Miyazaki Kūkō Line

Miyazaki Kūkō Line
Trains at Miyazaki Airport Station, March 2004
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Miyazaki Prefecture
Termini	Tayoshi Miyazaki Airport
Stations	2
Operation
Owner	JR Kyushu
Technical
Line length	1.4 km (0.87 mi)
No. of tracks	Single
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	20 kV AC, overhead catenary

The Miyazaki Kūkō Line (宮崎空港線, Miyazaki Kūkō-sen, "Miyazaki Airport Line") is a railway line in Kyushu, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Tayoshi Station in Miyazaki, Miyazaki with Miyazaki Airport Station. Trains continue to and from Minami-Miyazaki Station and Miyazaki Station in the city center and further on the Nippō Main Line.

History

The 1.4km line opened on 18 July 1996, 30 years after jet services to the airport commenced.

Stations

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Tayoshi	田吉	0.0	Nichinan Line	Miyazaki, Miyazaki
Miyazaki Airport	宮崎空港	1.4		Miyazaki, Miyazaki

References

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

JR Kyushu lines

Shinkansen	Kyushu

Main	Chikuhō Hōhi Kagoshima Kyūdai Nagasaki Nippō

Local	Chikuhi Gotōji Hisatsu Hitahikosan Ibusuki Makurazaki Karatsu Kashii Kitto Misumi Miyazaki Airport Nichinan Ōmura Sasaguri Sasebo

Others	Fukuhoku Yutaka

Past	Amagi Ita Itoda Kagoshima Main (Hisatsu Orange) Kamiyamada Matsuura Miyada Tagawa Takachiho Takamori Yamano Yunomae

Coordinates: 31°52′22″N 131°26′08″E / 31.87278°N 131.43556°E / 31.87278; 131.43556

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