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, run by the private railway operator

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. It links Kaizuka Station in

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in Shingū. It connects to the

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at Wajiro, and the

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at Kaizuka. The line was long until Nishitetsu closed the 9.9 km section between Nishitetsu Shingū and Tsuyazaki stations on April 1, 2007.Nishitetsu News Release (2007-02-20
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) Until then, the line was called .

Station list

History

The Hakata Bay Railway opened the gauge Shinhakata to Wajiro line in 1924, and extended the line to Miyajidake the following year. The line was electrified at 1,500 V DC in 1929. The company merged with the Nishi-Nippon Railway in 1942. The 1 km section from Miyajidake to Tsuyazaki opened in 1951, and in 1954 the line was re-gauged to and connected to the Fukuoka line. The line was grade separated over the JR

at Wajiro Station in 1966, and CTC signalling was commissioned in 1978. In 1986, the Shinhakata to Kaizuka section was closed and replaced by the Fukuoka City Subway

. In 2007, the 10 km Nishitetsu Shingū to Tsuyazaki section closed due to declining patronage.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia. {{Fukuoka transit Nishi-Nippon Railroad Kaizuka Line Railway lines in Japan Rail transport in Fukuoka Prefecture 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan