Nishitetsu Kaizuka Line
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The Kaizuka Line is the most congested railway line in Japan outside the Tokyo Metropolitan area. In Fiscal Year 2022 the congestion rate between Najima and Kaizuka stations was 154% during the morning peak, making it the 2nd most congested railway line in Japan.[2] In Fiscal Year 2023 the congestion rate was 158%,[3] which was equal 5th most congested and the only line outside the Tokyo Metropolitan Area in the list of top 10 most congested railway lines.
Services
All services on the Kaizuka Line are Local trains, stopping at all stations.
since January 2024[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., services operate every 10 minutes during weekday morning & afternoon peaks, and every 15 minutes at other times.[4]
Rolling stock
2-car Template:Ill electric multiple unit trains.
Station list
| Station name | Japanese | Distance (km) | Connections | Location | |
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| NK 01 Template:STN | 貝塚 | 0.0 | Fukuoka City Subway | Higashi-ku, Fukuoka | Fukuoka Prefecture |
| NK 02 Template:STN | 名島 | 1.4 | |||
| NK 03 Template:STN | 西鉄千早 | 2.5 | Template:JRKSN Kagoshima Main Line (Template:Stn) | ||
| NK 04 Template:STN | 香椎宮前 | 3.0 | |||
| NK 05 Template:STN | 西鉄香椎 | 3.6 | Template:JRKSN Kagoshima Main Line (Template:Stn) | ||
| NK 06 Template:STN | 香椎花園前 | 5.0 | |||
| NK 07 Template:STN | 唐の原 | 6.1 | |||
| NK 08 Template:STN | 和白 | 7.2 | Template:JRKSN Kashii Line | ||
| NK 09 Template:STN | 三苫 | 9.0 | |||
| NK 10 Template:STN | 西鉄新宮 | 11.0 | Shingū | ||
History
The Hakata Bay Railway opened the Template:RailGauge gauge Shinhakata to Wajiro line in 1924, and extended the line to Miyajidake the following year. The line was electrified at 1,500 V DC in 1929. The company merged with the Nishi-Nippon Railway in 1942. The 1 km section from Miyajidake to Tsuyazaki opened in 1951, and in 1954 the line was re-gauged to Template:RailGauge and connected to the Fukuoka line.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The line was grade separated over the JR Kashii Line at Wajiro Station in 1966, and CTC signalling was commissioned in 1978.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 1986, the Shinhakata to Kaizuka section was closed and replaced by the Fukuoka City Subway Hakozaki Line.
In 2007, the 10 km Nishitetsu Shingū to Tsuyazaki section closed due to declining patronage.
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.
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