Chikuhi Line
{{Short description|Railway line in Kyushu, Japan}}
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| native_name = 筑肥線
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{{cvt|25.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} (Yamamoto–Inari)
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The {{nihongo|Chikuhi Line|筑肥線|Chikuhi-sen}} is a railway line in Kyushu, Japan, connecting Meinohama Station in Fukuoka, Fukuoka (and via a subway through service, Fukuoka itself) to Karatsu Station in Karatsu, Saga, and from Yamamoto Station in Karatsu to Imari Station in Imari, Saga. Trains from Karatsu to Imari use the Karatsu Line to Yamamoto.{{cite web|url=http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/pdf/jrkyushu_routemap_en.pdf|title=JR Kyushu Route Map|publisher=JR Kyushu|access-date=3 March 2018}}{{Cite book|last=JR Kyushu|script-title=ja: JR九州のひみつ|year=2013 |publisher=PHP Institute, Inc.|isbn=9784569814933|trans-title=Secrets of JR Kyushu|language=ja|pages=82–83}}
Route data
- Operators and distances
- JR Kyushu
- From Meinohama to Karatsu: {{Convert|42.6|km|abbr=on}}
- From Yamamoto to Imari: {{Convert|25.7|km|abbr=on}}
- Track gauge: {{RailGauge|1067 mm}}
- Stations: 29
- Double-track: From Meinohama to Chikuzen-Maebaru
- Electrified track: Meinohama to Nishi-Karatsu only; Yamamoto to Imari is unelectrified
Station list
=Eastern section=
:●: Stops, ｜: Does not stop
:Rapid Service: Stops at every station on the Airport Line.
:Through service by Fukuoka City Subway commuter trains ends at Chikuzen-Maebaru.
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| No.
!Station !Japanese !Distance !Rapid service stops (weekdays) !Rapid service stops (weekends, holidays) !Transfers ! colspan="2" |Location |
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| colspan="9" align="center" |↑ Through services to/from Fukuoka Airport via the Airport Line ↑ |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|01}}
|{{lang|ja|姪浜}} | align="right" |0.0 | align="center" |● | align="center" |● |{{ric|Fukuoka City Subway|k|name=y}} (K01) (through service) | rowspan="5" |Nishi-ku, Fukuoka | rowspan="15" |Fukuoka |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|02}}
|{{lang|ja|下山門}} | align="right" |1.6 | align="center" |● | align="center" | | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|03}}
|{{lang|ja|今宿}} | align="right" |5.2 | align="center" |● | align="center" | | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|04}}
|{{lang|ja|九大学研都市}} | align="right" |6.8 | align="center" |● | align="center" |● | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|05}}
|{{lang|ja|周船寺}} | align="right" |8.1 | align="center" |● | align="center" | | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|06}}
|{{lang|ja|波多江}} | align="right" |10.1 | align="center" |● | align="center" | | | rowspan="10" |Itoshima |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|07}}
|{{lang|ja|糸島高校前}} | align="right" |11.4 | align="center" |● | align="center" | | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|08}}
|{{lang|ja|筑前前原}} | align="right" |12.7 | align="center" |● | align="center" |● | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|09}}
|{{lang|ja|美咲が丘}} | align="right" |14.3 | align="center" | | align="center" | | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|10}}
|{{lang|ja|加布里}} | align="right" |15.4 | align="center" | | align="center" | | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|11}}
|{{lang|ja|一貴山}} | align="right" |16.7 | align="center" | | align="center" | | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|12}}
|{{lang|ja|筑前深江}} | align="right" |20.1 | align="center" |● | align="center" |● | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|13}}
|{{lang|ja|大入}} | align="right" |23.3 | align="center" | | align="center" | | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|14}}
|{{lang|ja|福吉}} | align="right" |26.1 | align="center" | | align="center" | | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|15}}
|{{lang|ja|鹿家}} | align="right" |30.2 | align="center" | | align="center" | | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|16}}
|{{lang|ja|浜崎}} | align="right" |35.4 | align="center" |● | align="center" |● | | rowspan="5" |Karatsu | rowspan="5" |Saga |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|17}}
|{{lang|ja|虹ノ松原}} | align="right" |37.5 | align="center" | | align="center" | | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|18}}
|{{lang|ja|東唐津}} | align="right" |39.3 | align="center" |● | align="center" |● | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|19}}
|{{lang|ja|和多田}} | align="right" |40.9 | align="center" |● | align="center" |● | |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|20}}
|{{lang|ja|唐津}} | align="right" |42.6 | align="center" |● | align="center" |● |Karatsu Line (to Yamamoto/Saga) |
| colspan="9" align="center" |↓ Through services to/from {{STN|Nishi-Karatsu|x}} via the Karatsu Line ↓ |
| {{JRK Station Numbering|JK|21}}
|Nishi-Karatsu{{refn|Part of the Karatsu Line.}} |{{lang|ja|西唐津}} | align="right" |44.8 | align="center" |● | align="center" |● | | | |
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=Western section=
All trains running on this section stop at all stations.
