Kyushu Railway Company
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| Type | Public KK |
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| Industry | Private railroad |
| Predecessor(s) | Japan National Railways (JNR) |
| Founded | April 1, 1987 (privatization of JNR) |
| Headquarters | 3-25-21 Hakata Ekimae Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Products | SUGOCA (a rechargeable contactless smart card) |
| Services | passenger railways freight services bus transportation Real estate development other related services |
| Owner(s) | Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (100%) |
| Employees | 7,970 (as of April 1, 2008) |
| Website | jrkyushu.co.jp/english/index.html |
The Kyushu Railway Company (九州旅客鉄道株式会社 Kyūshū Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha), also referred to as JR Kyushu (JR九州 Jeiāru Kyūshū), is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services in Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea.
When Japan Railways was divided in 1987, Kyushu Railway Company was in deficit under recession of Japanese steel industry and competition from highways and air flights. Yet the company then diversified its business, especially in developing and commercializing its properties (such as train stations).[1]
JR Kyushu's headquarters are in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka.[2]
The company introduced SUGOCA, a smart card ticketing system, from March 1, 2009.
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[edit] Lines
[edit] Shinkansen line
- Kyushu Shinkansen (Kagoshima Route)
[edit] Main lines
- Kagoshima Main Line
- Nagasaki Main Line
- Kyūdai Main Line: Nicknamed Yufu Kōgen Line
- Hōhi Main Line: Nicknamed Aso Kōgen Line
- Nippō Main Line
- Chikuhō Main Line: Divided to three segments with different nicknames, namely Haruda Line, Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, and Wakamatsu Line.
[edit] Other lines
- Chikuhi Line
- Fukuhoku Yutaka Line: A nickname for the route formed by portions of Kagoshima Main Line, Chikuhō Main Line, and the whole part of Sasaguri Line.
- Gotōji Line
- Hisatsu Line
- Hitahikosan Line
- Ibusuki Makurazaki Line
- Kashii Line
- Karatsu Line
- Kitto Line
- Misumi Line
- Miyazaki Kūkō Line
- Nichinan Line
- Ōmura Line
- Sasaguri Line
- Sasebo Line
[edit] Limited express train services
- Ariake (Hakata - Kumamoto)
- Aso Boy (Kumamoto - Miyaji)
- Hayato no Kaze (Kagoshima-Chūō - Yoshimatsu)
- Huis Ten Bosch (Hakata - Huis Ten Bosch)
- Ibusuki no Tamatebako (Kagoshima-Chūō - Ibusuki)
- Kaiō (Hakata - Nōgata)
- Kamome (Hakata - Nagasaki)
- Kirameki (Mojikō - Hakata)
- Kirishima (Miyazaki - Kagoshima-Chūō)
- Kumagawa (Kumamoto - Hitoyoshi)
- Midori (Hakata - Sasebo)
- Nichirin/Nichirin Seagaia (Kokura - Miyazaki Kūkō)
- Sonic (Hakata - Ōita)
- Trans-Kyushu Limited Express (Hitoyoshi - Oita)
- Yufu/Yufu DX/Yufuin-no-mori (Hakata - Oita)
[edit] See also
- Kyūshū Railway - a predecessor of JR Kyushu
[edit] References
- ^ 何煖軒等。〈赴日本考察傾斜式及700型電聯車製造與鐵路營運〉。政府出版資訊網。2007-01-25。4-7頁。系統識別號：C09503113。[DOC format](Chinese (Taiwan))
- ^ "Corporate Summary." Kyushu Railway Company. Retrieved on March 27, 2010.
[edit] External links
Media related to JR Kyushu at Wikimedia Commons
- http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/ (Japanese)
- http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/ (English)
- http://www.jrbeetle.co.jp/english/ JR Kyushu Jet Ferry (English)
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| JR Group | ||||||
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| past: Japanese Government Railways | Japanese National Railways | JNR Settlement Corporation | ||||||
| Passenger Railway Companies | .svg){kind=logo} JR Hokkaido |
.svg){kind=logo} JR East |
.svg){kind=logo} JR Central |
.svg){kind=logo} JR West |
.svg){kind=logo} JR Shikoku |
JR Kyushu |
| JR Bus Companies | JR Bus Hokkaido | JR Bus Tohoku | JR Tokai Bus | West JR Bus | JR Shikoku Bus | JR Kyushu Bus |
| JR Bus Kanto | Chugoku JR Bus | |||||
| JR bustech | ||||||
| Smart cards | Kitaca | Suica | TOICA | ICOCA | To be introduced in 2014 | SUGOCA |
| Others | .svg){kind=logo} JR Freight |
 RTRI |
 JR Systems |
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| Description companies | JRTT | |||||
| See also | Shinkansen - Railway Museum - Modern Transportation Museum - SCMaglev and Railway Park - SoftBank Telecom | |||||
