Misumi Line

Misumi Line
Misumi Line
	The Misumi Line between Ōda and Akase stations, January 2022
Overview
Native name	三角線みすみせん
Status	In operation
Owner	JR Kyushu
Locale	Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Termini	Uto; Misumi;
Stations	9
Service
Operator(s)	JR Kyushu
Rolling stock	KiHa 185 series DMU, KiHa 40 series DMU, KiHa 200 series DMU
History
Opened	1899
Technical
Line length	25.6 km (15.9 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single tracked
Character	Fairly rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	85 km/h (53 mph)

Misumi Line (三角線みすみせん, Misumi-sen) is a railway line in Kyushu, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Uto Station in Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture with Misumi Station in Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture. The line is known as the Amakusa Misumi Line (あまくさみすみ線せん),^[1] Amakusa being the largest centre beyond Misumi served by the line.

Station list

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Uto	宇土うと	0.0	Kagoshima Main Line	Uto	Kumamoto Prefecture
Midorikawa	緑川みどりかわ	4.0
Sumiyoshi	住吉すみよし	7.2
Higo-Nagahama	肥後ひご長浜ながはま	11.4
Ōda	網田あみた	14.5
Akase	赤瀬あかせ	18.4
Ishiuchi Dam	石打いしうちダム	19.6		Uki
Hataura	波多はた浦うら	23.5
Misumi	三角さんかく	25.6

History

The Kyushu Railway Co. opened the entire line in 1899, and was nationalised in 1907.

Freight services ceased in 1982.^[2]

References

^ 三角さんかく線せんの愛称あいしょうが決定けっていしました [Misumi Line nickname announced]. News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Kyushu Railway Company. 16 August 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
^ 曽根そね, 悟さとる (19 July 2009). 「肥薩線ひさつせん・吉都線きっとせん・三角線みすみせん」『週刊しゅうかん歴史れきしでめぐる鉄道てつどう全ぜん路線ろせん国鉄こくてつ・JR』 (2 ed.). 朝日新聞あさひしんぶん出版しゅっぱん.

[1] 三角さんかく線せんの愛称あいしょうが決定けっていしました [Misumi Line nickname announced]. News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Kyushu Railway Company. 16 August 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[2] 曽根そね, 悟さとる (19 July 2009). 「肥薩線ひさつせん・吉都線きっとせん・三角線みすみせん」『週刊しゅうかん歴史れきしでめぐる鉄道てつどう全ぜん路線ろせん国鉄こくてつ・JR』 (2 ed.). 朝日新聞あさひしんぶん出版しゅっぱん.

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