Awa Railway - Awa Tetsudo

...JR Shikoku's commercial line (called the Takatoku Main Line during the JNR era) runs 74.8 km from Takamatsu Station, the gateway to Shikoku, along the Seto Inland Sea to Tokushima Station. In 1925, the Takamatsu-Shido section was opened first, and was gradually extended. In 1933, the Itanishi (now Itano)-Ikeya-Yoshinari section was acquired from the Awa Railway, and with improvements to this section and the opening of the Hiketa-Itanishi and Yoshinari-Sako sections, the Takamatsu-Sako section was completed in 1935. In 1986, the Sako-Tokushima section was incorporated from the Komatsushima Line, and the Takamatsu-Tokushima section came to be called the Takatoku Main Line. ...

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…四国の玄関口高松駅を起点に，瀬戸内海沿いに徳島駅に至る営業キロ74.8kmのJR四国の営業線(国鉄時代は高徳本線と称した)。1925年，まず高松～志度間が開通，順次延長開業する一方，33年板西(現，板野)～池谷～吉成間を阿波鉄道から買収，この区間の改良と引田（ひけた）～板西間および吉成～佐古間の開通によって，35年高松～佐古間が全通した。また61年に佐古～徳島間を小松島線から編入，高松～徳島間を高徳本線と称することとなった。…

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