Shikoku Railway Company

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Shikoku Railway Company

, commonly known as , is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services in the four prefectures

Prefectures of Japan

The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one "metropolis" , Tokyo; one "Circuit #Japan" , Hokkaido; two urban prefectures , Osaka Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture; and 43 other prefectures ....
on the island of Shikoku

Shikoku

is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshu and east of Kyushu island. Its ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima , Iyo-shima , and Futana-shima ....
in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
.

Shikoku Railway's headquarters are in Takamatsu

Takamatsu, Kagawa

is located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and is the seat of the prefectural government. It is designated a core city by the Japanese Government....
, Kagawa Prefecture

Kagawa Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on Shikoku island. The capital is Takamatsu.History Kagawa was formerly known as Sanuki Province....
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hikoku 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.

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, commonly known as , is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services in the four prefectures

Prefectures of Japan

Shikoku

Japan

Takamatsu, Kagawa

Kagawa Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on Shikoku island. The capital is Takamatsu.History Kagawa was formerly known as Sanuki Province....
.

Lines

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, Kotoku, 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

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, subway, underground, elevated railway or metro system is an railway electrification system public transport rail transport in an urban area with high capacity and frequency, and which is grade separation from other traffic....
systems in Japan, JR Shikoku was the only JR company which uses it until October 2007, when JR Hokkaido

Hokkaido Railway Company

The is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group , and thus often known as . It operates intercity rail services in Hokkaido, Japan....
followed suit.

Train service

JR Shikoku provides the inter-city services with its limited express

Limited express

A limited express is a type of express train service. It refers to an express service that stops at a limited number of stops in comparison to other express services on the same or similar routes....
trains. The limited express trains connect major cities on the island of Shikoku, such as Matsuyama

Matsuyama, Ehime

is the capital Cities of Japan of Ehime Prefecture on the Shikoku island of Japan. It is located on the northeastern portion of the Dogo Plain. Its name means "pine tree mountain." The city was founded on December 15, 1889....
, Takamatsu

Takamatsu, Kagawa

is located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and is the seat of the prefectural government. It is designated a core city by the Japanese Government....
, Kochi

Kochi, Kochi

is the capital cities of Japan of Kochi Prefecture on Shikoku island of Japan.Kochi is the main city of the prefecture with over 40% of its population....
and Tokushima

Tokushima, Tokushima

is the capital cities of Japan of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku island of Japan.In 2003, the city had an estimated population of 267,343 and a population density of 1,398.02 persons per square kilometer....
each other and with Okayama

Okayama, Okayama

is the prefectural capital cities of Japan of Okayama Prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan.The city was founded on June 1,1889. As of March 2007, the city has an estimated population of 698,946 and the density of 884.87 persons per km?....
on Honshu

Honshu

or Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait....
. JR Shikoku also operates local trains.

Major named trains of JR Shikoku
Type	Name	Endpoints and major intermediate stations (Stations out of Shikoku are in parentheses)	Car
Limited express	Ashizuri		2000 Series DMU
	Ishizuchi		2000 Series DMU, 8000 Series EMU
	Muroto		185 Series DMU
	Nanpu Nanpu The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by JR Shikoku which runs from Okayama Station to Kochi Station and Sukumo Station.ja:?? ...		2000 Series DMU
	Uwakai	Matsuyama – Uwajima	2000 Series DMU
	Uzushio Uzushio (train) The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by JR Shikoku which runs from Tokushima Station to Takamatsu Station and Okayama Station.ja:???? ...	(Okayama) – Takamatsu – Tokushima	185 Series DMU, 2000 Series DMU
	Shimanto	Takamatsu – Kochi – (Nakamura) – (Sukumo)	2000 Series DMU
	Shiokaze Shiokaze (train) The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by JR Shikoku which runs from Okayama Station to Matsuyama Station and Uwajima Station....	(Okayama) – Matsuyama – Uwajima	2000 Series DMU, 8000 Series EMU
	Tsurugisan Tsurugisan (train) The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by JR Shikoku which runs from Kaifu Station and Tokushima Station stations to Anabuki Station and Awa-Ikeda Station stations....		185 Series DMU
	Sunrise Seto		285 Series EMU (sleeper, JR West and JR Central)
Rapid service	Marine Liner Marine Liner The is the name of a train service in Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company and Shikoku Railway Company . The Marine Liner links Okayama, the capital city of Okayama Prefecture and a major station on the Sanyo Shinkansen, with Takamatsu, the capital city of Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, via the Great Seto Bridge....	(Okayama) – Takamatsu	5000 Series EMU, 223 Series 223 series The is a Direct current electric multiple unit that forms the backbone fleet of West Japan Railway Company 's suburban services. Multiple batches of the train have been built with varying difference , although the overall general appearances remain similar.... EMU (JR West)

Gallery of trains

External links

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