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, Japan, connecting Kurosaki-Ekimae in Kitakyushu with Chikuhō-Nōgata Station in Nōgata, operated by . The line does not have an official name. The company and the line is also called . The company is a subsidiary of

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(Nishitetsu), founded in 1951. The line originally had a through service with the Nishitetsu Kitakyushu Line, a

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line closed in 2000. Because of this, the Chikutetsu Line only uses tram vehicles. However, the line is legally classified as a railway under Railway Business Act, not a tramway under Tram Act, and the line does not share any segments with public roads.

Station list

Rolling stock

The Chikuhō Electric Railroad operates the following fleet of tramcars. * 2000 series 3-car articulated EMUs * 3000 series 2-car articulated EMUs * 5000 series 3-car articulated low-floor tramcars

2000 series

The 2000 series sets were purchased from

Nishitetsu The , also called or NNR, is one of Japan's "Big 16" private railroad companies. With headquarters in Fukuoka, it operates local and highway buses, supermarkets, real estate and travel agencies, as well as railways in Fukuoka Prefecture ...

and rebuilt as three-car articulated units with four bogies. , three of the original seven 2000 series sets (2002, 2003, 2006) remained in operation. Each car was finished in a different colour livery as follows. File:Chikuho Dentetsu EC Type2000 2001ACB.jpg, Purple-liveried set 2001 in October 2007 File:Chikuho Dentetsu EC Type2000 2003ACB.jpg, Set 2003 in original livery in October 2007 File:Chikuho Dentetsu 2003.jpg, Blue-liveried set 2003 in March 2008 File:Chikuho Dentetsu 2005.jpg, Yellow-liveried set 2005 in July 2009 File:Chikuho Dentetsu 2007.jpg, Red-liveried set 2007 in July 2009

3000 series

Nine 3000 series sets were introduced between 1988 and 1996. , all nine 3000 series sets were in operation, numbered 3001 to 3009. File:Platform of Chikuho-Nogata Station 2.JPG, Set 3004 in April 2016 File:Chikutetsu3005.jpg, Set 3005 in old-style livery in November 2016

5000 series

The 5000 series is a 17.6 m long low-floor tramcar type with three articulated units mounted on two bogies. , three 5000 series sets were in operation, with a total of four sets scheduled to be in operation by March 2018. Individual car histories are as follows. File:Chikutetsu5001.jpg, 5001 in March 2015 File:Chikutetsu5002.jpg, 5002 in November 2016

Former rolling stock

* 2100 series two-car articulated EMUs File:Cer-2005.jpg, Set 2105 in 2000

History

The Chikuho Electric Railroad was founded 15 February 1951. The line opened on 21 March 1956, initially from to . This was extended to on 29 April 1958, and to on 18 September 1959.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chikuho Electric Railroad Line Railway lines in Japan Tram transport in Japan Rail transport in Fukuoka Prefecture 600 V DC railway electrification Standard gauge railways in Japan