Kyushu Railway Company
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The Kyushu Railway Company (九州旅客鉄道株式会社 Kyūshū Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?), also referred to as JR Kyushu (JR九州 Jeiāru Kyūshū?), is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services in Kyūshū, Japan and the Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait to Pusan in South Korea.
JR Kyushu's headquarters are in Fukuoka.
The company will introduce SUGOCA, a smart card ticketing system, from spring, 2009.
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[edit] Lines
[edit] Shinkansen line
- Kyūshū Shinkansen (Kagoshima Route) (九州新幹線鹿児島ルート)
[edit] Trunk and Other lines
- Kagoshima Main Line (鹿児島本線)
- Nagasaki Main Line (長崎本線)
- Kyūdai Main Line (久大本線): Nicknamed Yufu Kōgen Line (ゆふ高原線)
- Hōhi Main Line (豊肥本線): Nicknamed Aso Kōgen Line (阿蘇高原線)
- Nippō Main Line (日豊本線)
- Chikuhō Main Line (筑豊本線): Divided to three segments with different nicknames, namely Haruda Line (原田線), Fukuhoku Yutaka Line (福北ゆたか線), and Wakamatsu Line (若松線）.
[edit] Other lines
- Chikuhi Line (筑肥線)
- Fukuhoku Yutaka Line (福北ゆたか線): A nickname for the route formed by portions of Kagoshima Main Line, Chikuhō Main Line, and the whole part of Sasaguri Line.
- Gotōji Line (後藤寺線)
- Hisatsu Line (肥薩線)
- Hitahikosan Line (日田彦山線)
- Ibusuki Makurazaki Line (指宿枕崎線)
- Kashii Line (香椎線)
- Karatsu Line (唐津線)
- Kitto Line (吉都線)
- Misumi Line (三角線)
- Miyazaki Kūkō Line (宮崎空港線)
- Nichinan Line (日南線)
- Ōmura Line (大村線)
- Sasaguri Line (篠栗線)
- Sasebo Line (佐世保線)
[edit] External links
- http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/ (Japanese)
- http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/ (English)
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| Past: Japanese Government Railways | Japanese National Railways | JNR Settlement Corporation | |||||||||||||
| Passenger Railway Companies: | JR Hokkaido | JR East | JR Central | JR West | JR Shikoku | JR Kyushu | |||||||
| JR Bus Companies: | JR Bus Hokkaido | JR Bus Tohoku | JR Tokai Bus | West JR Bus | JR Shikoku Bus | JR Kyushu Bus | |||||||
| JR Bus Kanto | Chugoku JR Bus | ||||||||||||
| Others: | JR Freight | RTRI | JR Systems | ||||||||||
