Sasaguri Line

Sasaguri Line
JR Kyushu series 813-100 EMU
Overview
Owner	JR Kyushu
Locale	Fukuoka Prefecture
Termini	Keisen Yoshizuka
Stations	11
Color on map	Yellow (#faaf18)
Service
Type	Regional rail
Operator(s)	JR Kyushu
History
Opened	19 June 1904 (1904-06-19)
Technical
Line length	25.1 km (15.6 mi)
Number of tracks	Entirely Single-track
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	20 kV AC, 60 Hz, overhead catenary
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Signalling	Single-track automatic closing block
Train protection system	ATS-DK
Route map

Sasaguri Line (篠栗線, Sasaguri-sen) is a railway line in Japan operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Keisen Station in Keisen, Fukuoka with Yoshizuka Station in Fukuoka, Fukuoka.

Stations

No.	Station		Distance (km)	Rapid	Transfers	Location
JC  11	Keisen	桂川	0.0	O	Chikuho Main Line	Keisen	Fukuoka Prefecture
JC  10	Chikuzen Daibu	筑前大分	3.2	O		Iizuka
JC  09	Kurōbaru	九郎原	5.2	|
JC  08	Kido Nanzōin-mae	城戸南蔵院前	10.2	O		Sasaguri
JC  07	Chikuzen Yamate	筑前山手	11.7	|
JC  06	Sasaguri	篠栗	14.8	O
JC  05	Kadomatsu	門松	17.4	|		Kasuya
JC  04	Chōjabaru	長者原	19.4	O	Kashii Line
JC  03	Harumachi	原町	20.1	|
JC  02	Yusu	柚須	22.6	|
JC  01	Yoshizuka	吉塚	25.1	O	Kagoshima Main Line	Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

History

The Kyushu Railway Co. opened the Yoshizuka - Sasaguri section in 1904, and extended it to Hakata with a line paralleling the Kagoshima Main Line the following year. The company was nationalised in 1907.

In 1911 the Kagoshima Main line was duplicated utilising the parallel line, and the junction between the lines became Yoshizuka. Petrol railcars were introduced on the line in 1936.

In 1968 the line was extended from Sasaguri to Katsura (on the Chikuho Main Line), with freight services commencing on that section in 1970. Freight service on the entire line ceased in 1984.

The line was electrified in 2001.

Former connecting lines

Yusu Station: The 14 km Katsuta Line was opened by the Chikuzen Sangu Railway Co. to Chikuzenkatsuta between 1918 and 1919. A connection to Sakado on the Kashii Line opened in 1942, and the line was nationalised in 1944. Freight service ceased in 1981, and the line closed in 1985.

See also

• Fukuhoku Yutaka Line