Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line

Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line

Chikutetsu 3000 Series train
Overview
Locale Fukuoka Prefecture
Termini Kurosaki Station
Chikuhō-Nōgata Station
Stations 21
Operation
Opened March 21, 1956
Owner Nishitetsu Group
Technical
Line length 16.0 km (9.9 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 600 V DC overhead lines

The Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line (筑豊電気鉄道線 Chikuhō Denki Tetsudō-sen) is a Japanese railway line of Chikuhō Electric Railroad (筑豊電気鉄道 Chikuhō Denki Tetsudō) in Fukuoka Prefecture connecting Kurosaki-Ekimae in Kitakyūshū and Chikuhō-Nōgata in Nōgata. The line does not have an official name. The company and the line is also called Chikutetsu (筑鉄). The company is a subsidiary of Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu), founded in 1951. The line originally had a through service with the Nishitetsu Kitakyūshū Line, a tram line closed in 2000. Because of this, the Chikutetsu Line only uses tram vehicles. However, the line is legally classified as a railway under Railway Business Act, not a tramway under Tram Act, and the line does not share any segments with public roads.

History

The Kyūshū Electric Tramway Co. opened the Orio - Moji line in 1914. In 1924 the company received approval to extend the line 47km to Fukuoka, and construction started in 1928. About 1km had been built when a major fraud involving its funding was discovered, and construction was suspended in 1931, and abandoned in 1933.

Following the creation of the Nishitetsu Co., it revived the construction plan in 1949, and in 1954 committed to the construction of a 28km line, including a 360m bridge over the Ongagawa (which was built) and a 4.5km tunnel (which was not). The 16km Kurosaki - Chikuho section opened between 1956 and 1959, but no further construction occurred, and extension plans were abandoned in 1971.

Basic data

Station list

Code Station name Japanese Distance (between station) Total distance Transfers Location
CK 01 Kurosaki-Ekimae Station 黒崎駅前駅 - 0.0 JR Kyushu：Kagoshima Main Line・Fukuhoku Yutaka Line (Kurosaki Station) Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū
CK 02 Nishi-Kurosaki Station 西黒崎駅 0.2 0.2  
CK 03 Kumanishi Station 熊西駅 0.4 0.6  
CK 04 Hagiwara Station 萩原駅 1.1 1.7  
CK 05 Anō Station 穴生駅 0.6 2.3  
CK 06 Morishita Station 森下駅 0.5 2.8  
CK 07 Imaike Station 今池駅 0.9 3.7  
CK 08 Einomaru Station 永犬丸駅 0.8 4.5  
CK 09 Sangamori Station 三ヶ森駅 0.5 5.0  
CK 10 Nishiyama Station 西山駅 0.7 5.7  
CK 11 Tōritani Station 通谷駅 1.0 6.7   Nakama, Fukuoka
CK 12 Higashi-Nakama Station 東中間駅 0.5 7.2  
CK 13 Chikuhō-Nakama Station 筑豊中間駅 0.7 7.9  
CK 14 Kibōgaoka-Kōkōmae Station 希望が丘高校前駅 0.9 8.8  
CK 15 Chikuhō-Katsuki Station 筑豊香月駅 1.4 10.2   Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū
CK 16 Kusubashi Station 楠橋駅 1.3 11.5  
CK 17 Shin-Koyanose Station 新木屋瀬駅 0.6 12.1  
CK 18 Koyanose Station 木屋瀬駅 0.5 12.6  
CK 19 Ongano Station 遠賀野駅 1.3 13.9   Nōgata, Fukuoka
CK 20 Ganda Station 感田駅 1.3 15.2  
CK 21 Chikuhō-Nōgata Station 筑豊直方駅 0.8 16.0  

See also

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References

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