Nishi-Kyūshū Line
| Nishi-Kyushu Line | |
|---|---|
 MR-600 series diesel railcar | |
| Overview | |
| Owner | Matsuura Railway |
| Locale | Kyushu |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 57 |
| Service | |
| Type | Heavy rail |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 93.9 km (58.3 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1067 |
The Nishi-Kyushu Line (西九州線, Nishi-Kyūshū-sen) is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Matsuura Railway, which runs between Arita in Saga Prefecture and Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture.[1]
Stations
- ●: Always stops |: Does not stop
Rapid Service: Down trains (to Sasebo) operate between Saza and Sasebo. Up trains (from Sasebo) operate between Sasebo and Tabira-Hiradoguchi.
| Station | Japanese | Distance from Arita (km) |
Rapid service |
Connecting Lines | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arita | 有田 | 0.0 | Sasebo Line | Arita | Saga | |
| Midaibashi | 三代橋 | 1.7 | ||||
| Kurogō | 黒川 | 2.8 | ||||
| Zōshuku | 蔵宿 | 3.8 | ||||
| Nishi-Arita | 西有田 | 4.8 | ||||
| Ōgi | 大木 | 6.1 | ||||
| Yamatani | 山谷 | 7.0 | ||||
| Meotoishi | 夫婦石 | 7.9 | ||||
| Kanatake | 金武 | 9.8 | Imari | |||
| Kawahigashi | 川東 | 11.6 | ||||
| Imari | 伊万里 | 13.0 | Chikuhi Line | |||
| Higashi-Yamashiro | 東山代 | 16.3 | ||||
| Sato | 里 | 17.5 | ||||
| Kusuku | 楠久 | 18.6 | ||||
| Naruishi | 鳴石 | 20.0 | ||||
| Kubara | 久原 | 21.7 | ||||
| Haze | 波瀬 | 22.8 | ||||
| Uranosaki | 浦ノ崎 | 24.8 | ||||
| Fukushimaguchi | 福島口 | 25.3 | ||||
| Imabuku | 今福 | 27.5 | Matsuura | Nagasaki | ||
| Takashimaguchi | 鷹島口 | 28.7 | ||||
| Maehama | 前浜 | 32.4 | ||||
| Tsukinokawa | 調川 | 33.5 | ||||
| Matsuura | 松浦 | 35.6 | ||||
| Matsuura Hatsudensho-mae | 松浦発電所前 | 38.2 | ||||
| Mikuriya | 御厨 | 41.6 | ||||
| Nishikoba | 西木場 | 44.4 | ||||
| Higashi-Tabira | 東田平 | 46.3 | Hirado | |||
| Naka-Tabira | 中田平 | 48.1 | ||||
| Tabira-Hiradoguchi | たびら平戸口 | 51.2 | ● | |||
| Nishi-Tabira | 西田平 | 53.8 | | | |||
| Suetachibana | すえたちばな | 58.1 | | | Sasebo | ||
| Emukae-Shikamachi | 江迎鹿町 | 60.0 | ● | |||
| Takaiwa | 高岩 | 61.4 | | | |||
| Inotsuki | いのつき | 64.9 | | | |||
| Senryūgataki | 潜竜ヶ滝 | 66.5 | | | |||
| Yoshii | 吉井 | 68.8 | ● | |||
| Kōda | 神田 | 70.3 | | | Saza | ||
| Seihō-Kōkōmae | 清峰高校前 | 72.4 | | | |||
| Saza | 佐々 | 74.0 | ● | |||
| Koura | 小浦 | 75.8 | ● | |||
| Masaru | 真申 | 77.7 | | | Sasebo | ||
| Tanagata | 棚方 | 78.3 | ● | |||
| Ainoura | 相浦 | 79.7 | ● | |||
| Daigaku | 大学 | 80.9 | ● | |||
| Kami-Ainoura | 上相浦 | 81.7 | ● | |||
| Motoyama | 本山 | 83.5 | ● | |||
| Nakazato | 中里 | 84.0 | | | |||
| Kaize | 皆瀬 | 85.5 | | | |||
| Nonaka | 野中 | 86.2 | | | |||
| Hidariishi | 左石 | 87.4 | ● | |||
| Senpukuji | 泉福寺 | 88.4 | ● | |||
| Yamanota | 山の田 | 89.5 | | | |||
| Kita-Sasebo | 北佐世保 | 90.6 | ● | |||
| Naka-Sasebo | 中佐世保 | 92.6 | | | |||
| Sasebo-Chūō | 佐世保中央 | 92.8 | ● | |||
| Sasebo | 佐世保 | 93.8 | ● | Sasebo Line | ||
History
The line was opened on 7 August 1898, operated by the Imari Railway (伊万里鉄道). This was absorbed into the Kyushu Railway in December of the same year. In 1907, the line was nationalized, becoming the Imari Line (伊万里線).[1]
From 1 April 1988, the line between Arita and Sasebo was transferred from JNR operation to the privately owned Matsuura Railway.[1]
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