Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau

Type 7000 tramcar, known as the U-tram II.

Kagoshima City Bus.

The Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau (鹿児島市交通局, Kagoshima-shi Kōtsūkyoku^?) is a public transportation authority of Kagoshima City, Japan. The bureau operates trams and bus lines. From April 1, 2005, together with Nangoku Kōtsū and JR Kyūshū Bus, the bureau introduced RapiCa, a smart card ticketing system.

The bureau was founded in 1928, by taking over Kagoshima Electric Tramway, a private company. The tram line itself existed from 1912.

Kagoshima City Tram

Currently. Kagoshima City Tram (鹿児島市電, Kagoshima Shiden^?) is one of the few tram lines in Japan that stably make profits. There are more than 10 million users annually.

Lines and routes

• Lines: Officially, there are four lines with the total distance of 13.1 km.
  • Dai-Ikki-Line ("Phase 1 Line", 第一期線): Takenohashi — Kagoshima-Ekimae
  • Dai-Ni-Ki-Line ("Phase 2 Line", 第二期線): Takamibaba — Kagoshima-Chūō-Ekimae
  • Taniyama Line (谷山線): Takenohashi — Taniyama
  • Toso Line (唐湊線): Kagoshima-Chūō-Ekimae — Kōrimoto
• Routes: There are two routes regularly in service by using one or more lines above.

■ Route 1 (1系統): Kagoshima-Ekimae — Takamibaba — Takenohashi — Kōrimoto — Taniyama

■ Route 2 (2系統): Kagoshime-Ekimae — Takamibaba — Kagoshima-Chūō-Ekimae — Kōrimoto

Tramcars come once per five minutes generally, once per one minute in busier sections. The fare is ¥160 for all the sections.

See also

• List of light-rail transit systems
• Little Dancer, one of the LRVs operated on its lines

External links

• (Japanese) Official website

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