Nippō Main Line
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Nippō Main Line
The Nippō Main Line (日豊本線 Nippō-honsen?) is a railway line on Kyūshū, in southern Japan. Part of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) system, it follows the east coast of the island. The line originates at Kokura Station in Kokura, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. It passes through the prefectural capitals of Ōita and Miyazaki before arriving at the southern terminal of Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima.
[edit] Data
- Gauge: 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
- Length: 467.2 km (including extensions)
- Stations:
- Passenger: 111 (including terminals)
- Freight: 1
- Block system: Automatic block system
- Electrification: 20,000 VAC (60 Hz)
[edit] Stations
- ●: Stops, ▲: Rapid train connecting to Hitahikosan Line passes through,｜: Passes through
- Liners: Sawayaka Liner, Home Liner
| Station | Distance | Rapid | Liner | Transfers, notes | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kokura | 0.0 | ● | JR West: Sanyo Shinkansen JR Kyushu: Kagoshima Main Line Kitakyushu Urban Monorail: Kokura Line |
Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka Prefecture | ||
| Nishi Kokura | 0.8 | ● | JR Kyushu: Kagoshima Main Line | ||||
| Minami Kokura | 3.5 | ▲ | |||||
| Jōno | 6.1 | ● | JR Kyushu: Hitahikosan Line | Kokura Minami-ku, Kitakyūshū | |||
| Abeyama Kōen | 8.4 | ｜ | |||||
| Shimosone | 11.6 | ｜ | |||||
| Kusami | 15.0 | ｜ | |||||
| Kanda | 18.6 | ｜ | Kanda | ||||
| Obase Nishi Kōdai-mae | 22.2 | ｜ | JR Freight: Nippō Main Line Kanda Minato Line | ||||
| Yukuhashi | 25.0 | ● | Heisei Chikuho Railway: Tagawa Line | Yukuhashi | |||
| Minami Yukuhashi | 26.8 | ｜ | |||||
| Shindebaru | 30.2 | ｜ | |||||
| Tsuiki | 33.9 | ● | Chikujō | ||||
| Shiida | 36.9 | ● | |||||
| Buzen Matsue | 41.8 | ｜ | Buzen | ||||
| Unoshima | 45.2 | ● | |||||
| Mikekado | 48.0 | ｜ | |||||
| Yoshitomi | 50.0 | ｜ | Yoshitomi | ||||
| Nakatsu | 51.8 | ● | Nakatsu | Ōita Prefecture | |||
| Higashi Nakatsu | 56.7 | ● | |||||
| Imazu | 60.1 | ● | |||||
| Amatsu | 62.5 | ● | Usa | ||||
| Chikuzen Zenkōji | 65.5 | ● | |||||
| Yanagigaura | 69.1 | ● | |||||
| Chikuzen Nagasu | 71.0 | ||||||
| Usa | 75.8 | ||||||
| Nishi Yashiki | 79.4 | ||||||
| Tateishi | 85.2 | Kitsuki | |||||
| Naka Yamaga | 90.4 | ||||||
| Kitsuki | 99.2 | ||||||
| Ōga | 103.3 | Hiji | |||||
| Hiji | 107.2 | ||||||
| Yōkoku | 108.4 | ||||||
| Bungo Toyooka | 111.3 | ||||||
| Kamegawa | 114.9 | Beppu | |||||
| Beppu Daigaku-mae | 117.0 | ||||||
| Beppu | 120.8 | ||||||
| Higashi Beppu | 122.8 | ||||||
| Nishi Beppu | 130.4 | Ōita | |||||
| Ōita | 132.9 | JR Kyushu: Kyudai Main Line, Hohi Main Line | |||||
| Maki | 136.2 | ||||||
| Takajō | 138.0 | ||||||
| Tsurusaki | 141.0 | ||||||
| Ōza | 144.3 | ||||||
| Sakanoichi | 147.4 | ||||||
| Kōzaki | 151.8 | ||||||
