Sasaguri Line(篠栗線, Sasaguri-sen) is a railway line in Japan operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Keisen Station in Keisen, Fukuoka with Yoshizuka Station in Fukuoka, Fukuoka.

Stations

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All trains stop
All trains pass
No.StationDistance (km)RapidTransfersLocation
Through services to/from JC 26 Orio via the Chikuhō Main Line
JC 11Keisen0.0JG Haruda Line (JG01)KeisenFukuoka Prefecture
JC 10Chikuzen Daibu3.2Iizuka
JC 09Kurōbaru5.2
JC 08Kido Nanzōin-mae10.2Sasaguri
JC 07Chikuzen Yamate11.7
JC 06Sasaguri14.8
JC 05Kadomatsu17.4Kasuya
JC 04Chōjabaru19.4JD Kashii Line (JD11)
JC 03Harumachi20.1
JC 02Yusu22.6
JC 01Yoshizuka25.1JA Kagoshima Main Line (JA01)Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
Through services to/from 00 Hakata via the Kagoshima Main Line

History

The Kyushu Railway Co. opened the Yoshizuka - Sasaguri section in 1904, and extended it to Hakata with a line paralleling the Kagoshima Main Line the following year. The company was nationalised in 1907.

In 1911 the Kagoshima Main line was duplicated utilising the parallel line, and the junction between the lines became Yoshizuka. Petrol railcars were introduced on the line in 1936.

In 1968 the line was extended from Sasaguri to Katsura (on the Chikuho Main Line), with freight services commencing on that section in 1970. Freight service on the entire line ceased in 1984.

The line was electrified in 2001.

Former connecting lines

Yusu Station: The 14 km Katsuta Line was opened by the Chikuzen Sangu Railway Co. to Chikuzenkatsuta between 1918 and 1919. A connection to Sakado on the Kashii Line opened in 1942, and the line was nationalised in 1944. Freight service ceased in 1981, and the line closed in 1985.

See also