Shikoku Railway Company

nihongo|Shikoku Railway Company|四国旅客鉄道株式会社|Shikoku Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha, commonly known as nihongo|JR Shikoku|JR四国|Jeiāru Shikoku, is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services in the four prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Japan.

Shikoku Railway's headquarters are in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture.

Lines

JR Shikoku operates a railway system of 855.2 km. Unlike other JR companies, JR Shikoku discontinued the classification of "Main Lines" and others in the names of its railway lines in 1988. Prior to the change, the Dosan, Kōtoku, Tokushima and Yosan Lines were Main Lines.

Each line is color-coded and labeled with a letter, which is used to assign a station number to each station on the line. For example, Naruto Station on the Naruto Line (labeled N) is numbered N10. Although this method is widely accepted in metro systems in Japan, JR Shikoku was the only JR company which uses it until October 2007, when JR Hokkaidō followed suit.

Train service

JR Shikoku provides the inter-city services with its limited express trains. The limited express trains connect major cities on the island of Shikoku, such as Matsuyama, Takamatsu, Kōchi and Tokushima each other and with Okayama on Honshū. JR Shikoku also operates local trains.

Gallery of trains

External links

*http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/ (Japanese)