Kisuki Line

Kisuki Line
KiHa 120 DMUs on the Kisuki Line in April 2012
Overview
Native name	木次線
Status	In operation
Locale	Shimane and Hiroshima Prefectures
Termini	Shinji Bingo Ochiai
Stations	18
Service
Type	Regional rail
Operator	JR West
Rolling stock	KiHa 120 series DMU
History
Opened	18 December 1932 (1932-12-18)
Technical
Line length	81.9 km (50.9 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	75 km/h (47 mph)
Route map Sanin Main Line 0.0 Shinji Sanin Expressway 3.6 Minami Shinji 8.7 Kamonaka 11.8 Hataya 13.9 Izumo Daitō 17.5 Minami Daitō 21.1 Kisuki 24.8 Hinobori 31.5 Shimokuno 37.4 Izumo Yashiro 41.5 Izumo Minari 45.9 Kamedake 52.3 Izumo Yokota 56.3 Yakawa 63.3 Izumo Sakane 69.7 Miinohara Shimane/Hiroshima border 75.3 Yuki 81.9 Bingo Ochiai Geibi Line

The Kisuki Line (木次線, Kisuki-sen) is a Japanese railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The 81.9 km (50.9 mi) line connects Shinji in Matsue, Shimane with Bingo Ochiai in Shōbara, Hiroshima.

Stations

Station	Japanese	Between (km)	Distance (km)	Connections	Location
Shinji	宍道	-	0.0	Sanin Main Line	Matsue	Shimane Prefecture
Minami Shinji	南宍道	3.6	3.6
Kamonaka	加茂中	5.1	8.7		Unnan
Hataya	幡屋	3.1	11.8
Izumo Daitō	出雲大東	2.1	13.9
Minami Daitō	南大東	3.6	17.5
Kisuki	木次	3.6	21.1
Hinobori	日登	3.7	24.8
Shimokuno	下久野	6.7	31.5
Izumo Yashiro	出雲八代	5.9	37.4		Okuizumo Nita District
Izumo Minari	出雲三成	4.1	41.5
Kamedake	亀嵩	4.4	45.9
Izumo Yokota	出雲横田	6.4	52.3
Yakawa	八川	4.0	56.3
Izumo Sakane	出雲坂根	7.0	63.3
Miinohara	三井野原	6.4	69.7
Yuki	油木	5.6	75.3		Shōbara	Hiroshima Prefecture
Bingo Ochiai	備後落合	6.6	81.9	Geibi Line

　Four〜10 Diesel trains are operated every day. There are more trains between Shinji and Kisuki, but few between Kisuki and Bingoochiai. In winter season, operation often suspend because of lots of snow.

Rolling stock

• KiHa 120 series DMUs

• 
  A Kisuki Line KiHa 120-0 diesel car
• 
  A Kisuki Line KiHa 120-200 diesel car in September 2007

Access

1. Shinji Station

 JR
   from Tokyo or Osaka

　　　Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen and Hakubi line, limited express Yakumo via Okayama Station

     sleeper train Sunrise Izumo
   from Fukuoka : Sanyo Shinkansen and Sanin line, limited express Oki via Shinyamaguchi station

 Airline (Izumo Enmusubi Airport)
  from Haneda or Osaka or Nagoya or Fukuoka
  to the Station by taxi

2. Bingoochiai Station

  from Hiroshima : Geibi line
  from Okayama : Hakubi line, limited express Yakumo and Geibi line via Niimi station

History

The line opened on 18 December 1932, operating between Kisuki and Izumo Minari. This was extended northward to Shinji on 1 August 1934, and southward to Yakawa on 20 November 1934, with the entire line between Shinji and Bingo Ochiai completed on 12 December 1937, including a switch-back at Izumo Sakane.

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the line was transferred to the control of JR West.

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan