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A Shinkansen line from Fukuoka to Nagasaki, initially known as the Nagasaki Shinkansen (長崎新幹線), was laid out in the 1973 Basic Plan.Renamed as the Nagasaki Route (長崎ルート), then changed to the Nishi Kyushu Route (西九州ルート, Nishi Kyūshū rūto) in 1995, the segment between Takeo-Onsen and Nagasaki, Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen, opened for service on 23 September 2022.
The line is informally known as the Nagasaki Shinkansen. [1] [2] The 66 km (41 mi) section of the line between Takeo-Onsen and Nagasaki opened on 23 September 2022. [3] [4] It is the shortest Shinkansen high-speed railway line in Japan. The entire line is envisioned to connect Hakata to Nagasaki by connecting to the Kyushu Shinkansen line, and ...
[3] [4] [5] JR Kyushu also announced it would continue to use the name Kamome, which has been in use since 1961, for the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen service. [4] Most of the new Kamome Shinkansen services stop at every station between Takeo-Onsen and Nagasaki, with some services bypassing Ureshino-Onsen, with a few services only stopping at Isahaya.
Kyushu “shinkansen” super-express trains returned to normal operations after temporary safety checks, but a number of local train lines in the quake-hit areas were to be suspended through ...
The Tsubame (つばめ) is a train service operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) on the Kyushu Shinkansen in Japan since 2004. [1]The word tsubame (燕) in Japanese means "swallow", and has been used on a succession of limited express trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo Main Line in Japan since 1930.
JR Kyushu announced in December 2008 that three new 800 series sets would be delivered between summer 2009 and autumn 2010, ahead of the completion of the entire Kyushu Shinkansen route between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chūō in 2011. [5] The first of the new batch, set U007, was delivered in June 2009, [6] and entered service on 22 August 2009. [7]
Kurume Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen and is 35.7 kilometers from Hakata and 658.0 kilometers from Shin-Osaka.With regards to regular train services, it is served by the Kagoshima Main Line, for which it is 113.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Mojikō.
Although the line uses Shinkansen equipment, trains are officially designated as limited express trains. [2] In practice, however, most services are extensions of San'yō Shinkansen Kodama services. The Kyushu Shinkansen, opened on 12 March 2011, shares part of the route. The trip from Hakata to Hakataminami takes ten minutes and costs ¥300.