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Nagasaki Main Line
長崎本線
JR Kyūshū 885 series Kamome limited express at Nagasaki StationOverview Type Heavy rail Locale Saga, Nagasaki prefectures Termini Tosu
NagasakiStations 41 Operation Opened 1891 Owner JR Kyūshū Operator(s) JR Kyūshū, JR Freight Technical Line length 148.8 km (92.46 mi) Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Electrification 20kV 60Hz AC (Tosu — Isahaya, Kikitsu — Ichinuno, Urakami — Nagasaki sections) Route map 
Nagasaki Main Line Legend
↑ Kagoshima Main Line for Hakata 
0.0 Tosu 17 m 
→ Kagoshima Main Line for Kurume 
Route 34 
2.0 Shin-Tosu under construction 
2.4 Asahi River 52 m 4.2 Hizen-Fumoto 28 m 8.2 Kansui River 59 m 8.5 Nakabaru 30 m old Metabaru Station until 1943 
10.0 Kiridōshi River 30 m 13.1 Yoshinogari-kōen 11 m 14.3 Tade River 66 m 
15.7 Kanzaki 9 m 
16.4 Jōbaru River 117 m 17.4 Ane River No. 1 51 m 19.3 Ane River No. 2 38 m 20.2 Igaya 5 m 21.0 22.0 
Route 34 
→ old Saga Line 
25.0 Saga → old Saga Station until 1976 
26.3 27.7 Uekari River 119 m 28.0 Nabeshima 5 m 28.3 Shin River 61 m 29.0 Higashi-Ō River 147 m 
29.8 Balloon Saga temporary 30.0 Kase River 503 m 30.3 Moat 123 m 30.4 Moat 61 m 31.4 Kubota 5 m 
← Karatsu Line for Karatsu 32.5 33.8 Moat 35 m 35.0 Ushizu River 159 m Route 34 39.6 Hizen-Yamaguchi 5 m Route 34 ← Sasebo Line for Sasebo 42.5 Rokkaku River 152 m 44.7 Hizen-Shiroishi 4 m 48.8 49.9 Hizen-Ryūō 4 m Route 207 
52.2 Shiota River 241 m 54.6 Hizen-Kashima 7 m 55.4 57.6 Hizen-Hama 6 m 58.0 
61.0 Nishiura Tunnel 180 m 61.5 Hizen-Nanaura 6 m 
61.9 Tunnel 90 m 63.6 Hizen-Iida 8 m 63.8 65.6 67.7 Tara 7 m 69.7 Kamezaki Tunnel 175 m 70.7 Tunnel 175 m 71.7 Sato Tunnel 173 m 
72.7 Sato Signal Station 9 m Route 207 75.6 Hizen-Ōura 17 m 
76.9 Route 207 254 m
Saga ↔ Nagasaki 78.9 Doizaki Signal Station 11 m 81.6 Tunnel 215 m Route 207 82.3 Konagai 7 m 82.7 Route 207 219 m84.4 Tunnel 140 m 84.7 Nagasato 6 m 84.9 Nagasato River 81 m 87.3 Sakai River 65 m 87.6 Yue 14 m 90.9 Oe 10 m 91.6 Shinkai Tunnel 210 m 92.0 Shinkai River 91 m 95.6 Hizen-Nagata 5 m 95.9 Nishinagata River 51 m 97.5 old Higashi-Isahaya Station until 1990 97.8 Higashi-Isahaya 8 m 98.8 Honmyō Tunnel 390 m 99.5 Honmyō River 66 m 
← Ōmura Line for Haiki 100.4 Isahaya 16 m 100.6 Route 207 93 m→ Shimabara Railway Line for Kazusa 
100.8 Tunnel ↓ 52 m 100.9 Route 207 ↑ 183 m / ↓ 337 m101.4 Isahaya Tunnel No.2 ↓ 138 m 
Route 34 103.2 Nishi-Isahaya 6 m 103.4 Higashi-Ō River 128 m 
105.2 105.8 Hisa Mountain Tunnel 56 m 106.9 Kikitsu 3 m 107.2 
← Old Line via Nagayo 
107.5 Tunnel 765 m 108.7 Kajiki Tunnel 374 m 109.4 Ichinuno 28 m 
110.0 Tunnel 1249 m 
3.5 ← Higashi-Sono 7 m 111.4 Koga Tunnel 558 m 112.1 112.3 Hizen-Koga 45 m 112.6 112.8 Enoki Tunnel 1515 m 7.2 ← Ōkusa 7 m 114.8 Utsutsugawa 67 m 115.1 Nagasaki Tunnel 6173 m 
10.5 
118.5 Hizenmigawa Signal Station 30 m 12.3 ← Honkawachi 69 m 15.4 ← Nagayo 15 m 16.4 ← Kōda 21 m 
18.9 ← Michinō 52 m 
20.6 ← Nishi-Urakami : Sumijoshi → 23 m 
↔ Nagasaki Tramway 
122.2 Ō River 79 m 123.7 Urakami 3 m → Urakami-eki-mae 125.3 Nagasaki 3 m 131.3 → Nagasaki-eki-mae 
The Nagasaki Main Line (長崎本線 Nagasaki-hon-sen), or simply Nagasaki Line, is a line owned by the Kyūshū Railway Company (JR Kyūshū) running from Tosu Station in Saga Prefecture to Nagasaki Station in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. There is a separate branch of this line from Kikitsu Station to Urakami Station by way of Nagayo Station.
