Railway
The rail link in Shimane Prefecture opened in 1911. The railway currently only has two lines:
- the Kita Matsue Line
- It runs for 33.9 km from Dentetsu Izumo-shi Station in Izumo to Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Station in Matsue.
- the Taisha Line
- It runs for 8.3 km, entirely in the city of Izumo, from Kawato Station (on the Kita Matsue Line) to Izumo Taisha-mae Station, near Izumo Taisha.
Dentetsu Izumo-shi Station is adjacent to Izumo-shi Station of the Sanin Main Line of West Japan Railway (JR West).
Part of the Kita Matsue Line runs along Lake Shinji.
Read more about this topic: Ichibata Electric Railway
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