Nishi-Kyūshū Line

Nishi-Kyūshū Line
MR-600 series diesel railcar
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Kyūshū
Termini	Arita Sasebo
Stations	57
Operation
Owner	Matsuura Railway
Technical
Line length	93.9 km
Track gauge	1,067 mm

The Nishi-Kyūshū Line (西九州線, Nishi-Kyūshū-sen^?) is a Japanese railway line operated by 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		JR Kyushu: 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		JR Kyushu: 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	●	JR Kyushu: 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]

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. 

External links

• Matsuura Railway official website (Japanese)