Kyushu Railway Company

Kyushu Railway Company
九州旅客鉄道株式会社

Type	Public KK
Predecessor	Japan National Railways (JNR)
Founded	April 1, 1987 (privatization of JNR)
Headquarters	Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka Hakata station square 3-25-21,  Japan
Industry	Private railroad
Products	Sugoka (a rechargeable contactless smart card)
Services	passenger railways freight services bus transportation other related services
Owner(s)	Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (100%)
Employees	7,970 (as of April 1, 2008)
Website	www.jrkyushu.co.jp

The Kyushu Railway Company (九州旅客鉄道株式会社, Kyūshū Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha^?), also referred to as JR Kyūshū (JR九州, Jeiāru Kyūshū^?), is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services in Kyūshū, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea.

JR Kyushu's headquarters are in Fukuoka.

The company introduced SUGOCA, a smart card ticketing system, from March 1 2009.

Lines

Shinkansen line

• Kyūshū Shinkansen (Kagoshima Route)

Trunk and Other lines

885 series White Sonic limited express EMU

Fukuhoku Yutaka Line 813 series local EMU

• Kagoshima Main Line
• Nagasaki Main Line
• Kyūdai Main Line: Nicknamed Yufu Kōgen Line
• Hōhi Main Line: Nicknamed Aso Kōgen Line
• Nippō Main Line
• Chikuhō Main Line: Divided to three segments with different nicknames, namely Haruda Line, Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, and Wakamatsu Line.

Other lines

• Chikuhi Line
• Fukuhoku Yutaka Line: A nickname for the route formed by portions of Kagoshima Main Line, Chikuhō Main Line, and the whole part of Sasaguri Line.
• Gotōji Line
• Hisatsu Line
• Hitahikosan Line
• Ibusuki Makurazaki Line
• Kashii Line
• Karatsu Line
• Kitto Line
• Misumi Line
• Miyazaki Kūkō Line
• Nichinan Line
• Ōmura Line
• Sasaguri Line
• Sasebo Line

See also

• Kyūshū Railway - a predecessor of JR Kyushu

External links

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• http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/ (Japanese)
• http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/ (English)
• http://www.mirejet.com/ JR Kyushu Jet Ferry

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