| Sashiu | 159.0 | Usuki | |||||
| Shitanoe | 161.0 | ||||||
| Kumasaki | 164.7 | ||||||
| Kami Usuki | 167.6 | ||||||
| Usuki | 169.2 | ||||||
| Tokuura signal box | (174.4) | Tsukumi | |||||
| Tsukumi | 178.9 | ||||||
| Hishiro | 184.4 | ||||||
| Azamiu | 188.2 | Saiki | |||||
| Kariu | 192.0 | ||||||
| Kaizaki | 194.8 | ||||||
| Saiki | 197.8 | ||||||
| Kamioka | 202.4 | ||||||
| Naomi | 208.8 | ||||||
| Naokawa | 213.6 | ||||||
| Kawaragi signal box | (217.5) | ||||||
| Shigeoka | 224.2 | ||||||
| Sōtarō | 231.0 | ||||||
| Ichitana | 238.5 | Nobeoka | Miyazaki Prefecture | ||||
| Kitagawa | 243.2 | ||||||
| Hyūga Nagai | 246.7 | ||||||
| Kita Nobeoka | 251.3 | ||||||
| Nobeoka | 256.2 | ● | Takachiho Railway: Takachiho Line (operation suspended) | ||||
| Minami Nobeoka | 259.6 | ● | |||||
| Asahigaoka | 263.1 | ｜ | |||||
| Totoro | 265.7 | ｜ | |||||
| Kadogawa | 270.0 | ● | Kadogawa | ||||
| Hyūgashi | 276.6 | ● | Hyūga | ||||
| Zaikōji | 278.9 | ｜ | |||||
| Minami Hyūga | 283.1 | ｜ | |||||
| Mimitsu | 289.7 | ｜ | |||||
| Higashi Tsuno | 294.1 | ｜ | Tsuno | ||||
| Tsuno | 298.7 | ● | |||||
| Kawaminami | 305.6 | ｜ | Kawaminami | ||||
| Takanabe | 313.6 | ● | Takanabe | ||||
| Hyūga Shintomi | 320.0 | ｜ | Shintomi | ||||
| Sadowara | 326.7 | ● | Miyazaki | ||||
| Hyūga Sumiyoshi | 330.9 | ● | |||||
| Hasugaike | 334.7 | ｜ | |||||
| Miyazaki Jingū-mae | 337.4 | ｜ | |||||
| Miyazaki | 339.9 | ● | ● | ||||
| Minami Miyazaki | 342.5 | ● | ● | JR Kyushu: Nichinan Line | |||
| Kanō | 345.1 | Miyazaki Kuko Line | ｜ | Kiyotake | |||
| Kiyotake | 347.8 | ● | |||||
| Hyūga Kutsukake | 352.5 | ● | |||||
| Tano | 358.0 | ● | Miyazaki | ||||
| Kadoishi signal box | (363.6) | ｜ | |||||
| Aoidake | 369.3 | ｜ | Miyakonojō | ||||
| Kusugaoka signal box | (374.7) | ｜ | |||||
| Yamanokuchi | 379.1 | ● | |||||
| Mochibaru | 382.0 | ● | Mimata | ||||
| Mimata | 385.6 | ● | |||||
| Miyakonojō | 389.9 | ● | JR Kyushu: Kitto Line (Ebino Kōgen Line) | Miyakonojō | |||
| Nishi Miyakonojō | 392.4 | ● | |||||
| Isoichi | 395.2 | ||||||
| Takarabe | 399.4 | Soo | Kagoshima Prefecture | ||||
| Kitamata | 403.0 | ||||||
| Ōsumi Ōkawa | 408.1 | ||||||
| Kita Naganoda | 413.4 | Kirishima | |||||
| Kirishima Jingū | 419.4 | ||||||
| Minami Kirishima signal box | (423.9) | ||||||
| Kokubu | 432.1 | ||||||
| Hayato | 434.7 | JR Kyushu: Hisatsu Line | |||||
| Kajiki | 441.6 | Kajiki | |||||
| Kinkō | 443.3 | ||||||
| Chōsa | 445.5 | Aira | |||||
| Aira | 447.1 | ||||||
| Shigetomi | 448.7 | ||||||
| Ryūgamizu | 455.7 | part of local trains also passes through | Kagoshima | ||||
| Kagoshima | 462.6 | JR Kyushu: Kagoshima Main Line, Kagoshima City Tram:Dai-Ikki Line |
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[edit] Events
On September 17, 2006 at 2:05 p.m., the Nichirin Number 9 train on the Nippo Line derailed near Minami Nobeoka Station, causing some injuries.
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