Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line
A Tosa Kuroshio Railway DMU at Kubokawa Station, September 2007
Overview
Native name	土佐くろしお鉄道中村線
Status	Operational
Owner	Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Locale	Kōchi Prefecture
Termini	Kubokawa Nakamura
Stations	15
Service
Type	Regional rail
Operator(s)	Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Rolling stock	TKT-8000 series DMU, JR Shikoku 2000 series DMU, JR Shikoku 2700 series DMU
History
Opened	18 December 1963
Technical
Line length	43.0 km (26.7 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	250 m
Electrification	None
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph)

The Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line (土佐くろしお鉄道中村線, Tosa Kuroshio Tetsudō Nakamura-sen) is a 43.0 km Japanese railway line operated by the third-sector railway operator Tosa Kuroshio Railway. It connects Kubokawa Station in the town of Shimanto with Nakamura Station in the city of Shimanto in Kōchi Prefecture.

Stations

History

The first section of the line, from Kobokawa to Tosa-Saga was opened by Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 18 December 1963, and operated using diesel trains, functioning as an extension of the Dosan Line.^[1] The section from Tosa-Saga to Nakamura opened on 1 October 1970.^[1]

Freight operations ceased in 1984, and from 1 April 1988, operation of the line was transferred to the Tosa Kuroshio Railway.^[1] With the opening of the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Sukumo Line in October 1997, the maximum line speed was raised from 85 km/h to 110 km/h.^[1]