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Country profileJapan: Kyushu shinkansen - project map
Japan: Kyushu shinkansen – project map of new line construction
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NewsIsolated Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen extends Japan’s high speed network to Nagasaki
JAPAN: JR Kyushu has opened the 66 route-km Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen between Takeo Onsen and Nagasaki.
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Kumagawa Railway
This third sector company took over operation of JR Kyushu’s branch line from Hitoyoshi east to Yunomae in 1989. Address265 Naka Aoi-choHitoyoshi-shi Kumamoto-ken 868-0008JapanPhone+81 966 23 5011Fax+81 966 23 3897Emailinfo@kumagawa-rail.comWebsitewww.kumagawa-rail.com Traffic Passenger journeys0·698 millionPassenger-km9·8 millionInformation year2014 Network data Employees35Gauge1067 mmLength25 kmRolling stock7 DMU cars
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Kumamoto-shi Kotsu Kyoku
Opened 1921; ’Y’-shaped network serving 35 stops. Two branches from Kami-Kumamoto (interchange with Kumamoto Electric Railway) in the north and Tasakibashi and Kumamoto (JR Kyushu) mainline station in the southwest meet in the city centre and run southeast to Shinsuizenji (JR Kyushu) station and on to Kengunmachi. Address5-1-40 OeKumamoto-shi 862-0971JapanPhone+81 ...
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Kitakyushu Urban Monorail
Single monorail route opened 1985; 13 stops. This straddle monorail is operated by Kita-Kyushu city. It was opened from Heiwadori south to Kikugaoka on April 9 1985. A short extension north from Heiwadori to the mainline and high-speed station at Kokura opened on April 1 1998 (0·4 km, 1 stop). ...
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Kagoshima-shi Kotsu Kyoku
Opened 1912; two-line network serving 35 stops. The system comprises a core line running south from JR Kyushu’s mainline station to Takamibaba, from where route 1 continues south parallel to the coast via Takenohashi and Kōrimoto to Taniyama, whilst route 2 branches west to the high-speed station at Kagoshima-Chūō-Ekimae ...
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Hisatsu Orange Railway
Following opening of the Kyushu shinkansen in 2004, the portion of the 1 067 mm gauge Kagoshima main line of JR Kyushu between Yatsushiro and Sendai via Shin-Minamata and Izumi was reorganised as a third-sector railway. The Hisatu line connects at both ends with JR Kyushu’s Kagoshima main line. At ...
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Fukuoka-shi Kotsu Kyoku
Opened 1981. Three metro lines, serving 37 stations. See Fukuoka network map. Initial metro system opened July 26 1981 from Muromi to Tenjin (Kuko line, 5.8 km, 7 stations). This core route was extended and connected to provide a joint through service west onto JR Kyushu’s Chikuhi line, and east ...
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Japan Freight Railway (JR Freight)
Hauls mainly containers and bulk freight over infrastructure owned by the six JR Group* passenger companies, with around 420 trains per day; JR Freight owns only a short amount of its own railway. JR Freight also has business interests covering warehousing, insurance, travel agency, advertising, car parts and motor vehicle ...
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Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu)
The first railway on Kyushu opened in 1889 between Hakata and Chitosegawa. JR Kyushu was created in 1987 when JNR was privatised. It runs 22 routes serving a total of 567 stations, and forms part of the JR Group*. Kyushu Shinkansen operations between Yatsushiro and Hakata started in Spring 2011, ...
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Heisei Chikuho Railway (Heichiku)
This third sector railway runs several former JR Kyushu lines serving Fukuoka Prefecture in the north of the island: Tagawa Line (26·3 km): Yukuhashi (on JR Kyushu’s east coast Nippo Main Line) southwest to Tagawa-Ita (crossing JR Kyushu’s Hitahikosan Line); Ita Line (16·1 km): Nogata (on JR Kyushu’s Chikuho ...
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Amagi Railway
This third sector company took over JNR’s Amagi branch line in 1986. The line runs east from interchange with JR Kyushu’s Kagoshima main line at Kiyama via Ogori to Amagi, close to the terminus of the Nishi Nippon Amagi Line from Miyanojin. AddressOaza Amagi 1320Amagi-shi Fukuoka-ken 838-0068JapanPhone+81 946 23 1111Fax+81 ...