- Iyo Railway
The nihongo|Iyo Railway|伊予鉄道|Iyo Tetsudō is a
transportation company in Matsuyama,Japan . The company or its lines are commonly known as nihongo|Iyotetsu|伊予鉄. The private company operatesrailway ,tram , andbus lines, and is a core company of Iyotetsu Group, which also operates other business such asdepartment store s and travel agencies. The company was founded in September 14, 1887, and its railway line, the first one inShikoku , was opened in October 28, 1888. From August 2005, its lines introduced theIC e-card , asmart card ticketing system.Lines
Railway lines
:■ Takahama Line (高浜線): Takahama — Matsuyamashi:■ Yokogawara Line (横河原線): Matsuyamashi — Yokogawara:■ Gunchū Line (郡中線): Matsuyamashi — Gunchūkō
Takahama Line and Ōtemachi Line are known to have one of the few surviving
level junction s crossing each other.Tram lines
*Lines: Tram lines are collectively called nihongo|Matsuyama City Line|松山市内線|Matsuyama Shinai-sen, there are officially five lines.
**Jōhoku Line (城北線): Komachi — Heiwadōri-Itchōme
**Jōnan Line (城南線): Dōgo-Onsen — Nishi-Horibata, Kami-Ichiman — Heiwadōri-Itchōme
**Honmachi Line (本町線): Nishi-Horibata — Honmachi-Rokuchōme
**Ōtemachi Line (大手町線): Nishi-Horibata — Matsuyama-Ekimae — Komachi
**Hanazono Line (花園線): Matsuyamashi-Ekimae — Minami-Horibata
*Routes: There are five routes regularly in service by using one or more lines above.:■ Loop Line (Route 1; 環状線): Matsuyamashi-Ekimae — Minami-Horibata — Komachi — Kami-Ichiman — Minami-Horibata — Matsuyamashi-Ekimae (Only operates in this direction.):■ Loop Line (Route 2; 環状線): Matsuyamashi-Ekimae — Minami-Horibata — Kami-Ichiman — Komachi — Minami-Horibata — Matsuyamashi-Ekimae (Only operates in this direction.):■ Shieki Line (Route 3; 市駅線): Matsuyamashi-Ekimae — Kami-Ichiman — Dōgo-Onsen:■ JR Line (Route 5; JR線): Matsuyama-Ekimae — Minami-Horibata — Kami-Ichiman — Dōgo-Onsen :■ Honmachi Line (Route 6; 本町線): Honmachi-Rokuchōme — Minami-Horibata — Kami-Ichiman — Dōgo-OnsenBus Lines
The company operates highway buses linking Matsuyama and the major cities of Japan, including
Tokyo , Ōsaka, Fukuyama, Takamatsu, Tokushima, Kōchi and others. It also operates a local network in and around the city.Iyotetsu in popular culture
*Yakyūken: The game nowadays known as a strip rock-paper-scissors, was originally a rock-paper-scissors variation with just a dance, without any striptease. It was a party stunt by Iyotetsu Baseball Club, invented in 1924.
*"Botchan ", a 1906 novel byNatsume Sōseki , depcits a life in Matsuyama. The current nihongo|Botchan Train|坊っちゃん列車|Botchan Ressha, operated from 2001, reproduces the atmosphere at the time.
*Baishinji Station of Takahama Line appeared in the last episode of "Tokyo Love Story ", a 1991 TVdorama based on a same-titledmanga . Rika Akana, the main heroine, knotted a handkerchief to the station's fence. Many fans have done the same thing in the station, even to this date.ee also
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List of railway companies in Japan
*List of light-rail transit systems External links
* [http://www.iyotetsu.co.jp/ Official website]
* ko icon zh icon [http://www.iyotetsu.co.jp/bus/busmap/index.html "Bus map" on the official website]
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