JR Sanyo

The line San' yō (山陽本線, San' yō-honsen) is the line of principal train JR of the west of the island of Honshu to the Japan. It connects the station of Kobe to the station of Moji. The line skirts the northern coast of the Inland sea of Seto. The line of Shinkansen San' yō has a parallel course since 1972.

The name San' yō is derived from the old name of the area and of the highway San' yodo, the road which traverses the side sunny of the mountains, that is to say the Adret.

The line San' yō is divided by 2 following companies JR.

  • JR West (Kobe - Shimonoseki), 528,1 km.
  • JR Kyushu (Shimonoseki - Moji), 6,3 km.

The line Wadamisaki, a short section of 2,7 km between Hyogo and parks it Wadamisaki in Kobe forms technically part of the line San' yō. A short section connecting the terminal of freight of Kitakyushu is also included there.

The overall length of the line is of 537,1 km. There are 118 stations passengers and 5 stations freight. Certain stations are useful at the same time for the passengers and freight.

History

Originally most of the line between Kobe and Shimonoseki was built by the private company Sanyō Tetsudo (Railroad Sanyō) between 1880 and 1901. Initially the section between the station of Hyogo (in Kobe) and parks it Akashi was open in 1888. In 1889, it was extended to the east to the station of Kobe and to the west to the station of Tatsuno. The line San' yō gradually extended ers the west, for finally, in 1901, to reach the station of Bakan, the current Shimonoseki station. Following the nationalization of the trains in 1906, it was repurchased by the Japanese government and was re-elected in line San' yō.

In 1934 the line Gantoku between Iwakuni and Tokuyama (today Shunan) was open and replaced the old line. Into 1944, the line was again transformed to allow the crossings thanks to 2 parallel ways between Kobe and Shimonoseki.

The Sanyō line connected Kyūshū by ferry since Shimonoseki. In 1942, the Tunnel Kanmon under the Détroit of Kanmon was built and the Sanyō line extended until Moji.

Except for the Wadamisaki section, the whole line was electrified in 1964, the year of opening of the shinkansen Tōkaidō between the station of Tokyo and that of Shin-Osaka. Between Shin-Osaka and the main station of Osaka several express train circulate on the Sanyō line and continue for the west of Honshu and connection with Kyushu. Shinkansen was wide under the name of Shinkansen Sanyō. It was prolonged to the station of Okayama in 1972 and to the station of Hakata, Kyushu in 1975. Thus the express train disappeared da the Sanyo line and since 1972, it is mainly used by regional trains and goods, like by the night trains such as the Fuji train between Tokyo and Oita.

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