The is a railway line operated by

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) connecting and in

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.

Stations

All-stations and limited-stop services called operate over the line. In the "Rapid" column in the table below, "O" indicates stations at which "Rapid" services stop. Some Rapid services also stop at Nonokuchi and Takebe stations.

History

The line was opened on 21 December 1898 by the . It was nationalized on 1 June 1944, becoming part of the

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) system, and from 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, it was transferred to the control of

(JR West).

References

{{Okayama transit Rail transport in Okayama Prefecture Lines of West Japan Railway Company 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1898

Stations

History

See also

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