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Kyushu Shinkansen
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The Kyushu Shinkansen (九州新幹線 Kyūshū Shinkansen?) is a 249 km high-speed railway line between the Japanese cities of Fukuoka and Kagoshima, on Kyūshū Island, running parallel to the existing Kagoshima Main Line. The southern 127 km is already in service, while the northern section is under construction as of the end of October 2007. It is currently being built by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyūshū), and scheduled to open in 2011.
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The segment between Kagoshima and Yatsushiro began operations on March 13, 2004. It cuts travel times between the two cities from 130 minutes to 35 minutes, and reduces the time between Hakata and Kagoshima from 4 hours to just 2 hours. When the entire line is complete, the travel time from Hakata to Kagoshima will be just over an hour.
Like the original Shinkansen lines, the Kyushu Shinkansen is standard gauge.
The line will connect to the Sanyō Shinkansen at Hakata Station upon its final completion. It may use part or all of the Hakata Minami Line. A spur to Nagasaki from Shin-Tosu Station is in planning stages, with construction provisionally authorized for part of the line but with the exact route not yet fixed.
| Station name | Japanese | Total distance | Service 2 | Transfers | Location | |
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| Kagoshima Route | ||||||
| Under construction, scheduled to open in spring, 2011 | ||||||
| Hakata | 博多 | Fukuoka City Subway: ■ Kūkō Line JR Kyūshū: Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, Hakata Minami Line, Kagoshima Main Line JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen 3 |
Hakata, Fukuoka | Fukuoka | ||
| Shin-Tosu 1 | 新鳥栖 | JR Kyūshū: Nagasaki Main Line 4 | Tosu | Saga | ||
| Kurume | 久留米 | JR Kyūshū: Kagoshima Main Line, Kyūdai Main Line | Kurume | Fukuoka | ||
| Funagoya | 船小屋 | JR Kyūshū: Kagoshima Main Line | Chikugo | |||
| Shin-Ōmuta 1 | 新大牟田 | Ōmuta | ||||
| Shin-Tamana 1 | 新玉名 | Tamana | Kumamoto | |||
| Kumamoto | 熊本 | JR Kyūshū: Hōhi Main Line, Kagoshima Main Line Kumamoto City Tram: ■ Route 2; Tasaki Line and Trunk Line (Kumamoto-Ekimae) |
Kumamoto | |||
| Shin-Yatsushiro | 新八代 | Yatsushiro | ||||
| Currently operational | ||||||
| Shin-Yatsushiro | 新八代 | 0 km | + | JR Kyūshū: Kagoshima Main Line | Yatsushiro | Kumamoto |
| Shin-Minamata | 新水俣 | 42.8 km | - | Hisatsu Orange Railway: Hisatsu Orange Railway Line | Minamata | |
| Izumi | 出水 | 58.8 km | - | Hisatsu Orange Railway | Izumi | Kagoshima |
| Sendai | 川内 | 91.5 km | * | Hisatsu Orange Railway JR Kyūshū: Kagoshima Main Line |
Satsumasendai | |
| Kagoshima-Chūō | 鹿児島中央 | 126.8 km | + | JR Kyūshū: Ibusuki Makurazaki Line, Kagoshima Main Line Kagoshima City Tram: ■ Route 2; Dai-Ni-Ki Line and Toso Line (Kagoshima-Chūō-Ekimae) |
Kagoshima | |
| Nishi-Kyūshū Route (Nagasaki Route) | ||||||
| Planned | ||||||
| Shin-Tosu 1 | 新鳥栖 | Tosu | Saga | |||
| Saga | 佐賀 | JR Kyūshū: Karatsu Line, Nagasaki Main Line, Sasebo Line | Saga | |||
| Takeo-Onsen | 武雄温泉 | JR Kyūshū: Sasebo Line | Takeo | |||
| Ureshino-Onsen 1 | 嬉野温泉 | Ureshino | ||||
| Shin-Ōmura 1 | 新大村 | Ōmura | Nagasaki | |||
| Isahaya | 諫早 | JR Kyūshū: Nagasaki Main Line, Ōmura Line Shimabara Railway: Shimabara Railway Line |
Isahaya | |||
| Nagasaki | 長崎 | JR Kyūshū: Nagasaki Main Line, Ōmura Line Nagasaki Electric Tramway: Route ■ 1, □ 2, and ■ 3; Main Line and Sakuramachi Branch Line (Nagasaki-Ekimae) |
Nagasaki | |||
- 1: Tentative name
- 2: All the trains stop at stations signed "+". Most trains stop at "*". Most trains do not stop at "-".
- 3: Through service to/from Kyūshū Shinkansen is planned.
- 4: New station will be constructed.
The line uses a new train set model, the 800 Series Shinkansen, with a maximum speed of 260 km/h (160 mph). The trains have been developed by Hitachi, which also manufactured the 500 and 700 series trains on the Tōkaidō/Sanyō Shinkansen line.
Individual trains are named Tsubame, or "Swallow," the name of the former Hakata-Kagoshima limited express service. While the line is being completed, the old Tsubame trains carry passengers to Shin-Yatsushiro, where they can transfer to the Shinkansen for the remainder of their journey. The old trains have been redubbed Relay Tsubame for this purpose.
- http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/shinkansen (official site in Japanese)
- http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/shinkansen/news/index.html (TVCF movie)
- http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/shinkansen/syaryo_info/index.html (exterior)
- http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/shinkansen/syaryo_info/naiso01.html (interior page1)
- http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/shinkansen/syaryo_info/naiso02.html (interior page2)
- http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/tsubame_top.html (official site in English)
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Lines: Tōkaidō • Sanyō • Tōhoku • Jōetsu • Hokuriku • Kyushu Mini-Shinkansen: Yamagata • Akita • Future lines: Chūō • Hokkaidō • Cancelled lines: Narita Trainsets: 0 Series • 100 Series • 200 Series • 300 Series • 400 Series • 500 Series • 700 Series • N700 Series • 800 Series • E1 Series • E2 Series • E3 Series • E4 Series • Export trainsets: 700T Series • CRH2 • Experimental trainsets: Fastech 360 Maglev trainsets: MLX-01 |
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