is a railway line in

Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun ...

, Japan, operated by the

Kyushu Railway Company The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait ...

(JR Kyushu). It connects

Uto Station is a railway station of Kyushu Railway Company located in Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. At this station the Misumi Line branches off the Kagoshima Main Line The is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyush ...

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Kumamoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture to ...

with

Misumi Station is a terminal railway station on the Misumi Line, operated by Kyushu Railway Company in Uki, Kumamoto, Japan. Lines Misumi Station is the terminus of the Misumi Line, and lies 25.6 km from the starting point of the line at . Station lay ...

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, Kumamoto Prefecture. The line is known as the , Amakusa being the largest centre beyond Misumi served by the line.

Station list

History

The Kyushu Railway Co. opened the entire line in 1899, and was nationalised in 1907. Freight services ceased in 1982.

References

{{Kyushu Railway Company Lines Lines of Kyushu Railway Company 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan