The is a railway company in Kōchi Prefecture

Kochi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the south coast of Shikoku. The capital is the city of Kōchi.- History :Prior to the Meiji Restoration, Kōchi was known as Tosa Province and was controlled by the Chosokabe clan in the Sengoku period and the Yamauchi family during the Edo period.- Geography...

, Japan

Japan

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. The name comes from the province of Tosa

Tosa Province

is the name of a former province of Japan in the area that is today Kōchi Prefecture on Shikoku. Tosa was bordered by Iyo and Awa Provinces. It was sometimes called .-History:The ancient capital was near modern Nankoku...

 and Kuroshio Current

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. The third sector company (in Japanese sense), founded in 1986, took a former Japanese National Railways

Japanese National Railways

, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...

 (JNR) line, Nakamura Line, and later two JNR planned lines those constructions were halted halfway through, Sukumo and Asa lines. This is one of the few Japanese railway operator that provide its official website in Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

, English

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, and French

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Like Shikoku Railway Company

Shikoku Railway Company

, commonly known as , is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group . It operates intercity rail services in the four prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Japan. The company is headquartered in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture.- Lines :...

 (JR Shikoku), its stations are numbered with alphabets preceding. Nahari Station of Asa Line, for instance, is numbered GN21, and the next station, Tano, is GN22.

• Nakamura Line
  Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line
  The is a Japanese railway line operated by Tosa Kuroshio Railway that runs between Shimanto Town and Shimanto City in Kōchi Prefecture.-Stations:...
  
   (中村線): Labeled TK
  • Kubokawa — Nakamura: 43.0 km
• Sukumo Line
  Tosa Kuroshio Railway Sukumo Line
  The is a Japanese railway line operated by Tosa Kuroshio Railway that runs between Shimanto City and in Kōchi Prefecture.-Stations:...
  
   (宿毛線): Labeled TK
  • Sukumo — Nakamura: 23.6 km
• Asa Line
  Tosa Kuroshio Railway Asa Line
  The is a Japanese railway line operated by Tosa Kuroshio Railway that runs between Nankoku and Nahari in Kōchi Prefecture.-Stations:...
  
   (阿佐線): Labeled GN
  • The official nickname is .
  • Gomen — Nahari: 42.7 km

External links

Official website