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| Station
!Japanese !Distance !Connecting lines !colspan="2"|Location |
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| colspan="6" align="center"|↑ Through services to/from {{STN|Nishi-Karatsu|x}} via the Karatsu Line ↑ |
| Yamamoto
|{{lang|ja|山本}} |align="right"|0.0 |Karatsu Line (through service) |rowspan="4"|Karatsu |rowspan="11"|Saga |
| Hizen-Kubo
|{{lang|ja|肥前久保}} |align="right"|5.1 | |
| Nishi-Ōchi
|{{lang|ja|西相知}} |align="right"|6.6 | |
| Sari
|{{lang|ja|佐里}} |align="right"|8.2 | |
| Komanaki
|{{lang|ja|駒鳴}} |align="right"|11.0 | |rowspan="7"|Imari |
| Ōkawano
|{{lang|ja|大川野}} |align="right"|12.9 | |
| Hizen-Nagano
|{{lang|ja|肥前長野}} |align="right"|14.3 | |
| Momonokawa
|{{lang|ja|桃川}} |align="right"|17.4 | |
| Kanaishihara
|{{lang|ja|金石原}} |align="right"|19.7 | |
| Kami-Imari
|{{lang|ja|上伊万里}} |align="right"|24.1 | |
| Imari
|{{lang|ja|伊万里}} |align="right"|25.7 |
Rolling stock
= JR Kyushu =
- 103-1500 series six-car EMUs (since 1982){{cite book |script-title=ja: JR電車編成表 2014夏 |trans-title=JR EMU Formations - Summer 2014 |publisher = Kotsu Shimbunsha |date = 30 May 2014 |location = Japan |pages =220–221 |isbn = 978-4-330-46614-9}}
- 303 series six-car EMUs (since 22 January 2000)
- 305 series six-car EMUs (since February 2015)
A fleet of six new 305 series six-car electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter trains was introduced on the Chikuhi Line from February 2015.{{cite web |url= http://rail.hobidas.com/news/info/article/141079.html |script-title= ja:JR九州 筑肥線に305系通勤型直流電車投入 |trans-title= JR Kyushu to introduce 305 series DC commuter trains on Chikuhi Line |date= 1 August 2014 |work= Tetsudo Hobidas |publisher= Neko Publishing |location= Japan |language= ja |access-date= 1 August 2014 |archive-date= 15 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180715011818/http://rail.hobidas.com/news/info/article/141079.html |url-status= dead }}
File:JR kyushu 103-1500 E17 1.jpg|103-1500 series set E17 in August 2008
File:JRKyushu-303-K02-20091102.jpg|303 series set K02 in November 2009
File:JR Kyushu 305 series W1.jpg|A 305 series set on the Chikuhi Line in January 2016
=Fukuoka City Subway=
- 1000 series (since 1981)
- 2000 series (since 1992)
- 4000 series (since 29 November 2024)
Through service to Chikuzen-Maebaru.
File:Fukuoka-Series1000_09.jpg|A 1000 series set in December 2021
File:Fukuoka-SeriesN2000_22.jpg|A 2000 series set in December 2021
File:Fukuoka_City_Subway_Series_4000_at_Meinohama_Station_(20241027_Opening_Day).jpg|A 4000 series set in October 2024
History
The 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 the Karatsu Line on 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 a reversing station in the process) in 1929, and to Imari in 1935. The company was nationalised in 1937 after which Japanese Government Railways (JGR) designated the track as the Chikuhi Line.{{Teishajo|I|224-5}}
In 1983, the Hakata to Meinohama section was closed and replaced by a link to the Fukuoka City Subway Airport Line. A new line from Nijinomatsubara to Karatsu opened (including a new station called Higashi-Karatsu, situated about {{convert|1.5|km|abbr=on}} 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.{{Cite book|last=Imao|first=Keisuke|script-title=ja: 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号 九州 沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 |year=2009 |publisher=Mook|isbn=9784107900302|trans-title=Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines|language=ja|pages=22, 41–2}}
References
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{{Fukuoka transit}}
{{Kyushu Railway Company Lines}}