Kotoden Nagao Line

Kotoden Nagao Line
	Kotoden Nagao Line EMU, January 2006
Overview
Owner	Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad
Locale	Kagawa Prefecture
Termini	Kawaramachi; Nagao
Stations	16
History
Opened	30 April 1912
Technical
Line length	14.6 km (9.1 mi)[1]
Number of tracks	Single
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Minimum radius	109 m
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)[1]

The Kotoden Nagao line (琴電長尾線, Kotoden Nagao-sen) is a Japanese railway line in Kagawa Prefecture, which connects Kawaramachi Station in Takamatsu with Nagao Station in Sanuki. It is owned and operated by the Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad. The line color is green.

Station list

All stations are located in Kagawa Prefecture. Station number "N00" is used for Takamatsu-Chikkō Station, and "N01" is for Kataharamachi Station on the Kotohira Line.

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (km)		Connections	Location
No.	Name	Japanese	between stations	from Kawaramachi	Connections	Location
N02	Kawaramachi	瓦町	-	0.0	■ Kotoden Kotohira Line (K02) ■ Kotoden Shido Line (S00)	Takamatsu
N03	Hanazono	花園	0.9	0.9
N04	Hayashimichi	林道	1.8	2.7
N05	Kita-Higashiguchi	木太東口	0.7	3.4
N06	Motoyama	元山	1.1	4.5
N07	Mizuta	水田	1.3	5.8
N08	Nishi-Maeda	西前田	1.4	7.2
N09	Takata	高田	1.1	8.3
N10	Ikenobe	池戸	1.3	9.6		Miki Kita District
N11	Nōgakubumae	農学部前	0.8	10.4
N12	Hiragi	平木	0.5	10.9
N13	Gakuendōri	学園通り	0.6	11.5
N14	Shirayama	白山	1.3	12.8
N15	Ido	井戸	0.5	13.3
N16	Kumommyō	公文明	0.6	13.9
N17	Nagao	長尾	0.7	14.6		Sanuki

History

Nagao Station on the Kotoden Nagao Line

The line first opened as the Takamatsu Electric Tramway (高松電気軌道, Takamatsu Denki Kidō) on 30 April 1912 between Dehare (出晴) (close to the present Kawaramachi Station) and Nagao. The line was originally 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge and electrified at 600 V DC, but it was regauged to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) in June 1945, and the overhead line voltage was raised to 1,500 V from December 1976.[1]

References

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.

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[terada2002-1] 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.