The is a railway line in
Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's Japanese archipelago, four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa Island, Okinawa and the other Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Ryukyu Islands, Islands ...
, 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. It formerly operated the Beetle (JR Kyushu), Beetle hydrofoil service across th ...
(JR Kyushu). It connects
Tayoshi Station in
Miyazaki, Miyazaki
is the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 397,381 in 187,859 households, and a population density of 620 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Miy ...
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
The is a railway line in Kyushu, in southern Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). Also known as the Fukuhoku Nippo Line, The line connects Kokura Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, K ...
.
History
The line opened on 18 July 1996,
30 years after jet services to the airport commenced.
Stations
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miyazaki Kuko Line
Lines of Kyushu Railway Company
Airport rail links in Japan
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
Railway lines opened in 1996
1996 establishments in Japan
Rail transport in Miyazaki Prefecture