is a railway line in Japan operated by
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
Keisen Station
is a railway station on the Chikuho Main Line and Sasaguri Line operated by JR Kyushu in Keisen, Kaho District, Fukuoka, Japan.
History
The privately run Chikuho Kogyo Railway had opened a track from to on 30 August 1891 and, after sever ...
in
Keisen, Fukuoka
is a town located in Kaho District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of April 30, 2017, the town has an estimated population of 13,750 and a density of 690 persons per km². The total area is 20.07 km².
Keisen was home to Fukuoka POW Camp i ...
with
Yoshizuka Station
is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line and the Sasaguri Line operated by JR Kyushu in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Lines
The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 75.0 km from the starting ...
in
Fukuoka, Fukuoka
is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...
.
Stations
History
The
Kyushu Railway
was a company that built and operated railways in Kyushu, one of four main islands of Japan. Most of its lines came under the control of Japanese Government Railways following nationalization in 1907, and many are now operated by Kyushu Railway ...
Co. opened the Yoshizuka - Sasaguri section in 1904, and extended it to Hakata with a line paralleling the
Kagoshima Main Line
The 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 ...
the following year. The company was nationalised in 1907.
In 1911 the Kagoshima Main line was duplicated utilising the parallel line, and the junction between the lines became Yoshizuka. Petrol railcars were introduced on the line in 1936.
In 1968 the line was extended from Sasaguri to Katsura (on the
Chikuho Main Line), with freight services commencing on that section in 1970. Freight service on the entire line ceased in 1984.
The line was electrified in 2001.
Former connecting lines
Yusu Station: The 14 km Katsuta Line was opened by the Chikuzen Sangu Railway Co. to Chikuzenkatsuta between 1918 and 1919. A connection to Sakado on the
Kashii Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Saitozaki Station in Fukuoka with Umi Station in Umi.
Stations
History
The Hakata Bay Railway Co. opened the Saitozaki - Sue section in 1904, extendin ...
opened in 1942, and the line was nationalised in 1944. Freight service ceased in 1981, and the line closed in 1985.
See also
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Fukuhoku Yutaka Line
The is the collective name for four sections of railway lines operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It runs between Kurosaki Station and Hakata station (66.6 km).
The sections called Fukuhoku Yutaka L ...
References
{{Kyushu Railway Company Lines
Lines of Kyushu Railway Company
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
Railway lines opened in 1904