Kyushu Railway Company
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The Template:Nihongo foot, also referred to as Template:Nihongo, is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan. It formerly operated the Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea, before its discontinuation in 2024. It also operates hotels, restaurants, and drugstores across its service region.<ref name = "BloombergIPO">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> JR Kyushu's headquarters are in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka.<ref>"Corporate Summary Template:Webarchive." Kyushu Railway Company. Retrieved on March 27, 2010.</ref>
History
When Japanese National Railways was divided in 1987, Kyushu Railway Company inherited its assets and operations on the island of Kyushu along with losses of around 28.8 billion yen, exacerbated by a growing highway network in Kyushu and many lightly used rural lines. After privatization, JR Kyushu diversified its business into new ventures such as fish and mushroom farming and car sales. Two of its more successful side ventures were the Beetle ferry, started in 1991, and the Train d'or bakery chain, started in 1992. JR Kyushu also built up its premium rail services through the development of the Kyushu Shinkansen high-speed rail line and the Seven Stars in Kyushu luxury excursion train.<ref name="nikkei">Template:Cite news</ref>
The company introduced SUGOCA, a smart card ticketing system, from 1 March 2009.
JR Kyushu executed its initial public offering in October 2016.<ref name="BloombergIPO" /> Non-railway operations account for roughly 60% of the company's sales and most of its profits.<ref name="nikkei" />
Lines
Shinkansen line
- ■Kyushu Shinkansen (Hakata - Kagoshima-Chūō)
- ■Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen (Takeo-Onsen - Nagasaki) ("Nagasaki Shinkansen")
Main lines
- File:JRK number JA.svg File:JRK number JB.svgKagoshima Main Line
- File:JRK number JH.svgNagasaki Main Line
- File:JRK number JF.svgNippō Main Line
- File:JRK number JE.svg File:JRK number JC.svg File:JRK number JG.svgChikuhō Main Line: Divided to three segments with different nicknames, namely Haruda Line, Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, and Wakamatsu Line.
- Kyūdai Main Line: Nicknamed Yufu Kōgen Line
- Hōhi Main Line: Nicknamed Aso Kōgen Line
Other lines
- File:JRK number JK.svgChikuhi Line
- File:JRK number JC.svg File:JRK number JA.svgFukuhoku Yutaka Line: A nickname for the route formed by portions of Kagoshima Main Line, Chikuhō Main Line, and the whole part of Sasaguri Line.
- File:JRK number JJ.svgGotōji Line
- File:JRK number JI.svgHitahikosan Line
- File:JRK number JE.svgKashii Line
- Hisatsu Line
- Karatsu Line
- Kitto Line
- Misumi Line
- Miyazaki Kūkō Line
- Nichinan Line
- Ōmura Line
- Sasaguri Line
- Sasebo Line
- Ibusuki Makurazaki Line
Limited express and tourist train services
- Ariake (Hakata - Kumamoto)
- Aru Ressha (Ōita - Hita April to June)(Sasebo - Nagasaki July to September)
- Aso Boy (Kumamoto - Miyaji)
- A-Train (Kumamoto - Misumi)
- Hayato no Kaze (Kagoshima-Chūō - Yoshimatsu)
- Huis Ten Bosch (Hakata - Huis Ten Bosch)
- Ibusuki no Tamatebako (Kagoshima-Chūō - Ibusuki)
- Isaburo & Shinpei (Hitoyoshi - Yoshimatsu)
- Kaiō (Hakata - Nōgata)
- Kasasagi (Hakata - Hizen-Kashima)
- Kawasemi Yamasemi (Kumamoto - Hitoyoshi)
- Kirameki (Mojikō - Hakata)
- Kirishima (Miyazaki - Kagoshima-Chūō)
- Kumagawa (Kumamoto - Hitoyoshi)
- Midori (Hakata - Sasebo)
- Nichirin/Nichirin Seagaia (Kokura - Miyazaki Kūkō)
- Relay Kamome (Hakata - Takeo-Onsen)
- Seven Stars in Kyushu (Circular tours of Kyushu)
- SL Hitoyoshi (Kumamoto - Hitoyoshi/Kumamoto - Tosu)
- Sonic (Hakata - Ōita)
- Trans-Kyushu Limited Express (Hitoyoshi - Ōita)
- Umisachi-Yamasachi (Miyazaki - Nangō)
- Yufu / Yufu DX/Yufuin-no-mori (Hakata - Ōita)
See also
- Kyūshū Railway - a predecessor of JR Kyushu
Notes
References
External links
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