The Gantoku Line ( 岩徳線 , Gantoku-sen ) is a 43.7 km (27.2 mi) railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Yamaguchi Prefecture , connecting Iwakuni Station in Iwakuni and Kushigahama Station in Shūnan . The line was originally built as a more direct route between its termini than the original San'yō Main Line (see History section below). The San'yō Shinkansen more closely follows this line's route than that of the San'yō Main Line between the same two terminal stations.
5-646: Trains operating on this line continue from Kushigahama Station to Tokuyama Station on the San'yō Main Line . Morigahara Junction ( 森ヶ原信号場 , Morigahara Shingōjō ) between Kawanishi and Hashirano Stations is the point where the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line diverges from the Gantoku Line. Between this junction and Kawanishi Station, the two lines share the same track. The line was originally built to shorten
10-546: A footbridge. There is an unnumbered fifth track that looks like a siding track on the inbound platform, but is used only for maintenance purposes and is a dead end. The station is unattended. Kushigahama Station was opened on 11 February 1929 as an infill station on the San'yo Main Line. The Gantoku Line began operations from 29 May 1932. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987,
15-559: The Sanyo Main Line along the old San'yōdō . The 3.7 km Iwakuni to Marifu (now Nishi-Iwakuni) section opened in 1929, and the 3.9 km Kushigahama to Suo-Hanaoka section opened in 1932. The remaining 36 km section, including the 3,149 m Kinmeiji tunnel (and six others) opened in 1934, at which time the line became part of the Sanyo Main Line, at that time being the only remaining single line section. In 1944,
20-739: The Tokuyama area of the city of Shūnan , Yamaguchi Prefecture , Japan . It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Kushigahama Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line , and is located 411.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe . It is also served by the Gantoku Line and is 43.7 kilometers from the terminus of that station at Iwakuni . The station consists of one side platform and two island platforms connected by
25-407: The original Sanyo alignment via Yanai was double-tracked and reinstated as the Sanyo Main Line, at which time this line became formally known as the Gantoku Line. Freight services ceased in 1974, and CTC signalling was commissioned on the entire line in 1982. Kushigahama Station Kushigahama Station ( 櫛ヶ浜駅 , Kushigahama-eki ) is a junction passenger railway station located in
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