Kyushu Railway Company

The Kyushu Railway Company ( Japanese 九州 旅客 鉄 道 株式会社 , Kyūshū ryokaku tetsudō kabushiki gaisha , short: JR 九州 , JR Kyūshū ) is one of the seven successors to the Japanese National Railways, which was privatized in 1987 . It operates the former state network on the island of Kyushu .

The company's showpiece is the Kyūshū Shinkansen , an express train line opened in 2004 between Shin- Yatsushiro and Kagoshima Chūō. Since March 12, 2011, the route via Kumamoto to Hakata has been extended and thus connected to the rest of the Shinkansen network. There are 137 trains with three train names and two Shinkansen vehicles on the Kyūshū Shinkansen in operation.

The Kyushu Railway Company continues to operate numerous regional and suburban trains.

history

JR Kyushus area in red

JR Kyūshū was founded on April 1, 1987 after the Japanese State Railway Company was privatized and split up.

Lines

• Kyushu Shinkansen ( 九州 新 幹線 )
• Chikuhō main line ( 筑 豊 本 線 )
• Hōhi main line ( 豊 肥 本 線 )
• Kagoshima Main Line ( 鹿 児 島 本 線 )
• Kyūdai main line ( 久 大本 線 )
• Nagasaki Main Line ( 長崎 本 線 )
• Nippō main line ( 日 豊 本 線 )
• Chikuhi line ( 筑 肥 線 )
• Fukuhoku-Yutaka Line ( 福 北 ゆ た か 線 )
• Gotōji line ( 後 藤 寺 線 )
• Hisatsu line ( 肥 薩 線 )
• Hitahikosan Line ( 日 田 彦 山 線 )
• Ibusuki-Makurazaki Line ( 指 宿 枕 崎 線 )
• Kashii line ( 香 椎 線 )
• Karatsu line ( 唐 津 線 )
• Kitto line ( 吉 都 線 )
• Misumi line ( 三角 線 )
• Miyazaki Kūkō Line ( 宮 崎 空港 線 )
• Nichinan line ( 日南 線 )
• Ōmura line ( 大村 線 )
• San'yō Main Line ( 山陽 本 線 )
• Sasaguri line ( 篠 栗 線 )
• Sasebo Line ( 佐世保 線 )

Web links

Commons : Kyushu Railway Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Website (Japanese, English, Korean)