TheChikuhi Line(Trúc phì tuyến,Chikuhi-sen)is a railway line in Kyushu, Japan, connectingMeinohama StationinFukuoka, Fukuoka(and via a subway through service, Fukuoka itself) toKaratsu StationinKaratsu, Saga,and fromYamamoto Stationin Karatsu toImari StationinImari, Saga.Trains from Karatsu to Imari use theKaratsu Lineto Yamamoto.[1][2]
 Chikuhi Line | |||
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 305 series on the Chikuhi Line January 2019 | |||
| Overview | |||
| Native name | Trúc phì tuyến | ||
| Locale | Fukuoka,Saga | ||
| Stations | 29 | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Commuter rail | ||
| System | JR Kyushu | ||
| Operator(s) | JR Kyushu | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 5 December 1923 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 42.6 km (26.5 mi) (Meinohama–Karatsu) 25.7 km (16.0 mi) (Yamamoto–Inari) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in) | ||
| Electrification | 1,500 V DCoverhead(Meinohama–Nishi-Karatsu) | ||
| Operating speed | 85 km/h (53 mph) | ||
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Route data
edit- Operators and distances
- JR Kyushu
- From Meinohama to Karatsu: 42.6 km (26.5 mi)
- From Yamamoto to Imari: 25.7 km (16.0 mi)
- JR Kyushu
- Track gauge:1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in)
- Stations: 29
- Double-track: From Meinohama to Chikuzen-Maebaru
- Electrified track: Meinohama to Nishi-Karatsu only; Yamamoto to Imari is unelectrified
Station list
editEastern section
edit- ●: Stops, ｜: Does not stop
- Rapid Service: Stops at every station on theAirport Line
| No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) |
Rapid service stops
(weekdays) |
Transfers | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↑Through servicesto/fromFukuoka Airportvia theAirport Line↑ | ||||||||
| JK01 | Meinohama | Chất bang | 0.0 | ● |  Kūkō Line(K01) (through service)
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Nishi-ku, Fukuoka | Fukuoka | |
| JK02 | Shimoyamato | Hạ sơn môn | 1.6 | | | ||||
| JK03 | Imajuku | Kim túc | 5.2 | | | ||||
| JK04 | Kyūdai-Gakkentoshi | Cửu đại học nghiên đô thị | 6.8 | ● | ||||
| JK05 | Susenji | Chu thuyền tự | 8.1 | | | ||||
| JK06 | Hatae | Ba đa giang | 10.1 | | | Itoshima | |||
| JK07 | Itoshima-Kokomae | Mịch đảo cao giáo tiền | 11.4 | | | ||||
| JK08 | Chikuzen-Maebaru | Trúc tiền tiền nguyên | 12.7 | ● | ||||
| JK09 | Misakigaoka | Mỹ tiếu が khâu | 14.3 | | | ||||
| JK10 | Kafuri | Gia bố lí | 15.4 | | | ||||
| JK11 | Ikisan | Nhất quý sơn | 16.7 | | | ||||
| JK12 | Chikuzen-Fukae | Trúc tiền thâm giang | 20.1 | ● | ||||
| JK13 | Dainyū | Đại nhập | 23.3 | | | ||||
| JK14 | Fukuyoshi | Phúc cát | 26.1 | | | ||||
| JK15 | Shikaka | Lộc gia | 30.2 | | | ||||
| JK16 | Hamasaki | Bang kỳ | 35.4 | ● | Karatsu | Saga | ||
| JK17 | Nijinomatsubara | Hồng ノ tùng nguyên | 37.5 | | | ||||
| JK18 | Higashi-Karatsu | Đông đường tân | 39.3 | ● | ||||
| JK19 | Watada | Hòa đa điền | 40.9 | ● | ||||
| JK20 | Karatsu | Đường tân | 42.6 | ● | Karatsu Line(to Yamamoto/Saga) | |||
| ↓Through servicesto/fromNishi-Karatsuvia theKaratsu Line↓ | ||||||||
| JK21 | Nishi-Karatsu[3] | Tây đường tân | 44.8 | ● | ||||
Western section
editAll trains running on this section stop at all stations.
| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) |
Connecting lines | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↑Through servicesto/fromNishi-Karatsuvia theKaratsu Line↑ | |||||
| Yamamoto | Sơn bổn | 0.0 | Karatsu Line(through service) | Karatsu | Saga |
| Hizen-Kubo | Phì tiền cửu bảo | 5.1 | |||
| Nishi-Ōchi | Tây tương tri | 6.6 | |||
| Sari | Tá lí | 8.2 | |||
| Komanaki | Câu minh | 11.0 | Imari | ||
| Ōkawano | Đại xuyên dã | 12.9 | |||
| Hizen-Nagano | Phì tiền trường dã | 14.3 | |||
| Momonokawa | Đào xuyên | 17.4 | |||
| Kanaishihara | Kim thạch nguyên | 19.7 | |||
| Kami-Imari | Thượng y vạn lí | 24.1 | |||
| Imari | Y vạn lí | 25.7 | Matsuura Railway:Nishi-Kyūshū Line | ||
Rolling stock
edit- 103-1500 seriessix-car EMUs (since 1982)[4]
- 303 seriessix-car EMUs (since 22 January 2000)[4]
- 305 seriessix-car EMUs (since February 2015)
A fleet of six new305 seriessix-carelectric multiple unit(EMU) commuter trains was introduced on the Chikuhi Line from February 2015.[5]
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103-1500 series set E17 in August 2008 -
303 series set K02 in November 2009 -
A 305 series set on the Chikuhi Line in January 2016
History
editThe Kita-Kyushu Railway opened the Fukuyoshi to Hamasaki section in 1923, extending it west to Higashi-Karatsu (situated on the east bank of the Matsuura River, opposite theKaratsu Lineon the west bank) by 1925 and east to Hakata by 1926. The line was again extended west to Yamamoto where it junctioned with the Karatsu line (establishing Higashi-Karatsu as areversing stationin the process) in 1929, and to Imari in 1935. The company was nationalised in 1937 after whichJapanese Government Railways(JGR) designated the track as the Chikuhi Line.[6]
In 1983, the Hakata to Meinohama section was closed and replaced by a link to theFukuoka City Subway Airport Line.A new line from Nijinomatsubara to Karatsu opened (including a new station called Higashi-Karatsu, situated about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) southeast of the original station of that name) and the entire section was electrified at 1,500 V DC to allow through running to Fukuoka via the subway. At the same time, the original Nijinomatsubara to Yamamoto section closed.[6][7][2]
References
edit- ^"JR Kyushu Route Map"(PDF).JR Kyushu.Retrieved3 March2018.
- ^abJR Kyushu (2013).JR cửu châu のひみつ[Secrets of JR Kyushu] (in Japanese). PHP Institute, Inc. pp.82–83.ISBN9784569814933.
- ^Part of the Karatsu Line.
- ^abJR điện xa biên thành biểu 2014 hạ[JR EMU Formations - Summer 2014]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 30 May 2014. pp.220–221.ISBN978-4-330-46614-9.
- ^JR cửu châu trúc phì tuyến に305 hệ thông cần hình trực lưu điện xa đầu nhập[JR Kyushu to introduce 305 series DC commuter trains on Chikuhi Line].Tetsudo Hobidas(in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. 1 August 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 15 July 2018.Retrieved1 August2014.
- ^abIshino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998).Đình xa tràng 変 thiên đại sự điển quốc thiết ・JR biên[Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp.224–5.ISBN4-533-02980-9.
- ^Imao, Keisuke (2009).Nhật bổn thiết đạo lữ hành địa đồ trướng 12 hào cửu châu trùng 縄― toàn tuyến ・ toàn dịch ・ toàn 廃 tuyến[Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 22,41–2.ISBN9784107900302.