Yodo Line
JR Shikoku KiHa 32 seriesDMU atEkawasaki Station
Overview
Status	In operation
Owner	JR Shikoku
Locale	Kōchi,Ehime Prefectures
Termini	Wakai Kita-Uwajima
Stations	20
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR Shikoku
Rolling stock	KiHa 32 series, KiHa 31 series,KiHa 185 series DMU
History
Opened	1914
Technical
Line length	76.3 km (47.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Old gauge	762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	85 km/h (53 mph)
Route map

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Legend
Dosan Line toKōchi (4.4) K26/TK26Kubokawa (This section is part of the Tosa Kuroshio Railway) 0.0 G27/TK27Wakai Tosa Kuroshio Railway toNakamura &Sukumo 3.6 Kawaoku Junction Start of Yodo Line 5.8 G28Iejigawa 10.7 G29Utsuigawa 17.6 G30Tosa-Taishō 26.5 G31Tosa-Shōwa 31.0 G32Tōkawa 38.9 G33Hage 42.7 G34Ekawasaki 45.4 G35Nishigahō Kōchi Prefecture Ehime Prefecture 51.3 G36Matsuchi 53.0 G37Yoshinobu 55.3 G38Matsumaru 58.8 G39Izume 60.4 G40Chikanaga 62.5 G41Fukata 65.4 G42Ōuchi 66.9 G43Futana 69.1 G44Iyo-Miyanoshita 70.0 G45Muden End of Yodo Line Yosan Line toMatsuyama 76.3 G46Kita-Uwajima (This section isYosan Line) 77.8 G47Uwajima

TheYodo Line (予土線,Yodo-sen) is a railway line inShikoku, Japan, operated byShikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku). It connectsKubokawa Station,Shimanto,Takaoka District inKōchi Prefecture andUwajima inEhime Prefecture.^[1] Its name comes from the ancientprovinces ofIyo (伊予) (now Ehime Prefecture) andTosa (土佐) (now Kōchi Prefecture), which the line connects.

The Yodo line is a quiet, rural single track line with passing places at some stations. The line, which is also known asShimanto Green Line, is one of the most scenic in Japan running adjacent to the picturesqueShimanto River inland until Ekawasaki. It then winds its way acrossEhime Prefecture toUwajima.^[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 theTosa Kuroshio Railway. This section makes up a part of theTosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line, not a JR line and therefore attracts an additional fare. Passengers, especially those using theSeishun 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 theYosan Line just beforeKita-Uwajima and trains continue on the Yosan Line into Uwajima.^[1]

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 arewanman (driver-only) operated.

• All trains run through toKubokawa on theDosan Line andUwajima on theYosan 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 "｜".

In 1914, the Uji Light Railway Co. opened a762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line 18 km between Uwajima and Chikanaga.^[6] In 1923, the line was extended 7 km from Chikanaga to Yoshino.^[7] In 1931 the Uwajima Railway began operating a single gasoline-powered locomotive.

The Uwajima Railway was nationalised byJapanese Government Railways in 1933, becoming the Uwajima Line; Miyanoshita Station was renamed Iyo-Miyanoshita Station, Nakano became Futana, and Yoshino was renamed Yoshinobu.^[8]

In 1941, the line was re-gauged to1,067 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.^[9]

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

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