Gantoku Line

The nihongo|Gantoku Line|岩徳線|Gantoku-sen is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company in western Japan connecting Iwakuni Station in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture and Kushigahama Station in Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture.Trains running on this line continue from Kushigahama Station to Tokuyama Station in Shūnan.

This line has somewhat steep slopes and long tunnel segments as this line was originally established as a shortening of the Sanyō Main Line along the old San'yōdō.

Basic data

*Operator: West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
*Distance: Iwakuni–Takamizu–Kushigahama 43.7 km ::(Note: The 1.9 km segment from Kawanishi to Morigahara Signal Station overlaps with the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line, operated by the Nishikigawa Railway.)
*Gauge: 1,067 mm
*Number of stations: 15 (including both ends)
*Number of track(s): single
*Electrification: none

Stations

:¹: Along the San'yō Main Line.

ignal Station

Morigahara Signal Station

History

*1 Nov, 1960 :open