Kagoshima Main Line

Kagoshima Main Line

Ariake limited express train
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Locale Fukuoka, Kumamoto and Kagoshima Prefecture
Termini Mojikō, Sendai
Yatsushiro, Kagoshima
Stations 90
Operation
Opened 1889
Owner JR Kyushu, JR Freight
Operator(s) JR Kyushu, JR Freight, Hisatsu Orange Railway
Rolling stock 415 series, 811 series, 813 series, 815 series, 817 series, 783 series, 787 series, 883 series, 885 series, KiHa 72, Hisatsu Orange Railway HSOR-100
Technical
Line length 285.3 km (177.3 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 20 kV AC 60 Hz overhead
Operating speed 130 km/h (80 mph)
Route map
Mojikō station (terminus)

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 Kitakyushu, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu. Until March 13, 2004, it extended 393 km 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 an 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 use the section between Kokura Station (Kitakyushu) and Tosu Station, where the Nagasaki Main Line meets the Kagoshima Main Line.

Stations

Mojikō – Arao

Station name Japanese Total distance (km) Semi rapid[Note 1] Rapid[Note 1] Transfers Location
Mojikō 門司港 0.0 + + Mojikō Retro Kankō Line (Kyushu Railway Museum) Moji-ku, Kitakyushu Fukuoka
Komorie 小森江 4.0 + +
Moji 門司 5.5 + + Sanyō Main Line
Kitakyūshū Freight Terminal 北九州貨物ターミナル 6.9 - -
Higashi-Kokura Freight Terminal 東小倉(貨) 9.4 - - Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyushu
Kokura 小倉 11.0 + + Nippō Main Line
Sanyō Shinkansen
Kitakyūshū Monorail
Nishi-Kokura 西小倉 11.8 + + Nippō Main Line
Hama-Kokura Freight Terminal 浜小倉(貨) 13.4 - -
Kyūshūkōdaimae 九州工大前 15.3 - - Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu
Tobata 戸畑 17.2 + +
Edamitsu 枝光 20.0 - - Yahata Higashi-ku, Kitakyushu
Space World スペースワールド 21.1 * *
Yahata 八幡 22.2 + +
Kurosaki 黒崎 24.9 + + Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line (Kurosaki-Ekimae)
Fukuhoku Yutaka Line 		Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyushu
Higashi-Orio Yard 東折尾(信) 26.8 - -
Jinnoharu 陣原 27.1 - - Fukuhoku Yutaka Line
Orio 折尾 30.1 + + Chikuhō Main Line (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, Wakamatsu Line)
Mizumaki 水巻 32.2 + - Mizumaki, Onga
Ongagawa 遠賀川 34.3 + - Onga, Onga
Ebitsu 海老津 39.4 + * Okagaki, Onga
Kyōikudaimae 教育大前 44.6 + - Munakata
Akama 赤間 46.5 + +
Tōgō 東郷 50.7 + +
Higashi-Fukuma 東福間 53.9 - - Fukutsu
Fukuma 福間 56.6 + +
Chidori 千鳥 58.5 - - Koga
Koga 古賀 60.6 + +
Shishibu ししぶ 62.0 - -
Shingū-Chūō 新宮中央 63.7 - - Shingū, Kasuya
Fukkōdaimae 福工大前 65.1 + + Higashi-ku, Fukuoka
Kyūsandaimae 九産大前 68.1 - -
Kashii 香椎 69.8 + + Kashii Line
Nishitetsu Kaizuka Line (Nishitetsu Kashii)
Chihaya 千早 71.0 + + Nishitetsu Kaizuka Line (Nishitetsu Chihaya)
Chihaya Yard 千早操車場 71.3 - -
Hakozaki 箱崎 75.0 - -
Yoshizuka 吉塚 76.4 + + Sasaguri Line (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
Hakata 博多 78.2 + + ■ Kūkō Line (Fukuoka City Subway)
Kyushu Shinkansen, Fukuhoku Yutaka Line
Hakata Minami Line, Sanyō Shinkansen
Takeshita 竹下 80.9 - -
Sasabaru 笹原 83.3 - - Minami-ku, Fukuoka
Minami-Fukuoka 南福岡 84.9 + + Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
Kasuga 春日 86.1 - - Tenjin Ōmuta Line (Kasugabaru) Kasuga
Ōnojō 大野城 87.4 + + Ōnojō
Mizuki 水城 88.8 - -
Tofurōminami 都府楼南 91.0 - - Dazaifu
Futsukaichi 二日市 92.4 + + Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line (Nishitetsu Futsukaichi) Chikushino
Tenpaizan 天拝山 94.3 - - Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line (Asakuragaidō)
Haruda 原田 97.9 + + Chikuhō Main Line (Haruda Line)
Keyakidai けやき台 99.9 - - Kiyama, Miyaki Saga
Kiyama 基山 101.4 + + Amagi Railway Amagi Line
Yayoigaoka 弥生が丘 103.5 - - Tosu
Tashiro 田代 105.6 - -
Tosu Freight Terminal 鳥栖貨物ターミナル 105.6 - -
Tosu 鳥栖 106.8 + + Nagasaki Main Line
Hizen-Asahi 肥前旭 110.4 - -
Kurume 久留米 113.9 + + Kyushu Shinkansen, Kyūdai Main Line (Yufu Kōgen Line) Kurume Fukuoka
Araki 荒木 118.8 + +
Nishimuta 西牟田 122.6 - - Chikugo
Hainuzuka 羽犬塚 126.1 + +
Chikugo-Funagoya 筑後船小屋 129.7 + + Kyushu Shinkansen
Setaka 瀬高 132.2 + + Miyama
Minami-Setaka 南瀬高 135.2 - -
Wataze 渡瀬 139.1 - -
Yoshino 吉野 141.9 - - Ōmuta
Ginsui 銀水 144.3 - - Nishitetsu Tenjin-Ōmuta Line (Nishitetsu Ginsui)
Ōmuta 大牟田 147.5 + + Nishitetsu Tenjin-Ōmuta Line
Arao 荒尾 151.6 + + Arao Kumamoto

