Kitayama Rail Pages
Kagoshima line (Sendai - Kagoshima)


JR Kyūshū 九州旅客鉄道  Kyūshū Ryokaku Tetsudō     Kyushu Railway Company

Kagoshima Hon (Sendai - Kagoshima) 鹿児島本線 1067 mm     20 kV 60 Hz AC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Kagoshima
Kagoshima City
Opened1913 - 1914 TracksSingle trackKushikino - Higashi-Ichiki
TracksSingle trackSendai - KobanchayaDouble trackHigashi-Ichiki - Kagoshima-chūō
Double trackKobanchaya - Kushikino
This section of the Kagoshima line was kept as a JR line when the Kyūshū Shinkansen opened in March 2004.
At the same time was Nishi-Kagoshima station renamed to Kagoshima-Chūō.

The section Kagoshima-chūō - Kagoshima is also used by Nippō and Ibusuki Makurazaki line trains.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Sendai Hisatsu Orange: Hisatsu Orange Tetsudō, JR Kyūshū: Kyūshū Shinkansen 0.0 Satsumasendai-shi Kagoshima
Kumanojō
2.6 Satsumasendai-shi
Kobanchaya
5.7 Satsumasendai-shi
Kushikino
12.0 Ichikikushikino-shi
Higashi-Ichiki
22.9 Hioki-shi
Ijūin
28.8 Hioki-shi
Kagoshima-chūō JR Kyūshū: Kyūshū Shinkansen, JR Kyūshū: Ibusuki Makurazaki, Kagoshima-shi: Dai-niki (No 2) [Kagoshima-chūō-ekimae],
Kagoshima-shi: Toso [Kagoshima-chūō-ekimae]
46.1 Kagoshima-shi
Kagoshima JR Kyūshū: Nippō Hon, Kagoshima-shi: Dai-ikki (No 1) [Kagoshima-ekimae] 49.3 Kagoshima-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern was accurate at: Mar 14, 2011
TypeNameOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Limited Express
Tokkyū
特急
Sendai Express
川内エクスプレス
Sendai - Kagoshima-chūō145 min61 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通

Sendai - Kagoshima-chūō1948 min58 km/h
Sendai - Kagoshima31h0248 km/h
Sendai - Kagoshima - Nippō line - Kokubu41h5143 km/h
Sendai - Kagoshima - Nippō line - Miyakonojō12h2949 km/h
Sendai - Kagoshima - Nippō line - Miyasaki13h4147 km/h
Kushikino - Kagoshima-chūō435 min58 km/h
Ijūin - Kagoshima-chūō817 min61 km/h
Ijūin - Kagoshima - Nippō line - Kokubu11h2038 km/h
Hisatsu Orange Yatsushiro - Sendai - Kumanojō32h3845 km/h
Minamata - Sendai - Kumanojō11h3146 km/h


This page is updated Mar 5, 2011