The Kagoshima Main Line (鹿児島本線 Kagoshima-honsen ) is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) between Mojikō in Kitakyūshū, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu. Until March 13, 2004, it covered 393 kilometers between its two termini; however, with the opening of the Kyushu 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 Kyushu, 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 Kyushu utilize the section of line between Kokura Station (Kitakyūshū) and Tosu Station, where the Nagasaki Main Line meets the Kagoshima Main Line.
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Station name | Japanese | Total distance | Semi rapid1 | Rapid1 | 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 | + | + | Sanyō Main Line | ||
Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal | 北九州貨物ターミナル]] | 6.9 km | - | - | |||
Higashi-Kokura Freight Terminal | 東小倉(貨) | 9.4 km | - | - | Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyushu | ||
Kokura | 小倉 | 11 km | + | + | Nippō Main Line Sanyō Shinkansen Kitakyūshū Monorail |
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Nishi-Kokura | 西小倉 | 11.8 km | + | + | Nippō Main Line | ||
Hama-Kokura Freight Terminal | 浜小倉(貨) | 13.4 km | - | - | |||
Kyūshūkōdaimae | 九州工大前 | 15.3 km | - | - | Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu | ||
Tobata | 戸畑 | 17.2 km | + | + | |||
Edamitsu | 枝光 | 20 km | - | - | Yahata Higashi-ku, Kitakyushu | ||
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 Railroad Line (Kurosaki-Ekimae) Fukuhoku Yutaka Line |
Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyushu | |
Higashi-Orio Yard | 東折尾(信) | 26.8 km | - | - | |||
Jinnoharu | 陣原 | 27.1 km | - | - | Fukuhoku Yutaka Line | ||
Orio | 折尾 | 30.1 km | + | + | 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 | ししぶ | 62.0 km | - | - | |||
Shingū-Chūō | 新宮中央 | 63.7 km | - | - | Shingū, Kasuya | ||
Fukkōdaimae | 福工大前 | 65.1 km | + | + | Higashi-ku, Fukuoka | ||
Kyūsandaimae | 九産大前 | 68.1 km | - | - | |||
Kashii | 香椎 | 69.8 km | + | + | Kashii Line Nishitetsu Kaizuka Line (Nishitetsu Kashii) |
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Chihaya | 千早 | 71 km | + | + | Nishitetsu Kaizuka Line (Nishitetsu Chihaya) | ||
Chihaya Yard | 千早操車場 | 71.3 km | - | - | |||
Hakozaki | 箱崎 | 75 km | - | - | |||
Yoshizuka | 吉塚 | 76.4 km | + | + | Sasaguri Line (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) | Hakata-ku, Fukuoka | |
Hakata | 博多 | 78.2 km | + | + | ■ Kūkō Line (Fukuoka City Subway) Kyushu Shinkansen, Fukuhoku Yutaka Line Hakata Minami Line, Sanyō Shinkansen |
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Takeshita | 竹下 | 80.9 km | - | - | |||
Sasabaru | 笹原 | 83.3 km | - | - | Minami-ku, Fukuoka | ||
Minami-Fukuoka | 南福岡 | 84.9 km | + | + | Hakata-ku, Fukuoka | ||
Kasuga | 春日 | 86.1 km | - | - | Tenjin Ōmuta Line (Kasugabaru) | Kasuga | |
Ōnojō | 大野城 | 87.4 km | + | + | Ōnojō | ||
Mizuki | 水城 | 88.8 km | - | - | |||
Tofurōminami | 都府楼南 | 91 km | - | - | Dazaifu | ||
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 (Asakuragaidō) | ||
Haruda | 原田 | 97.9 km | + | + | Chikuhō Main Line (Haruda 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 | 105.6 km | - | - | |||
Tosu Freight Terminal | 鳥栖貨物ターミナル | 105.6 km | - | - | |||
Tosu | 鳥栖 | 106.8 km | + | + | Nagasaki Main Line | ||
Hizen-Asahi | 肥前旭 | 110.4 km | - | - | |||
Kurume | 久留米 | 113.9 km | + | + | Kyushu Shinkansen, 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 | + | + | |||
Chikugo-Funagoya | 筑後船小屋 | 129.7 km | + | + | Kyushu Shinkansen | ||
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 |
Station name | Japanese | Total distance | Rapid Kumamoto Liner2 | Rapid Super Orange3 | Transfers | Location | |
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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 | - | Kumamoto | |||
Ueki | 植木 | 184.6 km | + | ||||
Nishisato | 西里 | 188.8 km | - | ||||
Sōjōdaigakumae | 崇城大学前 | 191.7 km | + | ||||
Kami-Kumamoto | 上熊本 | 193.3 km | + | ■ Kumamoto City Tram Route 3; Kumamoto City Tram Kami-Kumamoto Line (Kami-Kumamoto-Ekimae) Kumamoto Electric Railway Kikuchi Line |
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Kumamoto | 熊本 | 196.6 km | + | + | Kyushu Shinkansen, Hōhi Main Line (Aso Kōgen Line) ■ Kumamoto City Tram Route 2; Kumamoto City Tram Tasaki Line and Kumamoto City Tram Trunk Line (Kumamoto-Ekimae) |
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Kumamoto Freight Terminal | 熊本(貨) | 197.9 km | - | - | |||
Kawashiri | 川尻 | 201.9 km | + | - | |||
Tomiai 5 | 富合 | 205.3 km | + | - | |||
Uto | 宇土 | 207.5 km | + | - | 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 | + | - | Kyushu Shinkansen | ||
Yatsushiro | 八代 | 232.3 km | + | + | Hisatsu Orange Railway Line Hisatsu Line (Ebino Kōgen Line) |
Station name | Japanese | Total distance | Rapid6 | Liners6 | Transfers | Location | |
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Sendai | 川内 | 0 km | + | + | Hisatsu Orange Railway Line Kyushu 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 | ||
Kamimuragakuenmae | 神村学園前 | 14.2 km | - | - | |||
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 | - | - | |||
Hiroki | 広木 | 41.5 km | - | - | |||
Kagoshima-Chūō | 鹿児島中央 | 46.1 km | + | + | Ibusuki Makurazaki Line, Kyushu Shinkansen ■ Kagoshima City Tram Route 2; Kagoshima City Tram Dai-Ni-Ki Line and Kagoshima City Tram Toso Line (Kagoshima-Chūō-Ekimae) |
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Kagoshima | 鹿児島 | 49.3 km | Nippō Main Line ■ Kagoshima City Tram Route 1 and ■ Kagoshima City Tram Route 2; Kagoshima City Tram Dai-Ikki Line (Kagoshima-Ekimae) |
This section was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line from March 13, 2004.
Yatsushiro - Higo-Kōda - Hinagu (Hinagu-Onsen) - Higo-Futami - Kami-Tanoura - (Tanoura-Otachimisaki-Kōen) - Higo-Tanoura - Uminoura - Sashiki - Yunoura - Tsunagi - (Shin-Minamata) - Minamata - Fukuro - Komenotsu - Izumi - Nishi-Izumi - Takaono - Nodagō - Origuchi - Akune - Ushinohama - Satsuma-Ōkawa - Nishikata - Satsuma-Taki - Kusamichi - Kami-Sendai - Sendai
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