Arao – Yatsushiro

Station name Japanese Total distance (km) Rapid Kumamoto Liner[Note 2] Rapid Super Orange[Note 3] Transfers Location
Arao 荒尾 151.6 + Arao Kumamoto
Minami-Arao 南荒尾 154.8 -
Nagasu 長洲 159.4 + Nagasu, Tamana
Ōnoshimo 大野下 164.1 - Tamana
Tamana 玉名 168.6 +
Higo-Ikura 肥後伊倉 172.8 -
Konoha 木葉 176.7 + Gyokutō, Tamana
Tabaruzaka[Note 4] 田原坂 180.2 - Kita-ku, Kumamoto
Ueki 植木 184.6 +
Nishisato 西里 188.8 -
Sōjōdaigakumae 崇城大学前 191.7 + Nishi-ku, Kumamoto
Kami-Kumamoto 上熊本 193.3 + ■ Kumamoto City Tram Route 3; Kumamoto City Tram Kami-Kumamoto Line (Kami-Kumamoto-Ekimae)
Kumamoto Electric Railway Kikuchi Line
Kumamoto 熊本 196.6 + + 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)
Kumamoto Freight Terminal 熊本(貨) 197.9 - -
Nishi-Kumamoto[Note 5] 西熊本 199.8 Minami-ku, Kumamoto
Kawashiri 川尻 201.9 + -
Tomiai 富合 205.3 + -
Uto 宇土 207.5 + - Misumi Line Uto
Matsubase 松橋 212.3 + - Uki
Ogawa 小川 218.5 + -
Arisa 有佐 223.5 + - Yatsushiro
Senchō 千丁 227.6 + -
Shin-Yatsushiro 新八代 229.5 + - Kyushu Shinkansen
Yatsushiro 八代 232.3 + + Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Hisatsu Line (Ebino Kōgen Line)

Sendai – Kagoshima

Station name Japanese Total distance (km) Rapid:[Note 6] Liners[Note 6] Transfers Location
Sendai 川内 0.0 + + Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Kyushu Shinkansen 		Satsumasendai Kagoshima
Kumanojō 隈之城 2.6 - +
Kobanchaya 木場茶屋 5.7 - -
Kushikino 串木野 12.0 + + Ichikikushikino
Kamimuragakuenmae 神村学園前 14.2 - -
Ichiki 市来 16.6 - +
Yunomoto 湯之元 20.4 - + Hioki
Higashi-Ichiki 東市来 22.9 - -
Ijūin 伊集院 28.8 + +
Satsuma-Matsumoto 薩摩松元 34.1 - - Kagoshima
Kami-Ijūin 上伊集院 36.5 - -
Hiroki 広木 41.5 - -
Kagoshima-Chūō 鹿児島中央 46.1 + + 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)
Kagoshima 鹿児島 49.3 Nippō Main Line
■ Kagoshima City Tram Route 1 and ■ Kagoshima City Tram Route 2; Kagoshima City Tram Dai-Ikki Line (Kagoshima-Ekimae)

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 All trains stop at stations marked "+". Some trains stop at "*". Most trains do not stop at "-". Some rapid/semi rapid trains, however, make stop at all the stations northward from Hakata or Minami-Fukuoka, or southward from Hakata, Futsukaichi, or Kurume.
  2. ↑ All the trains stop at stations marked "+". Some trains stop at "*". Most trains do not stop at "-". Some Kumamoto Liner rapid trains, however, make stop at all the stations southward from Kumamoto.
  3. ↑ Through service to Hisatsu Orange Railway Line.
  4. ↑ Some local trains do not stop at Tabaruzaka.
  5. ↑ Opening spring 2016
  6. 1 2 All the trains stop at stations marked "+". Some trains stop at "*". No trains (other than local) stop at "-". Rapid trains always run from Kagoshima-Chūō to Sendai, never the opposite direction. "Liners" here refers to Sawayaka Liner and Ohayō Liner.

Former Yatsushiro – Sendai section

This section was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line from March 13, 2004. Some through services operate over this section.

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

History

The Kyushu Railway opened the 197 km Moji - Hakata - Kumamoto section section between 1889 and 1891, and extended the line south to Yatsushiro by 1896. The Moji to- Kokura section was double-tracked in 1987, and the company was nationalised in 1907. At the southern end the line from Kagoshima to Hayato (now part of the Nippo Main Line) opened as part of the Hisatsu Line in 1901. The Hayato to Yoshimatsu section of the Hisatsu line opened in 1903, the Yatsushiro to Hitoyoshi section opened in 1908, and the Hitoyoshi to Yoshimatsu section in 1909, providing the original connection from Kagoshima to Yatsushiro.

The 114 km Moji to Kurume section was electrified in 1961, extended to Kumamoto in 1965, and to Kagoshima in 1970.

In 2004, following the opening of the Kagoshima to Shin Yatsushiro section of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the Yatsushiro to Sendai section was transferred to the third-sector Hisatsu Orange Railway.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

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