The is a Japanese railway line which connects

Okayama Station is a railway station in Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Okayama Station is one of the major intersections of railways in the Chūgoku region. All trains conn ...

Okayama is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889. , the city has an estimated population of 720,841 and a population density of 910 persons per km2. The total area is . The city is ...

Uno Station is a terminal railway station located in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The station was formerly the start of a Japan National Railways ferry that went over the Seto Inland Sea to Takamatsu Station before the Great Seto Bridge was built. ...

Tamano is a city located in southern Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The city was officially founded on August 3, 1940. As of October 1, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 60,101 and a population density of 580 persons per km². The total area i ...

, both 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 ...

. It is owned and run 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). It is also referred to as the . Part of the line, between

and

Chayamachi Station is a railway station in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Lines *West Japan Railway Company **Uno Line The is a Japanese railway line which connects Okayama Station in Okayama to Uno Station in Tamano, both in Okayama Prefecture. ...

, is known as the

Seto-Ōhashi Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Japan which links Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture with Takamatsu Station in Kagawa Prefectu ...

Stations

*L: Limited express '' Shiokaze'', ''

Nanpū The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku), which runs from to . Trains are formed of 3-car or 2+3 car sets of 2700 series DMUs, and sometimes are coupled with '' Shimanto'' services between ...

'', ''

Sunrise Seto The is an overnight sleeping car train service in Japan operated jointly by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) since July 1998. Operations The ''Sunrise Seto'' runs daily between and in Kagawa ...

'', and '' Uzushio'' *M: Rapid ''

Marine Liner The is a rapid train service in Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) since April 1988. The ''Marine Liner'' links Okayama, the capital city of Okayama Prefecture and a major station on ...

'' All trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass stations marked "｜". Some trains stop at "▲", and a few trains stop at "△" Goes another route at "=".

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History

The entire line opened on 12 June 1910, and until the opening of the

Seto Ohashi Bridge The is a series of double deck bridges connecting Okayama and Kagawa prefectures in Japan across a series of five small islands in the Seto Inland Sea. Built over the period 1978–88, it is one of the three routes of the Honshū–Shikoku Br ...

in 1988, was the main railway connection to

Shikoku is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is long and between wide. It has a population of 3.8 million (, 3.1%). It is south of Honshu and northeast of Kyushu. Shikoku's ancient names include ''Iyo-no-futana-shima'' (), '' ...

(via the Takamatsu ferry). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the line came under the control of JR West. From the start of the 26 March 2016 timetable revision, the line was branded the .

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{{Okayama transit 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan 1910 establishments in Japan Lines of West Japan Railway Company Rail transport in Okayama Prefecture Railway lines opened in 1910

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