Shikoku
Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Gauge | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
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Tosa Electric Railway | Kōchi | Electric | 2 May 1904 | East-west tramway line extends between Ino, Kōchi and Gomen. | ||
Matsuyama City Line | Matsuyama | Steam | 22 August 1895 | 15 April 1927 | ||
Electric | 8 August 1911 | |||||
Shikoku Suiryoku Denki (四国水力電気市内線), later Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad |
Takamatsu | Electric (600 V DC) |
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | 20 May 1917 | 3 July 1945 | Closed because of firebomb attack which destroyed most of the town. Town tramway not rebuilt because extension of local electric railway lines to town center and railway station eliminated the need for the tramway. Officially closed from 8 January 1957. |
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