Kyushu Railway Company

The nihongo|Kyushu Railway Company|九州旅客鉄道株式会社|Kyūshū Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha, also referred to as Nihongo|JR Kyūshū|JR九州|Jeiāru Kyūshū, is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services in Kyūshū, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea.

JR Kyushu's headquarters are in Fukuoka.

The company will introduce SUGOCA, a smart card ticketing system, from spring, 2009.

Lines

hinkansen line

*Kyūshū Shinkansen (Kagoshima Route)

Trunk and Other lines

*Kagoshima Main Line
*Nagasaki Main Line
*Kyūdai Main Line: Nicknamed Yufu Kōgen Line
*Hōhi Main Line: Nicknamed Aso Kōgen Line
*Nippō Main Line
*Chikuhō Main Line: Divided to three segments with different nicknames, namely Haruda Line, Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, and Wakamatsu Line.

Other lines

*Chikuhi Line
*Fukuhoku Yutaka Line: A nickname for the route formed by portions of Kagoshima Main Line, Chikuhō Main Line, and the whole part of Sasaguri Line.
*Gotōji Line
*Hisatsu Line
*Hitahikosan Line
*Ibusuki Makurazaki Line
*Kashii Line
*Karatsu Line
*Kitto Line
*Misumi Line
*Miyazaki Kūkō Line
*Nichinan Line
*Ōmura Line
*Sasaguri Line
*Sasebo Line

ee also

* Kyūshū Railway - a predecessor of JR Kyushu

External links

*http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/ (Japanese)
*http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/ (English)
*http://www.mirejet.com/ JR Kyushu Jet Ferry