ＪＲ四国
Shikoku Railway Company, commonly known as JR Shikoku, is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways
Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services in the four prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Japan.
JR Shikoku provides intercity transportation with its limited express services, connecting major cities on the island
of Shikoku with Okayama of Honshu.
Railway Trip from Matsuyama to Okayama
The Great Seto Bridge, or seto-Ohashi Bridge, is a series of double deck bridges, which links the city of Okayama
and the island of Shikoku, across a series of five small islands in Seto Inland Sea. It takes about 20 minutes by a car
or trains to cross the bridge.
(L) The Shiokaze is a limited express train service operated by JR Shikoku, which runs from Matsuyama to Okayama.
The maximum speed is 120/km.
(R) A first-class car, so-called 'green-car'
The limited express train, Shiokaze runs along the Seto Inland Sea.
The railway track runs north to a mountainous region of Shikoku.
Photographs show a smoking booth of Siokaze express train. This unhealthy booth for smoking will be removed in March 2011.
(L) ashtrays (M) entrance door to a smoking booth
(R) Smoked glass wall is used between train cabinet and smoking booth.
Standard-class seats of the Shiokaze limited express train
Rail tracks on the Great Seto Bridge, Seto-Ohashi JR Line
Rail tracks on the Great Seto Bridge, Seto-Ohashi JR Line
Rail tracks on the Great Seto Bridge, Seto-Ohashi JR Line
The Great Seto Bridge is 13.1 km in length. It ranks as the world's longest two-tiered bridge system. Built over
the period of 1978 and 1988, it is one of the three routes of the Honshu-Shikoku Bridge project which connects
Honshu and Shikoku island. Oresund Bridge, Malmo, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark is the sister bridge.
Total smoking ban was enforced in all trains of JR Shikoku effective from March 2011. This action is to protect a train
passenger from the health hazard from tobacco smoke.
JR四国は2011年3月より四国全域の特急列車にある喫煙ブースを全廃する。授乳スペースや座席への転換を図る。当然の
決定ではある。今まではタバコを「臭い」の問題と考えていたようだが、タバコは喫煙していない乗客の健康障害をもたらす
と改めて認識したこと、さらに世界の趨勢に逆行してまでも喫煙スペースを確保しておくことが賢明ではないと判断した結果だ。
瀬戸大橋は瀬戸内海をまたいで本州と四国とを結ぶ、１０の橋の総称で、橋梁上部に瀬戸中央自動車道（高速道路）が走り、
橋梁下部にJR瀬戸大橋線が走る。橋梁部の全長は9,368メートル、高架部分を含めると13,100メートルの長さがある。
Oresund Bridge and Drogden Tunnel
瀬戸大橋姉妹橋：エーレスンド大橋（デンマーク・スウェーデン連絡橋）
松山ガイド A guide to the Matsuyama City
Travel by Train
All railway trains should be completely smoke -free.
Italia Rail: Trenitalia
鉄道全面禁煙化は世界の常識 Smoking ban in the railway trains of the world
JR四国・松山発岡山着特急
2010年9月執筆 2011年1月加筆 医学博士 宮本順伯
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The article was written and photographs were taken by Dr. Junhaku Miyamoto, in September 2010.
Copyright (C) 2010 Junhaku Miyamoto, PhD. All right is reserved.
