Kagoshima Main Line
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The Kagoshima Main Line (鹿児島本線) is a major part of the JR Kyūshū rail network and runs between Mojikō in Kitakyūshū, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyūshū. Until March 13, 2004, it covered 393 kilometers between its two termini; however, with the opening of the Kyūshū Shinkansen on March 13, the section between Yatsushiro and Sendai was transferred to the third-sector Hisatsu Orange Railway Company. The line is the most important line in Kyūshū, connecting Fukuoka (Hakata Station) to many other major cities. It is the main line through the Fukuoka urban district, and as such many long-distance express trains from all parts of Kyūshū utilize the section of line between Kokura Station (Kitakyūshū) and Tosu Station, where the main line to Nagasaki meets the Kagoshima Main Line.
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[edit] Basic data
- Operators, distances
- Kyūshū Railway Company (Services and tracks)
- Japan Freight Railway Company (Services)
- Japan Freight Railway Company (Services and tracks)
- From Mojikō to Sotohama: 0.9 km / 0.6 mi.
- From Kashii to Fukuoka Freight Terminal: 3.7 km / 2.3 mi.
- Gauge: 1067 mm / 3 ft. 6 in.
- Stations:
- Passenger stations: 90, including those with freight services
- Freight-only stations: 6
- Railway signalling: Automatic
- Track:
- Quadruple-track line or more:
- From Moji to Orio
- Double-track line or more:
- From Mojikō to Moji
- From Orio to Yatsushiro
- From Kobanchaya to Kushikino
- From Higashi-Ichiki to Kagoshima
- Quadruple-track line or more:
- Electric supply: Whole the line (20,000 V AC)
- Maximum speed at service: 130 km/h
[edit] Stations
[edit] From Mojikō to Yatsushiro
Station name | Japanese | Total distance | Semi rapid 1 | Rapid 1 | Transfers | Location | |
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Mojikō | 門司港 | 0 km | + | + | Moji, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka | |
Komorie | 小森江 | 4 km | + | + | |||
Moji | 門司 | 5.5 km | + | + | JR Kyūshū: Sanyō Main Line | ||
Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal | 北九州貨物ターミナル | 6.9 km | - | - | |||
Higashi-Kokura (freight) | 東小倉(貨) | 9.4 km | - | - | Kokura Kita, Kitakyūshū | ||
Kokura | 小倉 | 11 km | + | + | JR Kyūshū: Nippō Main Line JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen Kitakyūshū Urban Monorail: Kokura Line |
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Murasakigawa S.B. | 紫川(信) | km | - | - | |||
Nishi-Kokura | 西小倉 | 11.8 km | + | + | JR Kyūshū: Nippō Main Line | ||
Hama-Kokura (freight) | 浜小倉(貨) | 13.4 km | - | - | |||
Kyūshūkōdaimae | 九州工大前 | 15.3 km | - | - | Tobata, Kitakyūshū | ||
Tobata | 戸畑 | 17.2 km | + | + | |||
Edamitsu | 枝光 | 20 km | - | - | Yahata Higashi, Kitakyūshū | ||
Space World | スペースワールド | 21.1 km | * | * | |||
Yahata | 八幡 | 22.2 km | + | + | |||
Kurosaki | 黒崎 | 24.9 km | + | + | Chikuhō Electric Railway Line (Kurosaki-Ekimae) JR Kyūshū: Fukuhoku Yutaka Line |
Yahata Nishi, Kitakyūshū | |
Higashi-Orio S.B. | 東折尾(信) | 26.8 km | - | - | |||
Jinnoharu | 陣原 | 27.1 km | - | - | JR Kyūshū: Fukuhoku Yutaka Line | ||
Orio | 折尾 | 30.1 km | + | + | JR Kyūshū: Chikuhō Main Line (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, Wakamatsu Line) | ||
Mizumaki | 水巻 | 32.2 km | + | - | Mizumaki, Onga | ||
