Kyushu Railway Company
JR Kyushu headquarters (7th floor) near Hakata Station | |
Native name | 九州旅客鉄道株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Kyūshū Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki gaisha lit. "Kyushu Passenger Railway Share Company" |
| Company type | Public KK |
| Industry | Rail transport |
| Predecessor | Japanese National Railways (JNR) |
| Founded | 1 April 1987 (privatization of JNR) |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
| Products | SUGOCA (a rechargeable contactless smart card) |
| Services | passenger railways freight services bus transportation Real estate development other related services |
| Owner | JRTT (1987–2016) Public float (2016–present) |
Number of employees | 7,576 (as of April 1, 2024) |
| Website | jrkyushu.co.jp/english/index.html |
| Kyushu Railway Company | |||||
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Kyushu Shinkansen 800 series Tsubame | |||||
| Operation | |||||
| National railway | Japan Railways Group | ||||
| Infrastructure company | Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency | ||||
| Statistics | |||||
| Ridership | 334 million | ||||
| Passenger km | 8.354 billion per year | ||||
| System length | |||||
| Total | 2,342.6 km (1,455.6 mi) | ||||
| Double track | 772.8 km (480.2 mi) (34%) (As at 2017) | ||||
| Electrified | 1,358.7 km (844.3 mi) (58%) | ||||
| High-speed | 358.35 km (222.67 mi) (12.7%) | ||||
| Track gauge | |||||
| Main | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||||
| High-speed | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||
| Electrification | |||||
| Main | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary 1,341.1 km (833.3 mi) | ||||
| 25 kV AC 60 Hz overhead | 358.5 km (222.8 mi) Kyushu Shinkansen & Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen | ||||
| Features | |||||
| Tunnel length | 53.85 kilometers (33.46 Miles) | ||||
| Longest tunnel | Seikan Tunnel | ||||
| No. stations | 571 | ||||
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The Kyushu Railway Company, also referred to as JR Kyushu (JR九州, Jeiāru Kyūshū), 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. JR Kyushu's headquarters are in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka.