The is a railway line operated by the

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West) between Tottori,

Tottori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the least populous prefecture of Japan at 570,569 (2016) and has a geographic area of . Tottori Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the west, Hirosh ...

and

Tsuyama is a city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 102,294 and a population density of 200 persons per km². The total area was 185.73 km². The area increased in 2005 as the result of a merger with adjacent t ...

Okayama Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefectur ...

, Japan.

Route data

*Operating Company: **

(Services and tracks) *Distance: **Tottori — Tsuyama: 70.8 km (44.0 mi) *

Gauge Gauge ( or ) may refer to: Measurement * Gauge (instrument), any of a variety of measuring instruments * Gauge (firearms) * Wire gauge, a measure of the size of a wire ** American wire gauge, a common measure of nonferrous wire diameter, es ...

: *Stations: 19 *Double-tracking: None *Electrification: Not electrified *

Railway signalling Railway signalling (), also called railroad signaling (), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them uniquely susceptible to collision. This susceptibility is exacerbated by the enormou ...

: **Special automatic occlusive (track circuit detection type)

Stations

: ●: Stop ▲: Some services stop ｜: Pass

Rolling stock

Local

KiHa 47 The is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type introduced by Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1977 and operated by all Japan Railways Group companies on suburban and rural services in Japan. Since 2017, the train type has seen use by other ...

* KiHa 120 * KiHa 121 and KiHa 126 series * Chizu Express HOT3500 * Wakasa Railway WT3000 and WT3300

Limited Express

KiHa 187 series The KiHa 187 series (キハ187系, ''Kiha-187-kei'') is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) on '' Super Oki'', ''Super Matsukaze'' and '' Super Inaba'' limited express services. Operations ...

(''

Super Inaba The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) which runs between and . Stops Trains stop at the following stations: - - - - - - Rolling stock ''Super Inaba'' Kiha 187-500 series D ...

'') * Chizu Express

HOT7000 series The is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) tilting train type operated by the third-sector operating company Chizu Express and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on ''Super Hakuto'' limited express services between , , and in Japan since December 19 ...

(''

Super Hakuto Super may refer to: Computing * SUPER (computer program), or Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a video converter / player * Super (computer science), a keyword in object-oriented programming languages * Super key (keyboard butt ...

'')

History

The Imbi line was built by the Japanese Government Railway, with the first section opened from Tottori to Mochigase in 1919, extended to Chizu in 1923. The Tsuyama to Mimasaka-Kamo section, opened in 1928, was extended to Mimasaka-Kawai in 1931 and the line was completed with the opening of the section to Chizu (including a 3,077 m tunnel) in 1932. CTC signalling was commissioned between Tottori and Chizu in 1994.

References

{{West Japan Railway Company Lines 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Lines of West Japan Railway Company Rail transport in Okayama Prefecture Rail transport in Tottori Prefecture