Kitto Line

The is a railway line on the island of Kyushu, Japan. It connects Yoshimatsu Station in Yūsui, Kagoshima Prefecture with Miyakonojō Station in Miyakonojō, Miyazaki Prefecture. It is also known as together with the Template:STN–Template:STN segment of the Hisatsu Line. Between 1916 and 1923 this line was part of the original rail connection from Kokura to Miyazaki, until the opening of the Nippo Main Line.

Stations

Station		Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Template:STN	吉松	0.0	Template:Colorbull Hisatsu Line	Yūsui, Aira District	Kagoshima
Template:STN	鶴丸	2.6
Template:STN	京町温泉	5.0		Ebino	Miyazaki
Template:STN	えびの	9.6
Template:STN	えびの上江	13.0
Template:STN	えびの飯野	15.0
Template:STN	西小林	20.6		Kobayashi
Template:STN	小林	26.8
Template:STN	広原	30.8		Takaharu Nishimorokata District
Template:STN	高原	34.8
Template:STN	日向前田	39.4		Miyakonojō
Template:STN	高崎新田	43.8
Template:STN	東高崎	48.1
Template:STN	万ケ塚	51.0
Template:STN	谷頭	54.5
Template:STN	日向庄内	57.5
Template:STN	都城	57.5	Template:Colorbull Nippō Main Line

History

The Yoshimatsu–Kobayashi section opened in 1912, and was extended to Miyakonojo the following year. Construction continued east and opened to Miyazaki in 1916, with the line formally named the Miyazaki Main Line in 1917.

With the opening of the Nippo Main Line from Kokura to Miyazaki in 1923, the line adopted that name. In 1932, with the opening of the Miyakonojo–Hayato line, that became part of the Nippo Main Line, and this line's name became the Kitto Line.

Freight service ceased in 1987.

References

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