama (JNR)
Shikama depot
52.3
Kameyama
Right arrowKameyama (JNR)
53.4
Tegara
Right arrowTegarayama
Left arrowSanyo Main LineRight arrow
JR-W: Left arrowBantan Line/Kishin LineRight arrow
Right arrowDaishōgun
54.7
Sanyo Himeji

The Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line (山陽電気鉄道本線, Sanyō Denki Tetsudō Honsen) is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Sanyo Electric Railway. It stretches from Kobe west to Himeji via Akashi, Kakogawa and other municipalities in Hyōgo Prefecture. The line runs parallel to West Japan Railway Company (JR West) JR Kobe Line, with closest sections between Sanyo Suma and Sanyo Akashi stations, and competes with the JR line for its entire stretch. Despite the name, no part of the line is located in the San’yō region.

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