Contents
Route Data
- Operators and route length:
- JR Kyūshū (services and tracks)
- Tosu - Nagasaki: 125.3 km (77.86 mi)
- Kikitsu - Nagayo - Urakami: 23.5 km (14.60 mi)
- JR Freight (services)
- Tosu - Nagasaki: 125.3 km (77.86 mi)
- JR Kyūshū (services and tracks)
- Stations: 41 (including seasonal stations)
- Double-tracking:
- Tosu - Hizen-Yamaguchi
- Isahaya - Kikitsu
- Urakami - Nagasaki
- Electrification: Tosu - Nagasaki (20kV AC 60 Hz)
- Railway signalling: Automatic
- CTC center: Hakata Integrated Operations Center
Route description
The line is single-tracked between Kashima and Nagasaki stations due to the coastal geography of the area making double-tracking prohibitively expensive.
The old route (旧線) is the branch of the Nagasaki Main Line between Kikitsu and Urakami via Nagayo that existed before the opening of the new route. Prior to the opening of the new route, express and limited express trains ran on this section. You can see vestiges of this at Michinoo and other stations along the route.
The new line (新線) is the branch of the Nagasaki Main Line between Isahaya and Urakami via Ichinuno through the Nagasaki Tunnel. It is electrified.
Services
Limited express
The Kamome limited express operates on the Nagasaki Main Line. The merged Midori/Huis Ten Bosch limited express operates east of Hizen-Yamaguchi Station. Limited express trains travel over the new route between Isahaya and Urakami stations.
Overnight sleeper trains, such as the Sakura (between Tokyo and Nagasaki) and Akatsuki (between Kyoto and Nagasaki), were discontinued in 2008.
Regional trains
Other than trains that are operated on the entire Nagasaki Line, there are trains which operate in specific sections, such as from Tosu to Hizen-Kashima, and trains which continue on to other lines.
- In the morning, from Hizen-Nanaura Station, there is a direct train to Mojikō Station (on the Kagoshima Main Line).
- The new line from Isahaya to Nagasaki uses EMUs, but the old line, including direct trains to the Omura Line, uses DMUs. However, the rapid service train Seaside Liner, despite being a DMU, uses the new line.
- Between Hizen-Nanaura Station and Yue Station, because it is a relatively inactive part of the line, local trains only run for about five hours into the daytime after the morning rush.
- Driver-only trains are operated on the entire Nagasaki Line. On the new line, the 817 series EMU is used, and on the old line, the KiHa 66, 67, and 200 DMUs are used.
Freight
Freight trains are operated between Tosu and Nabeshima. High-speed freight trains make three round trips a day from Tosu Freight Terminal to Nabeshima. The electric locomotive used is the Class ED76. Freight trains only arrive and depart from Nabeshima station.
Rolling stock
- 783 series (Kamome, Midori, Huis ten Bosch)
- 885 series (Kamome)
- 811 series
- 813 series
- 817 series
- 415 series
- KiHa 66/67 DMUs (Seaside Liner)
- KiHa 200 DMUs (Seaside Liner)
History
In 1907, the Railway Nationalization Act was passed in Japan, nationalizing all railways. This act provided that the Ariake Line be extended from Tosu to Isahaya by way of Kashima. It also provided that a new line be built from Kikitsu to Urakami by way of Nagasaki. This was all completed in 1934, and the line was renamed the Nagasaki Main Line.
Stations
Legend
- All trains stop at stations marked "●", some stop at stations marked "▲". All trains pass stations marked "｜".
- Double-tracked sections are marked "∥", single-tracked sections where trains may pass are marked "◇", and single-tracked sections where trains cannot pass are marked "｜".
New route (via Ichinuno)
- "Rapid" refers to the Seaside Liner rapid service.
- Local trains make all stops. For information on the Kamome and Midori limited express services please consult their respective articles.
