The is a Japanese railway line in

Kagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tok ...

, which connects Kawaramachi Station in

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with Nagao Station in Sanuki. It is owned and operated by the

Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad The (or Kotoden) is a transportation company in Kagawa Prefecture, which is on the island of Shikoku, Japan. With headquarters in Takamatsu, the company operates three passenger railway lines, as well as bus subsidiaries. It was established on t ...

. The line color is green.

Station list

All stations are located in

. Station number "N00" is used for

Takamatsu-Chikkō Station is a passenger railway station operated by the Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad in Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad (Kotoden) and is designated station "K0 ...

, and "N01" is for Kataharamachi Station on the Kotohira Line.

History

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The line first opened as the on 30 April 1912 between (close to the present Kawaramachi Station) and Nagao. The line was originally gauge and electrified at 600 V DC, but it was regauged to in June 1945, and the overhead line voltage was raised to 1,500 V from December 1976.

References

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