Kitto Line

The Kitto Line (吉都線, Kitto-sen) 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 Ebino Kōgen Line (えびの高原線, Ebino-kōgen-sen) together with the Yatsushiro–Yoshimatsu 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.

Kitto Line
Overview
Other name(s)Ebino Kōgen Line
Native name吉都線
LocaleKagoshima
Miyazaki
TerminiYoshimatsu
Miyakonojō
Stations17
Service
Operator(s)JR Kyushu
Daily ridership576
History
Opened1 October 1912 (1912-10-01)
Technical
Line length61.6 km (38.3 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map

Line data

Stations
StationDistance
(km)		TransfersLocation
Yoshimatsu0.0Hisatsu LineYūsui,
Aira District		Kagoshima
Tsurumaru2.6 
Kyōmachi Onsen5.0 EbinoMiyazaki
Ebino9.6 
Ebino Uwae13.0 
Ebino Iino15.0 
Nishi Kobayashi20.6 Kobayashi
Kobayashi26.8 
Hirowara30.8 Takaharu,
Nishimorokata District
Takaharu34.8 
Hyūga Maeda39.4 Miyakonojō
Takasaki Shinden43.8 
Higashi Takasaki48.1 
Mangatsuka51.0 
Tanigashira54.5 
Hyūga Shōnai57.5 
Miyakonojō61.6Nippō 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.

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