Shikoku Railway Company

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The Template:Nihongo, commonly known as Template:Nihongo, is the smallest of the seven constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates Template:Convert of intercity and local rail services in the four prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Japan. The company has its headquarters in Takamatsu, Kagawa.<ref>"Company Information Template:Webarchive." Shikoku Railway Company. Retrieved on March 27, 2010.</ref>

Lines

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JR Shikoku railway network

In 1988 JR Shikoku, unlike other JR companies, discontinued the classification of its rail lines as either main, secondary, or branch lines. Prior to the change, the Dosan, Kōtoku, Tokushima, and Yosan Lines had all been main lines.

Each line is color-coded and labeled with a letter, in conjunction with which a number is assigned to each station on the line. For example, Naruto Station on the Naruto Line (labeled N) is numbered N10. Although this method is now widely used by rail companies, especially metro systems in Japan, JR Shikoku was the first JR company to adopt it.

Line color	Abbreviation	Line		Japanese	Termini
Main Lines
	Template:Small	Honshi Bisan Line<ref group="*">Part of the Seto-Ōhashi Line connecting Okayama to Shikoku via the Great Seto Bridge.</ref>		本四備讃線	Kojima – Utazu
rowspan=6 style="background:Template:JARC;" |	Y	Yosan Line	Main Line	予讃線	Takamatsu – Matsuyama
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
style="background:Template:JARC;" |		S		Main Line (Old Line)	Mukaibara – Iyo-Ōzu
style="background:Template:JARC;" |	T	Kōtoku Line		高徳線	Takamatsu – Tokushima
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:JARC;" |	D	Dosan Line		土讃線	Tadotsu – Kōchi
K	Kōchi – Kubokawa
style="background:Template:JARC;" |	B	Tokushima Line		徳島線	Tsukuda – Sako
Other Lines
style="background:Template:JARC;" |	M	Mugi Line		牟岐線	Tokushima – Kaifu
style="background:Template:JARC;" |	N	Naruto Line		鳴門線	Ikenotani – Naruto
style="background:Template:JARC;" |	G	Yodo Line		予土線	Wakai – Kita-Uwajima

Train services

JR Shikoku provides intercity transportation with its limited express services, connecting major cities on the island of Shikoku with Okayama on Honshū. The company also operates local trains.

Major named trains of JR Shikoku

Type	Name	Template:Nowrap (Stations not owned by JR Shikoku in parentheses)	Train type
Limited Express	Ashizuri	Template:STN – (Template:STN) – (Template:STN)	2000 series DMU, 2700 series DMU
	Ishizuchi	Template:STN – Template:STN	8000 series EMU, 8600 series EMU
	Muroto	Template:STN – Template:STN – Template:STN	KiHa 185 series DMU
	Nanpū	(Template:STN) – Template:STN – Kōchi	2700 series DMU
	Uwakai	Matsuyama – Uwajima	2000 series DMU
	Uzushio	(Okayama) – Takamatsu – Tokushima	KiHa 185 series DMU, 2600 series DMU, 2700 series DMU
	Shimanto	Takamatsu – Awa-Ikeda – Kōchi	2700 series DMU
	Shiokaze	(Okayama) – Matsuyama	8000 series EMU, 8600 series EMU
	Tsurugisan	Tokushima – Template:STN – Awa-Ikeda	KiHa 185 series DMU
	Sunrise Seto	(Template:STN) – (Okayama) – Takamatsu	285 series EMU sleeper (operated by JR West and JR Central)
Rapid	Marine Liner	(Okayama) – Takamatsu	5000 series EMU (operated by JR Shikoku) 223-5000 series EMU (operated by JR West)

• JR shikoku kiha185 blue uzushio 1989.jpg

  185 series DMU used for limited express services

• JR-Shikoku-N2000.jpg

  2000 series DMU used for limited express services

• JR Shikoku 5100gata.jpg

  5000 series EMU used for Marine Liner rapid services

• Takamatsu Station Train M3766.jpg

  8000 series EMU used for limited express services

External links

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