The San’yō Main Line (山陽本線 San’yō-honsen) is major railway line owned by JR Group companies in western Japan connecting Kobe Station and Moji Station largely running parallel the coast of the Inland Sea in other words the southern edge of western Honshu. The Sanyō Shinkansen line runs largely parallel to its route since 1972. The name Sanyō derived from the ancient region and highway Sanyōdō the road on the sunny (south) side of the mountains.
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is part of
Hiroshima City Network
line length (μ)
2700.0, 6300.0, 528100.0, 537100.0
location
Kyushu, Kansai region, Chūgoku region
number of stations
124
opening year
1872-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
operated by
West Japan Railway Company, Japan Freight Railway Company, Kyushu Railway Company
owner
West Japan Railway Company, Kyushu Railway Company
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