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Hisatsu Orange Railway


Hisatsu Orange 肥薩おれんじ鉄道  Hisatsu Oranji Tetsudō     Hisatsu Orange Railway
The company took over the Yatsushiro - Sendai section of the JR Kagoshima line at March 13, 2004, when the Kyūshū Shinkansen was opened.

Hisatsu Orange Tetsudō 肥薩おれんじ鉄道線 1067 mm     20 kV 60 Hz AC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Kumamoto Kagoshima
Opened1922 - 1923 TracksDouble trackYunoura - Tsunagi
TracksSingle trackYatsushiro - YunouraSingle trackTsunagi - Sendai
All trains are diesel trains, despite the electrification of the line.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Yatsushiro JR Kyūshū: Kagoshima Hon (Mojikō - Yatsushiro), JR Kyūshū: Hisatsu 0.0 Yatsushiro-shi Kumamoto
Higo-Kōda
4.8 Yatsushiro-shi
Hinagu-onsen
10.1 Yatsushiro-shi
Yunoura
33.7 Ashikita-machi
Tsunagi
42.4 Tsunagi-machi
Shin-Minamata JR Kyūshū: Kyūshū Shinkansen 45.8 Minamata-shi
Minamata
49.6 Minamata-shi
Komenotsu
61.3 Izumi-shi Kagoshima
Izumi JR Kyūshū: Kyūshū Shinkansen 65.6 Izumi-shi
Nodagō
75.3 Izumi-shi
Akune
86.2 Akune-shi
Kami-Sendai
113.7 Satsumasendai-shi
Sendai JR Kyūshū: Kyūshū Shinkansen, JR Kyūshū: Kagoshima Hon (Sendai - Kagoshima) 116.9 Satsumasendai-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 19, 2011
Origin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Shin-Yatsushiro - Sendai23h0738 km/h
Shin-Yatsushiro - Izumi71h2747 km/h
Yatsushiro - Sendai - Kumanojō32h3845 km/h
Yatsushiro - Sendai32h3446 km/h
Yatsushiro - Izumi21h2248 km/h
Yatsushiro - Higo-Kōda16 min48 km/h
Minamata - Sendai - Kumanojō11h3146 km/h
Komenotsu - Sendai11h1246 km/h
Komenotsu - Nodagō117 min49 km/h
Izumi - Sendai71h0150 km/h
Kami-Sendai - Sendai14 min48 km/h


This page is updated Dec 27, 2011