Ongagawa | 遠賀川 | 34.3 km | + | - | Onga, Onga | ||
Ebitsu | 海老津 | 39.4 km | + | * | Okagaki, Onga | ||
Kyōikudaimae | 教育大前 | 44.6 km | + | - | Munakata | ||
Akama | 赤間 | 46.5 km | + | + | |||
Tōgō | 東郷 | 50.7 km | + | + | |||
Higashi-fukuma | 東福間 | 53.9 km | - | - | Fukutsu | ||
Fukuma | 福間 | 56.6 km | + | + | |||
Chidori | 千鳥 | 58.5 km | - | - | Koga | ||
Koga | 古賀 | 60.6 km | + | + | |||
Shishibu 2 | 鹿部 | 61.9 km | - | - | |||
Kaminofu 3 | 上府 | 63.7 km | - | - | Shingū, Kasuya | ||
Chikuzen-Shingū | 筑前新宮 | 65.1 km | + | + | Higashi, Fukuoka | ||
Kyūsandaimae | 九産大前 | 68.1 km | - | - | |||
Kashii | 香椎 | 69.8 km | + | + | JR Kyūshū: Kashii Line Nishitetsu: Miyajidake Line (Nishitetsu Kashii) |
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Chihaya | 千早 | 71 km | + | + | Nishitetsu: Miyajidake Line (Nishitetsu Chihaya) | ||
Chihaya Yard | 千早操車場 | 71.3 km | - | - | |||
Hakozaki | 箱崎 | 75 km | - | - | |||
Yoshizuka | 吉塚 | 76.4 km | + | + | JR Kyūshū: Sasaguri Line (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) | Hakata, Fukuoka | |
Hakata | 博多 | 78.2 km | + | + | Fukuoka City Subway: ■ Kūkō Line JR Kyūshū: Fukuhoku Yutaka Line JR West: Hakata Minami Line, Sanyō Shinkansen |
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Takeshita | 竹下 | 80.9 km | - | - | |||
Sasabaru | 笹原 | 83.3 km | - | - | Minami, Fukuoka | ||
Minami-Fukuoka | 南福岡 | 84.9 km | + | + | Hakata, Fukuoka | ||
Kasuga | 春日 | 86.1 km | - | - | Nishitetsu: Tenjin-Ōmuta Line (Kasugabaru) | Kasuga | |
Ōnojō | 大野城 | 87.4 km | + | + | Ōnojō | ||
Mizuki | 水城 | 88.8 km | - | - | |||
Dazaifu S.B. | 太宰府(信) | km | - | - | Dazaifu | ||
Tofurōminami | 都府楼南 | 91 km | - | - | |||
Futsukaichi | 二日市 | 92.4 km | + | + | Nishitetsu: Tenjin-Ōmuta Line (Nishitetsu Futsukaichi) | Chikushino | |
Tenpaizan | 天拝山 | 94.3 km | - | - | Nishitetsu: Tenjin-Ōmuta Line (Asakura Gaidō) | ||
Haruda | 原田 | 97.9 km | + | + | JR Kyūshū: Chikuhō Main Line (Harada Line) | ||
Keyakidai | けやき台 | 99.9 km | - | - | Kiyama, Miyaki | Saga | |
Kiyama | 基山 | 101.4 km | + | + | Amagi Railway: Amagi Line | ||
Yayoigaoka | 弥生が丘 | 103.5 km | - | - | Tosu | ||
Tashiro | 田代 | km | |||||
Tosu Freight Terminal | 鳥栖貨物ターミナル | 105.6 km | - | - | |||
Tosu | 鳥栖 | 106.8 km | + | + | JR Kyūshū: Nagasaki Main Line | ||
Hizen-Asahi | 肥前旭 | 110.4 km | - | - | |||
Kurume | 久留米 | 113.9 km | + | + | JR Kyūshū: Kyūdai Main Line (Yufu Kōgen Line) | Kurume | Fukuoka |
Araki | 荒木 | 118.8 km | + | + | |||
Nishimuta | 西牟田 | 122.6 km | - | - | Chikugo | ||
Hainuzuka | 羽犬塚 | 126.1 km | + | + | |||
Funagoya | 船小屋 | 129.1 km | - | - | |||
Setaka | 瀬高 | 132.2 km | + | + | Miyama | ||
Minami-Setaka | 南瀬高 | 135.2 km | - | - | |||
Wataze | 渡瀬 | 139.1 km | - | - | |||
Yoshino | 吉野 | 141.9 km | - | - | Ōmuta | ||
Ginsui | 銀水 | 144.3 km | - | - | Nishitetsu: Tenjin-Ōmuta Line (Nishitetsu Ginsui) | ||
Ōmuta | 大牟田 | 147.5 km | + | + | Nishitetsu: Tenjin-Ōmuta Line | ||
Arao | 荒尾 | 151.6 km | + | + | Arao | Kumamoto | |
Minami-Arao | 南荒尾 | 154.8 km | |||||
Nagasu | 長洲 | 159.4 km | Nagasu, Tamana | ||||
Ōnoshimo | 大野下 | 164.1 km | Tamana | ||||
Tamana | 玉名 | 168.6 km | |||||
Higo-Ikura | 肥後伊倉 | 172.8 km | |||||
Konoha | 木葉 | 176.7 km | Gyokutō, Tamana | ||||
Tabaruzaka 4 | 田原坂 | 180.2 km | Ueki, Kamoto | ||||
Ueki | 植木 | 184.6 km | |||||
Nishisato | 西里 | 188.8 km | Kumamoto | ||||
