Kotoden Shido Line

Kotoden Shido Line
Kotoden Shido Line 700 series EMU at Kawaramachi Station, January 2006
Overview
Locale	Kagawa Prefecture
Termini	Kawaramachi Kotoden-Shido
Stations	16
Operation
Opened	18 November 1911
Owner	Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad
Technical
Line length	12.5 km (7.8 mi)[1]
No. of tracks	Single
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Minimum radius	80 m
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)[1]

The Kotoden Shido line (琴電志度線 Kotoden Shido-sen) is a Japanese railway line in Kagawa Prefecture, which connects Kawaramachi Station in Takamatsu with Kotoden-Shido Station in Sanuki. It is owned and operated by the Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad. The line color is rose pink.

Station list

All stations are located in Kagawa Prefecture.

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (km)		Connections	Location
			between stations	from Kawaramachi
S00	Kawaramachi	瓦町	-	0.0	■ Kotoden Kotohira Line (K02) ■ Kotoden Nagao Line (N02)	Takamatsu
S01	Imabashi	今橋	0.6	0.6
S02	Matsushima-nichome	松島二丁目	0.6	1.2
S03	Okimatsushima	沖松島	0.7	1.9
S04	Kasugagawa	春日川	1.1	3.0
S05	Katamoto	潟元	1.3	4.3
S06	Kotoden-Yashima	琴電屋島	0.7	5.0
S07	Furutakamatsu	古高松	0.7	5.7
S08	Yakuri	八栗	1.0	6.7	Yakuri Cable (Yakuri-Tozanguchi Station)
S09	Rokumanji	六万寺	1.1	7.8
S10	Ōmachi	大町	0.9	8.7
S11	Yakuri-shinmichi	八栗新道	0.6	9.3	Kōtoku Line (Sanuki-Mure Station)
S12	Shioya	塩屋	0.7	10.0
S13	Fusazaki	房前	0.6	10.6
S14	Hara	原	0.9	11.5
S15	Kotoden-Shido	琴電志度	1.0	12.5	Kōtoku Line (Shido Station)	Sanuki

History

The line first opened on 18 November 1911 between Imabashi and Shido Station (now Kotoden-Shido), electrified at 600 V DC. The line voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC from August 1966.^[1]

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.