Tsuyama Line
# Tsuyama Line

The Tsuyama Line (津山線, Tsuyama-sen) is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting Okayama and Tsuyama in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

## Stations

All-stations "Local" (普通, futsū) and limited-stop "Rapid" (快速, kaisoku) services called Kotobuki (ことぶき) operate over the line. In the "Rapid" column in the table below, "O" indicates stations at which "Rapid" services stop.

| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Rapid | Connections | Location | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Okayama | 岡山 | 0.0 | O | Sanyō Shinkansen, Sanyō Main Line, Akō Line (Higashi-Okayama)- Hakubi Line (Kurashiki), Uno Line (Seto-Ōhashi Line), Kibi Line Okayama Electric Tramway Higashiyama Line, Okayama Electric Tramway Seikibashi Line | Kita-ku, Okayama | Okayama |
| Hōkaiin | 法界院 | 2.3 | O | | Kita-ku, Okayama | Okayama |
| Bizen-Hara | 備前原 | 5.1 | | | Kita-ku, Okayama | Okayama |
| Tamagashi | 玉柏 | 7.5 | | | Kita-ku, Okayama | Okayama |
| Makiyama | 牧山 | 11.4 | | | Kita-ku, Okayama | Okayama |
| Nonokuchi | 野々口 | 16.7 | | | Kita-ku, Okayama | Okayama |
| Kanagawa | 金川 | 19.7 | O | | Kita-ku, Okayama | Okayama |
| Takebe | 建部 | 27.0 | | | Kita-ku, Okayama | Okayama |
| Fukuwatari | 福渡 | 30.3 | O | | Kita-ku, Okayama | Okayama |
| Kōme | 神目 | 36.5 | | | Kumenan, Kume District | Okayama |
| Yuge | 弓削 | 40.5 | O | | Kumenan, Kume District | Okayama |
| Tanjōji | 誕生寺 | 43.5 | | | Kumenan, Kume District | Okayama |
| Obara | 小原 | 45.5 | | | Misaki Kume District | Okayama |
| Kamenokō | 亀甲 | 49.1 | O | | Misaki Kume District | Okayama |
| Sarayama | 佐良山 | 53.4 | | | Tsuyama | Okayama |
| Tsuyamaguchi | 津山口 | 56.8 | | | Tsuyama | Okayama |
| Tsuyama | 津山 | 58.7 | O | Kishin Line, Inbi Line | Tsuyama | Okayama |

Some Rapid services also stop at Nonokuchi and Takebe stations.

## History

The line was opened on 21 December 1898 by the Chugoku Railway (中国鉄道). It was nationalized on 1 June 1944, becoming part of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) system, and from 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, it was transferred to the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

