Ibusuki Makurazaki Line

Ibusuki Makurazaki Line
Nishi-Ōyama Station with Kaimondake volcano in the background, and a post marking it as the southernmost railway station in Japan
Overview
Locale	Kagoshima Prefecture
Termini	Kagoshima-Chūō Makurazaki
Stations	36
Operation
Opening	1930
Owner	JR Kyushu
Rolling stock	KiHa 40/47/140, KiHa 200 series
Technical
Line length	87.8 km (54.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	85 km/h (55 mph) (Kagoshima-Chūō–Yamakawa) 65 km/h (40 mph) (Yamakawa–Makurazaki)
Route map

Ibusuki Makurazaki Line

Legend Kagoshima Main Line Kagoshima City Tram Route 2 0.0 Kagoshima-Chūō Kyushu Shinkansen 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 Ei 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

Nanohana rapid service

Ibusuki Makurazaki Line (指宿枕崎線, Ibusuki Makurazaki-sen) is a railway line in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It runs 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. Excluding the Okinawa Monorail in Okinawa, this is the southernmost railway line in Japan, with Nishi-Ōyama Station being the southernmost station overall.

Services

The line is operationally divided into two sections. The section 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. The Ibusuki no Tamatebako limited express and Nanohana (なのはな) rapid services operate on this section. The limited express train runs three times a day, and the rapid train runs southward three times a day, northward four times a day.

The section between Yamakawa and Makurazaki 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.

The Nanohana DX (なのはなDX) rapid service was discontinued from the start of the revised timetable on March 12, 2011.

Stations

The Ibusuki Makkurazaki Line is entirely in Kagoshima Prefecture.

¹ All trains stop at stations marked "+". Some trains stop at "*". No trains stop at "-".

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