Hisatsu Line

Hisatsu Line

Hisatsu Line

Legend ↑ Kagoshima Main Line for Kumamoto Shin-Yatsushiro ↔ Kyushu Shinkansen ← Industrial Railway ← old Yatsushiro Station 0.0 Yatsushiro 6 m ← Hisatsu Orange Railway Line for Sendai ↔ Kyushu Shinkansen 5.2 Dan 16 m 6.6 7.1 10.2 → Industrial Railway 11.0 Sakamoto 26 m 12.2 14.3 Haki 34 m 16.8 Kamase 38 m 17.1 Kuma River Route 219 19.6 Setoishi 42 m → old Track 23.4 Kaiji 53 m 26.6 Yoshio 56 m 29.8 Shiroishi 63 m 32.0 33.1 33.6 34.5 34.5 34.9 Kyūsendō 73 m 36.9 39.4 39.8 Isshōchi 86 m 40.9 42.4 Naraguchi 91 m 44.3 Kuma River178 m 45.2 Watari 95 m Route 219 46.2 48.4 Nishi-Hitoyoshi 111 m 49.1 51.7 Hitoyoshi 107 m 52.6 → Yunomae Line 53.8 Kuma River170 m Route 219 59.9 61.1 Yokohira Tunnel503 m 62.2 Okoba 294 m 63.0 66.5 68.9 71.1 Yatake 537 m Kumamoto ↔ Miyazaki 72.3 Yatake Tunnel 12096 m 75.1 Yatake Tunnel 2143 m 75.4 Yatake Tunnel 3131 m 75.8 78.5 Masaki 380 m 79.7 Yamagami Tunnel 2618 m Miyazaki ↔ Kagoshima → Kitto Line for Miyakonojō 85.8 Yoshimatsu 225 m 90.1 92.4 Route 268 93.4 Kurino 188 m ← old Yamano Line 97.1 99.8 Ōsumi-Yokogawa 187 m 100.6 102.7 Uemura 169 m 102.8 105.5 Kirishima-Onsen 160 m 106.9 107.3 Akamizu Tunnel634 m 109.9 111.3 Kareigawa 167 m 113.4 Nakafukura 141 m 115.8 Hyōkiyama 117.4 118.6 Route 223 120.7 Hinatayama 12 m → Nippō Main Line for Miyazaki 123.2 Hayato 15 m ↓ Nippō Main Line for Kagoshima

The Hisatsu Line (肥薩線, Hisatsu-sen) is a railway line in Kyushu, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The line goes from the Kagoshima Main Line in Yatsushiro to the Nippō Main Line in Hayato station in Kirishima.

The major part of the line is in the mountainous Kirishima range. No through trains are operated on this line, rather, trains go from Yatsushiro to Hitoyoshi, from Hitoyoshi to Yoshimatsu, and from Yoshimatsu to Hayato. Until 2000, some trains had been from Kumamoto to Miyazaki that followed the section of the Hisatsu Line from Yatsushiro to Yoshimatsu.

Data

A KiHi 140 DMU operating from Hayato to Yoshimatsu

• Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
• Length: 124.2 km

Stations

Station	Distance (km)	Connections	Location
Yatsushiro	0.0	Kagoshima Main Line Hisatsu Orange Railway Line	Yatsushiro	Kumamoto
Dan	5.2
Sakamoto	11.0
Haki	14.4
Kamase	16.8
Setoishi	19.6
Kaiji	23.5		Ashikata Ashikata District
Yoshio	26.7
Shiroishi	29.8
Kyūsendō	34.9		Kuma, Kuma District
Isshōchi	39.8
Naraguchi	42.4
Watari	45.3
Nishi Hitoyoshi	48.4		Hitoyoshi
Hitoyoshi	51.8	Kumagawa Railway Yunomae Line
Okoba	62.2
Yatake	71.7
Masaki	79.0		Ebino	Miyazaki
Yoshimatsu	86.8	Kitto Line (Ebino Kōgen Line)	Yūsui, Aira District	Kagoshima
Kurino	94.3
Ōsumi-Yokogawa	100.8		Kirishima
Uemura	102.8
Kirishima Onsen	106.5
Kareigawa	112.3
Naka-fukura	114.4
Hyōkiyama	116.8
Hinatayama	121.6
Hayato	124.2	Nippō Main Line

Previous connections

• 　Kurino: Yamano Line - abolished on 1 February 1988

Software

The track section between Yatsushiro and Yoshimatsu was featured in Microsoft Train Simulator. A Hisatsu Line-based layout is available for the Japanese model train simulator VRM.

References

• Route diagram: Nippon Rettō - Tetsudō-kigen (にっぽん列島 - 鉄道紀元) p. 12-14, Vol. 14, October 25, 2006 - JTB Publishing Inc. [1]

External links

• Hisatsu Line Stations