Saturday, November 1, 2008

Hisatsu Line (Wikipedia)

The Hisatsu Line (肥薩線 Hisatsu-sen) is a railway line in Kyūshū, a Japanese island in the south. The line passes throughKumamotoMiyazaki, and Kagoshima prefectures. It is part of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) system. The line goes from the Kagoshima Main Line in Yatsushiro to the Nippō Main Line in Hayato station in Kirishima.

Major part of the line is in the mountainous Kirishima range. No through trains is operated on this line. Rather, trains go fromYatsushiro to Hitoyoshi, from Hitoyoshi to Yoshimatsu, and from Yoshimatsu to Hayato. Until 2000, some trains had been from Kumamoto to Miyazaki that followed the section of the Hisatsu Line from Yatsushiro to Yoshimatsu.

Stations

StationDistance
(km)
ConnectionsLocation
Yatsushiro0.0JR KyūshūKagoshima Main Line
Hisatsu Orange RailwayHisatsu Orange Railway Line
YatsushiroKumamoto
Dan5.2 
Sakamoto11.0 
Haki14.4 
Kamase16.8 
Setoishi19.6 
Kaiji23.5 Ashikata
Ashikata District
Yoshio26.7 
Shiroishi29.8 
Kyūsendō34.9 Kuma,
Kuma District
Isshōchi39.8 
Naraguchi42.4 
Watari45.3 
Nishi Hitoyoshi48.4 Hitoyoshi
Hitoyoshi51.8Kumagawa RailwayYunomae Line
Okoba62.2 
Yatake71.7 
Masaki79.0 EbinoMiyazaki
Yoshimatsu86.8JR Kyūshū:Kitto Line (Ebino Kōgen Line)Yūsui,
Aira District
Kagoshima
Kurino94.3 
Ōsumi-Yokogawa100.8 Kirishima
Uemura102.8 
Kirishima Onsen106.5 
Kareigawa112.3 
Naka-fukura114.4 
Hyōkiyama116.8 
Hinatayama121.6 
Hayato124.2JR Kyūshū: Nippō Main Line

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