Kitto Line
Kitto Line | |||
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![]() KiHa 40 series DMU at Kobayashi Station | |||
Overview | |||
Other name(s) | Ebino Kōgen Line | ||
Native name | |||
Owner | JR Kyushu | ||
Locale | Kagoshima Miyazaki | ||
Termini | |||
Stations | 17 | ||
Service | |||
Operator(s) | JR Kyushu | ||
Rolling stock | KiHa 40 series DMU | ||
Daily ridership | 576 | ||
History | |||
Opened | 1 October 1912 | ||
Technical | |||
Line length | 61.6 km (38.3 mi) | ||
Number of tracks | Entire line single tracked | ||
Character | Fairly rural with a few urban areas | ||
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
Electrification | None | ||
Operating speed | 85 km/h (53 mph) | ||
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The Kitto Line (
Stations
[edit]Station | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | ||
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Yoshimatsu | 0.0
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■ Hisatsu Line | Yūsui, Aira District |
Kagoshima | |
Tsurumaru | 2.6
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Kyōmachi Onsen | 5.0
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Ebino | Miyazaki | ||
Ebino | えびの | 9.6
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Ebino Uwae | えびの |
13.0
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Ebino Iino | えびの |
15.0
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Nishi Kobayashi | 20.6
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Kobayashi | |||
Kobayashi | 26.8
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Hirowara | 30.8
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Takaharu Nishimorokata District | |||
Takaharu | 34.8
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Hyūga Maeda | 39.4
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Miyakonojō | |||
Takasaki Shinden | 43.8
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Higashi Takasaki | 48.1
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Mangatsuka | 51.0
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Tanigashira | 54.5
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Hyūga Shōnai | 57.5
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Miyakonojō | 57.5
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■ Nippō Main Line |
History
[edit]The Yoshimatsu–Kobayashi section opened in 1912, and was extended to Miyakonojo the following year. Construction continued east and opened to Miyazaki in 1916, with the line formally named the Miyazaki Main Line in 1917.
With the opening of the Nippo Main Line from Kokura to Miyazaki in 1923, the line adopted that name. In 1932, with the opening of the Miyakonojo–Hayato line, that became part of the Nippo Main Line, and this line's name became the Kitto Line.
Freight service ceased in 1987.
References
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