Station Japanese Distance (km) Rapid Transfers Location Between
StationsTotal Tosu 鳥栖 - 0.0 JR Kyūshū: Kagoshima Main Line ∥ Tosu Saga Shin-Tosu 新鳥栖 2.0 2.0 JR Kyūshū: Kyūshū Shinkansen ∥ Hizen-Fumoto 肥前麓 2.2 4.2 ∥ Nakabaru 中原 4.3 8.5 ∥ Miyaki, Miyaki District Yoshinogari-Kōen 吉野ヶ里公園 4.6 13.1 ∥ Yoshinogari, Kanzaki District Kanzaki 神埼 2.6 15.7 ∥ Kanzaki Igaya 伊賀屋 4.5 20.2 ∥ Saga Saga 佐賀 4.8 25.0 ∥ Nabeshima 鍋島 3.0 28.0 ∥ Balloon Saga (seasonal) バルーンさが 1.8 29.8 ∥ Kubota 久保田 1.6 31.4 JR Kyūshū: Karatsu Line[* 1] ∥ Ushizu 牛津 2.8 34.2 ∥ Ogi Hizen-Yamaguchi 肥前山口 5.4 39.6 JR Kyūshū: Sasebo Line (some trains through to/from Tosu) ∨ Kōhoku, Kishima District Hizen-Shiroishi 肥前白石 5.1 44.7 ◇ Shiroishi, Kishima District Hizen-Ryūō 肥前竜王 4.7 49.4 ◇ Hizen-Kashima 肥前鹿島 5.2 54.6 ◇ Kashima Hizen-Hama 肥前浜 3.0 57.6 ◇ Hizen-Nanaura 肥前七浦 3.9 61.5 ◇ Hizen-Iida 肥前飯田 2.1 63.6 ◇ Tara 多良 4.1 67.7 ◇ Tara, Fujitsu District Hizen-Ōura 肥前大浦 7.9 75.6 ◇ Konagai 小長井 6.7 82.3 ◇ Isahaya Nagasaki Nagasato 長里 2.4 84.7 To/from Ōmura Line ◇ Yue 湯江 2.9 87.6 ◇ Oe 小江 3.3 90.9 ◇ Hizen-Nagata 肥前長田 4.7 95.6 ◇ Higashi-Isahaya 東諫早 2.2 97.8 ◇ Isahaya 諫早 2.6 100.4 ● JR Kyūshū: Ōmura Line (through to/from Nagasaki)
Shimabara Railway: Shimabara Railway Line^ Nishi-Isahaya 西諫早 2.8 103.2 ▲ ∥ Kikitsu 喜々津 3.7 106.9 ● JR Kyūshū: Nagasaki Main Line (old route) (through to/from Isahaya) ∨ Ichinuno 市布 2.5 109.4 ▲ ◇ Hizen-Koga 肥前古賀 2.9 112.3 ▲ ｜ Nagasaki Utsutsugawa 現川 2.5 114.8 ▲ ◇ Urakami 浦上 8.9 123.7 ● JR Kyūshū: Nagasaki Main Line (old route) (through to/from Nagasaki)
Nagasaki Electric Tramway: Main Line (Urakami-Ekimae)^ Nagasaki 長崎 1.6 125.3 ● Nagasaki Electric Tramway: Main Line, Sakuramachi Branch (Nagasaki-Ekimae) ∥ - ^ Karatsu Line trains run through to Saga Station
Old route (via Nagayo)
- All stations located within Nagasaki Prefecture.
- All trains make all stops.
Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location Between
StationsTotal Kikitsu 喜々津 - 0.0 JR Kyūshū: Nagasaki Main Line (new route) (through to/from Isahaya) ◇ Isahaya Higashisono 東園 3.5 3.5 ｜ Ōkusa 大草 3.7 7.2 ◇ Honkawachi 本川内 5.1 12.3 ｜ Nagayo, Nishisonogi District Nagayo 長与 3.1 15.4 ◇ Kōda 高田 1.0 16.4 ｜ Michinoo 道ノ尾 2.5 18.9 ｜ Nishi-Urakami 西浦上 1.7 20.6 ｜ Nagasaki Urakami 浦上 2.9 23.5 JR Kyūshū: Nagasaki Main Line (new route) (through to/from Nagasaki)
Nagasaki Electric Tramway: Main Line (Urakami-Ekimae)◇ References
- Route diagram: Nippon Rettō - Tetsudō-kigen (にっぽん列島 - 鉄道紀元) p. 12-15, Vol. 27, May 10, 2007 - JTB Publishing Inc. [1]
External links
- JR Kyūshū (Japanese)
Categories:- Lines of Kyushu Railway Company
- Nagasaki Main Line
- Railway lines opened in 1891
- Operators and route length:
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