Yodo Line

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Yodo Line
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JR Shikoku KiHa 32 series DMU at Ekawasaki Station
Overview
StatusIn operation
OwnerJR Shikoku
LocaleKōchi, Ehime Prefectures
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Stations20
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)JR Shikoku
Rolling stockKiHa 32 series, KiHa 31 series, KiHa 185 series DMU
History
Opened1914; 112 years ago (1914)
Technical
Line lengthScript error: No such module "ConvertIB".76.3 km (47.4 mi)
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Number of tracksEntire line single tracked
CharacterRural
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Old gauge762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
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ElectrificationNone
Operating speedScript error: No such module "ConvertIB".85 km/h (53 mph)
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Route map

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Template:Yodo Line RDT The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a railway line in Shikoku, Japan, operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku). It connects Kubokawa Station, Shimanto, Takaoka District in Kōchi Prefecture and Uwajima in Ehime Prefecture.[1] Its name comes from the ancient provinces of Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (now Ehime Prefecture) and Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (now Kōchi Prefecture), which the line connects.

Route Description

The Yodo line is a quiet, rural single track line with passing places at some stations. The line, which is also known as Shimanto Green Line, is one of the most scenic in Japan running adjacent to the picturesque Shimanto River inland until Ekawasaki. It then winds its way across Ehime Prefecture to Uwajima.[2][3]

Kubokawa Station on the Dosan Line serves as the departure point for nearly all trains heading west. The first part of the line, to Kawaoku Junction just after Wakai, is not owned by JR but by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway. This section makes up a part of the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line, not a JR line and therefore attracts an additional fare. Passengers, especially those using the Seishun 18 Kippu, are reminded of this by conductor announcements.[4]

After Wakai, the Nakamura Line turns off and the Yodo Line officially begins. The Yodo line ends at a junction with the Yosan Line just before Kita-Uwajima and trains continue on the Yosan Line into Uwajima.[1]

Services

The Yodo Line has only one sort of service, local trains that stop at every station.

In April 2020 there were five trips in each direction between Kubokawa and Uwajima and an additional three trips each way between Uwajima and Ekawasaki & Chikanaga.[5]

Most services are wanman (driver-only) operated.

Scenic Trains

The Shiman Torocco train (without open air car).

There are three tourist trains that run along the Yodo Line[6]:

  • Shiman Torocco, designed by Eiji Mitooka, consists of two cars, one of them open air.[7]
  • Kaiyodo Hobby Train, created together with the toy figure manufacturing company of the same name.
  • Tetsudo Hobby Train, modeled after the first generation shinkansen, and featuring vintage seats from a scrapped 0-series Shinkansen.[8]
The Tetsudo Hobby Train.

Stations

  • All trains run through to Kubokawa on the Dosan Line and Uwajima on the Yosan Line.
  • All trains on the Yodo Line are local trains and stop at all stations.
  • None of the intermediate stations along the line have a staffed ticket office.[1]
  • Trains can pass one another at stations marked "◇" and "^" and cannot pass at those marked "｜".
Station No. Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers   Location
Between
stations 		From
Wakai
Template:JRSSN Kubokawa 窪川 - 4.4 Dosan Line (K26) ◇ Shimanto, Takaoka District Kōchi
Via the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line
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Template:JRSSN 		Wakai 若井 4.4 0.0 Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line (TK27) (for Nakamura) ｜ Shimanto, Takaoka District Kōchi
  Kawaoku Junction 川奥信号場 - (3.6) Official branch point for Nakamura Line and Yodo Line ◇ Kuroshio, Hata District
Template:JRSSN Iejigawa 家地川 5.8 5.8   ｜ Shimanto, Takaoka District
Template:JRSSN Utsuigawa 打井川 4.9 10.7   ｜
Template:JRSSN Tosa-Taishō 土佐大正 6.9 17.6   ◇
Template:JRSSN Tosa-Shōwa 土佐昭和 8.9 26.5   ｜
Template:JRSSN Tōkawa 十川 4.5 31.0   ｜
Template:JRSSN Hage 半家 7.9 38.9   ｜ Shimanto
Template:JRSSN Ekawasaki 江川崎 3.8 42.7   ◇
Template:JRSSN Nishigahō 西ヶ方 2.7 45.4   ｜
Template:JRSSN Matsuchi 真土 5.9 51.3   ｜ Matsuno, Kitauwa District Ehime
Template:JRSSN Yoshinobu 吉野生 1.7 53.0   ◇
Template:JRSSN Matsumaru 松丸 2.3 55.3   ｜
Template:JRSSN Izume 出目 3.5 58.8   ｜ Kihoku, Kitauwa District
Template:JRSSN Chikanaga 近永 1.6 60.4   ◇
Template:JRSSN Fukata 深田 2.1 62.5   ｜
Template:JRSSN Ōuchi 大内 2.9 65.4   ｜ Uwajima
Template:JRSSN Futana 二名 1.5 66.9   ｜
Template:JRSSN Iyo-Miyanoshita 伊予宮野下 2.2 69.1   ◇
Template:JRSSN Muden 務田 0.9 70.0   ｜
Template:JRSSN Kita-Uwajima 北宇和島 6.3 76.3 Yosan Line (U27) (for Matsuyama) ◇
Through to Uwajima via the Yosan Line
Template:JRSSN Uwajima 宇和島 1.5 77.8   ^ Uwajima Ehime

History

Trains follow the Shimanto River between Kubokawa and Ekawasaki

In 1914, the Uji Light Railway Co. opened a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line 18 km between Uwajima and Chikanaga.[9] In 1923, the line was extended 7 km from Chikanaga to Yoshino.[10] In 1931 the Uwajima Railway began operating a single gasoline-powered locomotive.

The Uwajima Railway was nationalised by Japanese Government Railways in 1933, becoming the Uwajima Line; Miyanoshita Station was renamed Iyo-Miyanoshita Station, Nakano became Futana, and Yoshino was renamed Yoshinobu.[11]

Yodo Line between Tōkawa and Hage Stations

In 1941, the line was re-gauged to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), the section between Uwajima and Muden replaced by a new route, Kita-Uwajima became the line's starting point and Takagushi and Mitsuma stations on the old section were closed.[12]

The 10 km Yoshinobu - Ekawasaki section opened in 1953, and the 43 km Ekawasaki - Wakai section opened in 1974, linking to the Dosan Line with the line renamed as the Yodo Line. In the same year, CTC signalling was commissioned, and freight operations ceased.[citation needed]

  • Winter view on the Yodo Line 2026
    Winter view on the Yodo Line 2026

References

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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Train times and stops - Search for route". Hyperdia. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.SHIKOKU, Organization for Promotion of Tourism in. "Three Yodo Line Brothers". Tourism SHIKOKU (in 日本語). Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Association, Kochi Visitors & Convention. "Featured Local Trains & Tourist Trains of Interest". Visit Kochi Japan (in 日本語). Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tetsudo Hobby Train". Japan RAIL & TRAVEL (in 日本語). 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Light Rail Transport starts". National Diet Library Digital Collections (in 日本語). 22 October 1914. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Regional Rail Transit". National Diet Library Digital Collections (in 日本語). 25 December 1923. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ministry of Railways Notifications 330 & 331". National Diet Library Digital Collections (in 日本語). 25 July 1933. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ministry of Railways Notifications 126, 127 & 128". National Diet Library Digital Collections (in 日本語). 10 June 1941. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

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