Nippō Main Line

Nippō Main Line

The Nippō Main Line (日豊本線, Nippō-honsen^?) is a railway line in Kyūshū, in southern Japan. Part of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) system, it follows the east coast of the island. The line originates at Kokura Station in Kokura, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. It passes through the prefectural capitals of Ōita and Miyazaki before arriving at the southern terminal of Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima.

Data

• Gauge: 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
• Length: 467.2 km (including extensions)
• Stations:
  • Passenger: 111 (including terminals)
  • Freight: 1
• Block system: Automatic block system
• Electrification: 20,000 VAC (60 Hz)

Stations

●: Stops, ▲: Rapid train connecting to Hitahikosan Line passes through,｜: Passes through

Liners: Sawayaka Liner, Home Liner

Station	Distance (km)	Rapid	Liner		Transfers, notes	Location
Kokura	0.0	●			JR West: Sanyo Shinkansen JR Kyushu: Kagoshima Main Line Kitakyushu Urban Monorail: Kokura Line	Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū	Fukuoka Prefecture
Nishi Kokura	0.8	●			JR Kyushu: Kagoshima Main Line
Minami Kokura	3.5	▲
Jōno	6.1	●			JR Kyushu: Hitahikosan Line	Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū
Abeyama Kōen	8.4	｜
Shimosone	11.6	｜
Kusami	15.0	｜
Kanda	18.6	｜				Kanda
Obase Nishikōdai-mae	22.2	｜			JR Freight: Nippō Main Line Kanda Minato Line
Yukuhashi	25.0	●			Heisei Chikuho Railway: Tagawa Line	Yukuhashi
Minami Yukuhashi	26.8	｜
Shindenbaru	30.2	｜
Tsuiki	33.9	●				Chikujō
Shiida	36.9	●
Buzen Shōe	41.8	｜				Buzen
Unoshima	45.2	●
Mikekado	48.0	｜
Yoshitomi	50.0	｜				Yoshitomi
Nakatsu	51.8	●				Nakatsu	Ōita Prefecture
Higashi Nakatsu	56.7	●
Imazu	60.1	●
Amatsu	62.5	●				Usa
Buzen Zenkōji	65.5	●
Yanagigaura	69.1	●
Buzen Nagasu	71.0
Usa	75.8
Nishi Yashiki	79.4
Tateishi	85.2					Kitsuki
Naka Yamaga	90.4
Kitsuki	99.2
Ōga	103.3					Hiji
Hiji	107.2
Yōkoku	108.4
Bungo Toyooka	111.3
Kamegawa	114.9					Beppu
Beppu Daigaku	117.0
Beppu	120.8
Higashi Beppu	122.8
Nishi Ōita	130.4					Ōita
Ōita	132.9				JR Kyushu: Kyūdai Main Line, Hōhi Main Line
Maki	136.2
Takajō	138.0
Tsurusaki	141.0
Ōzai	144.3
Sakanoichi	147.4
Kōzaki	151.8
Sashiu	159.0					Usuki
Shitanoe	161.0
Kumasaki	164.7
Kami Usuki	167.6
Usuki	169.2
Tokuura signal box	(174.4)					Tsukumi
Tsukumi	178.9
Hishiro	184.4
Azamui	188.2					Saiki
Kariu	192.0
Kaizaki	194.8
Saiki	197.8
Kamioka	202.4
Naomi	208.8
Naokawa	213.6
Kawaragi signal box	(217.5)
Shigeoka	224.2
Sōtarō	231.0
Ichitana	238.5					Nobeoka	Miyazaki Prefecture
Kitagawa	243.2
Hyūga Nagai	246.7
Kita Nobeoka	251.3
Nobeoka	256.2		●
Minami Nobeoka	259.6		●
Asahigaoka	263.1		｜
Totoro	265.7		｜
Kadogawa	270.0		●			Kadogawa
Hyūgashi	276.6		●			Hyūga
Zaikōji	278.9		｜
Minami Hyūga	283.1		｜
Mimitsu	289.7		｜
Higashi Tsuno	294.1		｜			Tsuno
Tsuno	298.7		●
Kawaminami	305.6		｜			Kawaminami
Takanabe	313.6		●			Takanabe
Hyūga Shintomi	320.0		｜			Shintomi
Sadowara	326.7		●			Miyazaki
Hyūga Sumiyoshi	330.9		●
Hasugaike	334.7		｜
Miyazaki Jingū-mae	337.4		｜
Miyazaki	339.9		●	●
Minami Miyazaki	342.5		●	●	JR Kyushu: Nichinan Line
Kanō	345.1			｜
Kiyotake	347.8			●
Hyūga Kutsukake	352.5			●
Tano	358.0			●
Kadoishi signal box	(363.6)			｜
Aoidake	369.3			｜		Miyakonojō
Kusugaoka signal box	(374.7)			｜
Yamanokuchi	379.1			●
Mochibaru	382.0			●		Mimata
Mimata	385.6			●
Miyakonojō	389.9			●	JR Kyushu: Kitto Line	Miyakonojō
Nishi Miyakonojō	392.4			●
Isoichi	395.2
Takarabe	399.4					Soo	Kagoshima Prefecture
Kitamata	403.0
Ōsumi Ōkawara	408.1
Kita Naganoda	413.4					Kirishima
Kirishima Jingū	419.4
Minami Kirishima signal box	(423.9)
Kokubu	432.1
Hayato	434.7				JR Kyushu: Hisatsu Line
Kajiki	441.6					Aira
Kinkō	443.3
Chōsa	445.5
Aira	447.1
Shigetomi	448.7
Ryūgamizu	455.7				part of local trains pass through	Kagoshima
Kagoshima	462.6				JR Kyushu: Kagoshima Main Line, Kagoshima City Tram: Dai-Ikki Line

Events

On September 17, 2006 at 2:05 p.m., the Nichirin Number 9 train on the Nippo Line derailed near Minami-Nobeoka Station, causing some injuries.