Ibusuki Makurazaki Line

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Nishi-Ōyama Station
with Kaimondake volcano.
The post says the southernmost (conventional)
railway station in Japan

Line length:

87.8 km

Gauge:

1067 mm

Legend

JR-K: Kagoshima Main Line

Kagoshima City Tram: Route 2

0.0

Kagoshima-Chūō

Kyūshū Shinkansen

JR-K: Kagoshima Main Line

2.2

Kōrimoto

3.5

Minami-Kagoshima

Kagoshima City Tram Route 1

4.9

Usuki

7.4

Taniyama

9.2

Jigenji

11.3

Sakanoue

14.1

Goino

17.2

Hirakawa

20.6

Sesekushi

24.0

Nakamyō

26.6

Kiire

30.4

Maenohama

35.0

Nukumi

37.9

Satsuma-Imaizumi

40.7

Miyagahama

43.4

Nigatsuden

45.7

Ibusuki

50.0

Yamakawa

54.2

Ōyama

56.7

Nishi-Ōyama

57.8

Satsuma-Kawashiri

59.6

Higashi-Kaimon

61.0

Kaimon

62.8

Irino

66.1

67.7

Nishi-Ei

70.4

Goryō

72.8

Ishikaki

74.2

Mizunarikawa

76.0

Ei-Ōkawa

78.1

Matsugaura

79.9

Satsuma-Shioya

81.9

Shirasawa

84.4

Satsuma-Itashiki

87.8

Makurazaki

Kagoshima Kōtsū

Rapid train "Nanohana"

Ibusuki Makurazaki Line (指宿枕崎線, Ibusuki Makurazaki-sen^?) is a railway line of Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyūshū), in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is from Kagoshima-Chūō Station in Kagoshima, extending south to Makurazaki Station in Makurazaki, running along the eastern and southern coast of Satsuma Peninsula.

The first section of the line, between Nishi-Kagoshima (now Kagoshima-Chūō) and Goino, opened in 1930. The extension was completed in 1963. The line functions as a commuter rail of Kagoshima, as well as a sightseeing line to Ibusuki onsen (hot spring) touristic interest. Excluding Okinawa Monorail (Yui Rail), a monorail line in Okinawa, this is the southernmost conventional railway line in Japan.

1 Basic data
2 Services
3 Stations
4 Gallery
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Basic data

Distance: 87.8 km
Gauge: 1,067 mm
Stations: 36
Track: single
Electrification: Non-electrified
Block system: special automatic (ja:閉塞方式#特殊自動閉塞式, track circuit detection); a simplified automatic system

[edit] Services

The line is operationally divided into 2 segments.

The segment between Kagoshima-Chūō and Yamakawa functions as a commuter rail of Kagoshima. As such, there are relatively many local trains. From Kagoshima-Chūō, there is roughly one train per 20 minutes to Goino, one per 20 to 40 minutes to Kiire, and one per one hour to Ibusuki or Yamakawa. There are the rapid train Nanohana (なのはな, Nanohana^?) and the limited rapid train Nanohana DX (なのはなDX, Nanohana Deluxe^?) in this section. They run southward 7 times a day, northward 5 times a day.

The segment between Yamakawa and Makurazaki, on the other hand, is an extremely quiet local line. During the daytime, there is no train service for six hours. In this section, all but Nishi-Ei are unmanned stations, including Makurazaki, the terminus.

[edit] Stations

The Ibusuki Makkurazaki Line is entirely in Kagoshima Prefecture. For distances and transfer, see the route diagram.

N, n: Nanohana
D, d: Nanohana DX
Lower case letters (n, d) for limited trains

Station		Stop	Location
Kagoshima-Chūō	鹿児島中央	N D	Kagoshima
Kōrimoto	郡元	N D
Minami-Kagoshima	南鹿児島	N D
Usuki	宇宿	N D
Taniyama	谷山	N D
Jigenji	慈眼寺	N D
Sakanoue	坂之上	N D
Goino	五位野	N d
Hirakawa	平川	N d
Sesekushi	瀬々串	N d
Nakamyō	中名	N
Kiire	喜入	N D
Maenohama	前之浜	N
Nukumi	生見	N
Satsuma-Imaizumi	薩摩今和泉	n d	Ibusuki
Miyagahama	宮ヶ浜	N
Nigatsuden	二月田	n d
Ibusuki	指宿	N D
Yamakawa	山川	N
Ōyama	大山
Nishi-Ōyama	西大山
Satsuma-Kawashiri	薩摩川尻
Higashi-Kaimon	東開聞
Kaimon	開聞
Irino	入野
Ei	頴娃		Ei, Ibusuki
Nishi-Ei	西頴娃
Goryō	御領
Ishikaki	石垣
Mizunarikawa	水成川
Ei-Ōkawa	頴娃大川
Matsugaura	松ヶ浦		Chiran, Kawanabe
Satsuma-Shioya	薩摩塩屋		Chiran, Kawanabe
Shirasawa	白沢		Makurazaki
Satsuma-Itashiki	薩摩板敷
Makurazaki	枕崎