Sōjōdaigakumae | 崇城大学前 | 191.7 km | |||||
Kami-Kumamoto | 上熊本 | 193.3 km | Kumamoto City Tram: ■ Route 3; Kami-Kumamoto Line (Kami-Kumamoto-Ekimae) Kumamoto Electric Railway: Kikuchi Line |
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Kumamoto | 熊本 | 196.6 km | JR Kyūshū: Hōhi Main Line (Aso Kōgen Line) Kumamoto City Tram: ■ Route 2; Tasaki Line and Trunk Line (Kumamoto-Ekimae) |
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Kumamoto (freight) | 熊本(貨) | 197.9 km | |||||
Kawashiri | 川尻 | 201.9 km | |||||
Uto | 宇土 | 207.5 km | JR Kyūshū: Misumi Line | Uto | |||
Matsubase | 松橋 | 212.3 km | Uki | ||||
Ogawa | 小川 | 218.5 km | |||||
Arisa | 有佐 | 223.5 km | Yatsushiro | ||||
Senchō | 千丁 | 227.6 km | |||||
Shin-Yatsushiro | 新八代 | 229.5 km | JR Kyūshū: Kyūshū Shinkansen | ||||
Yatsushiro | 八代 | 232.3 km | Hisatsu Orange Railway: Hisatsu Orange Railway Line JR Kyūshū: Hisatsu Line (Ebino Kōgen Line) |
- 1: All the trains stop at stations signed "+". Some trains stop at "*". Most trains do not stop at "-". Some rapid/semi rapid trains, however, make stop at all the stations northward from Hakata or Minami-Fukuoka, or southward from Hakata, Futsukaichi, or Kurume.
- 2: Scheduled to open at spring, 2009.
- 3: Scheduled to open at spring, 2010.
- 4: Some local trains do not stop at Tabaruzaka.
[edit] From Sendai to Kagoshima
Station name | Japanese | Total distance | Rapid 5 | Liners 5 | Transfers | Location | |
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Sendai | 川内 | 0 km | + | + | Hisatsu Orange Railway: Hisatsu Orange Railway Line JR Kyūshū: Kyūshū Shinkansen |
Satsumasendai | Kagoshima |
Kumanojō | 隈之城 | 2.6 km | - | + | |||
Kobanchaya | 木場茶屋 | 5.7 km | - | - | |||
Kushikino | 串木野 | 12 km | + | + | Ichikikushikino | ||
Ichiki | 市来 | 16.6 km | - | + | |||
Yunomoto | 湯之元 | 20.4 km | + | + | Hioki | ||
Higashi-Ichiki | 東市来 | 22.9 km | - | - | |||
Ijūin | 伊集院 | 28.8 km | + | + | |||
Satsuma-Matsumoto | 薩摩松元 | 34.1 km | + | - | Kagoshima | ||
Kami-Ijūin | 上伊集院 | 36.5 km | + | - | |||
Kagoshima-Chūō | 鹿児島中央 | 46.1 km | + | + | JR Kyūshū: Ibusuki Makurazaki Line, Kyūshū Shinkansen Kagoshima City Tram: ■ Route 2; Dai-Ni-Ki Line and Toso Line (Kagoshima-Chūō-Ekimae) |
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Kagoshima / Kagoshima Freight Terminal | 鹿児島 / 鹿児島貨物ターミナル | 49.3 km | JR Kyūshū: Nippō Main Line Kagoshima City Tram: ■ Route 1 and ■ 2; Dai-Ikki Line (Kagoshima-Ekimae) |
- 5: All the trains stop at stations signed "+". Some trains stop at "*". No trains (other than local) stop at "-". Rapid trains always run from Kagoshima-Chūō to Sendai, never the opposite direction. "Liners" here refers to Sawayaka Liner and Ohayō Liner.
[edit] Former section, from Yatsushiro to Sendai
This section was transferred to Hisatsu Orange Railway Line on March 13, 2004.
Yatsushiro - Higo-Kōda - Hinagu (Hinagu-Onsen) - Higo-Futami - Kami-Tanoura - (Tanoura-Otachimisaki-Kōen) - Higo-Tanoura - Uminoura - Sashiki - Yunoura - Tsunagi - Hatsuno S.B. (Shin-Minamata) - Minamata - Fukuro - Komenotsu - Izumi - Nishi-Izumi - Takaono - Nodagō - Origuchi - Akasegawa S.B. - Akune - Ushinohama - Satsuma-Ōkawa - Nishikata - Satsuma-Taki - Kusamichi - Kami-Sendai - Sendai
- Names in brackets are the stations newly built or renamed after the section transfer.
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