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| Kyushu Railway Company | |
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 JR Kyushu headquarters (7th floor) near Hakata Station | |
Native name | 九州旅客鉄道株式会社 |
Romanized name | Kyūshū Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki gaisha |
| Type | Public |
| Industry | Rail transport |
| Predecessor | Japanese National Railways (JNR) |
| Founded | 1 April 1987 (privatization of JNR) |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
| Products | SUGOCA (a rechargeable contactless smart card) |
| Services | passenger railways freight services bus transportation Real estate development other related services |
| Owner | JRTT (1987–2016) Public float (2016–present)[a] |
Number of employees | 7,576 (as of April 1, 2024)[1] |
| Website | jrkyushu.co.jp/english/index.html |
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 Kyushu Shinkansen 800 series Tsubame | |||||
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National railway | Japan Railways Group | ||||
Infrastructure company | Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency | ||||
| Statistics | |||||
| Ridership | 334 million[2] | ||||
| Passenger km | 8.354 billion per year[3] | ||||
| System length | |||||
| Total | 2,342.6 km (1,455.6 mi)[4] | ||||
| Double track | 772.8 km (480.2 mi) (34%) (As at 2017) | ||||
| Electrified | 1,358.7 km (844.3 mi) (58%)[5] | ||||
| High-speed | 358.35 km (222.67 mi) (12.7%)[6] | ||||
| Track gauge | |||||
| Main | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||||
| High-speed | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||
| Electrification | |||||
| Main | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary 1,341.1 km (833.3 mi) | ||||
| 358.5 km (222.8 mi) Kyushu Shinkansen & Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen | |||||
| Features | |||||
Tunnel length | 53.85 kilometers (33.46 Miles) | ||||
Longest tunnel | Seikan Tunnel | ||||
| No. stations | 571[7] | ||||
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The Kyushu Railway Company[8], also referred to as JR Kyushu (JR九州, Jeiāru Kyūshū), is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan. It formerly operated the Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea, before its discontinuation in 2024. It also operates hotels, restaurants, and drugstores across its service region.[9][10] JR Kyushu's headquarters are in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka.[11]
When Japanese National Railways was divided in 1987, Kyushu Railway Company inherited its assets and operations on the island of Kyushu along with losses of around 28.8 billion yen, exacerbated by a growing highway network in Kyushu and many lightly used rural lines. After privatization, JR Kyushu diversified its business into new ventures such as fish and mushroom farming and car sales. Two of its more successful side ventures were the Beetle ferry, started in 1991, and the Train d'or bakery chain, started in 1992. JR Kyushu also built up its premium rail services through the development of the Kyushu Shinkansen high-speed rail line and the Seven Stars in Kyushu luxury excursion train.[12]
The company introduced SUGOCA, a smart card ticketing system, from 1 March 2009.
JR Kyushu executed its initial public offering in October 2016.[9] Non-railway operations account for roughly 60% of the company's sales and most of its profits.[12]
Chikuhi Line
Fukuhoku Yutaka Line (a service name for the route formed by the Sasaguri Line and portions of the Kagoshima and Chikuhō main lines)
Gotōji Line
Hitahikosan Line
Kashii Line
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 Fukuoka City Subway | |
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Kyushu (Japanese: 九州, Hepburn: Kyūshū; pronounced [k̟ʲj̊ɨ́ɨ̀.ɕɨ̀ɨ̀] , lit. 'nine provinces') is the third-largest and most southerly of Japan's four main islands. In the past, it has been known as Kyūkoku (九国, "Nine Countries"), Chinzei (鎮西, "West of the Pacified Area") and Tsukushi-no-shima (筑紫島, "Island of Tsukushi"). The historical regional name Saikaidō (西海道; lit. West Sea Circuit) referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands. Kyushu has a land area of 36,782 square kilometres (14,202 sq mi) and a population of 12,382,121 as of 2025, a population size similar to New Guinea or Cuba. There is a theory that Kyushu was in ancient times home to its own independent dynasty, where a unique, southern-influenced culture and tradition distinct from that of Honshu flourished. In the 8th-century Taihō Code reforms, Dazaifu was established as a special administrative term for the region.
Kyushu University (九州大学, Kyūshū Daigaku), abbreviated to Kyudai (九大, Kyūdai), is a public research university located in Fukuoka, Japan, on the island of Kyushu. Founded in 1911 as the fourth Imperial University in Japan, it has been recognised as a leading institution of higher education and research in Kyushu, Japan, and beyond. The history of the university began a few decades before its founding when the medical school of the Fukuoka Domain (福岡藩) was established in 1867, the final year of the Edo period. The school was reorganised as the Fukuoka Medical College of Kyoto Imperial University in 1903. It became independent as Kyushu Imperial University in 1911.
The Kyushu Railway Company, also referred to as JR Kyushu (JR九州, Jeiāru Kyūshū), is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan. It formerly operated the Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea, before its discontinuation in 2024. It also operates hotels, restaurants, and drugstores across its service region. JR Kyushu's headquarters are in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka.
The Kyushu Shinkansen (Japanese: 九州新幹線, Hepburn: Kyūshū Shinkansen) is a Japanese high-speed rail line and part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. It is an extension of the San'yō Shinkansen from Honshu, connecting Hakata Station in the city of Fukuoka on Japan's island of Kyūshū to Kagoshima-Chuo Station in the city of Kagoshima in the south. The line runs parallel to the existing Kagoshima Main Line and is operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The southernmost 127 km (79 mi) section was constructed first, opening on 13 March 2004. The double-track section offered a significant improvement in travel time over the equivalent single-track portion of the Kagoshima Main Line, despite the need for passengers to change to a Relay Tsubame narrow gauge train at Shin-Yatsushiro for the remainder of the journey to Hakata Station. The northernmost 130 km (81 mi) section opened on 12 March 2011, enabling through services to Shin-Ōsaka Station (and, with an interchange, to Tōkyō Station).
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