Nagasaki Main Line

Nagasaki Main Line
Nagasaki Main Line
	Kiha 47, which became the mainstay of the non-electrified section of the Nagasaki Main Line; (Kōhoku Station on September 24, 2022)
Overview
Owner	JR Kyushu
Locale	Saga, Nagasaki prefectures
Termini	Tosu; Nagasaki;
Stations	41
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR Kyushu, JR Freight
History
Opened	1891
Technical
Line length	148.8 km (92.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	20 kV AC, 60 Hz Overhead catenary (Tosu-Hizen-Hama)
Route map
Route map

Nagasaki Main Line route

	↑ Kagoshima Main Line for Hakata
0.0	Tosu	17 m
	→ Kagoshima Main Line for Kurume
	Route 34
2.0	Shin-Tosu
2.4	Asahi River 52 m
4.2	Hizen-Fumoto	28 m
8.2	Kansui River 59 m
8.5	Nakabaru	30 m
	old Metabaru Station until 1943
10.0	Kiridōshi River 30 m
13.1	Yoshinogari-kōen	11 m
14.3	Tade River 66 m

15.7	Kanzaki	9 m

16.4	Jōbaru River 117 m
17.4	Ane River No. 1 51 m
19.3	Ane River No. 2 38 m
20.2	Igaya	5 m
21.0
22.0
	Route 34
	→ old Saga Line

25.0	Saga → old Saga Station until 1976

26.3
27.7	Uekari River 119 m
28.0	Nabeshima	5 m
28.3	Shin River 61 m
29.0	Higashi-Ō River 147 m
29.8	Balloon Saga temporary
30.0	Kase River 503 m
30.3	Moat 123 m
30.4	Moat 61 m
31.4	Kubota	5 m
	← Karatsu Line for Karatsu
32.5
33.8	Moat 35 m
35.0	Ushizu River 159 m
	Route 34
39.6	Kōhoku	5 m
	Route 34
	← Sasebo Line for Sasebo
42.5	Rokkaku River 152 m
44.7	Hizen-Shiroishi	4 m
48.8
49.9	Hizen-Ryūō	4 m
	Route 207
52.2	Shiota River 241 m
54.6	Hizen-Kashima	7 m
55.4
57.6	Hizen-Hama	6 m
58.0
61.0	Nishiura Tunnel 180 m
61.5	Hizen-Nanaura	6 m
61.9	Tunnel 90 m
63.6	Hizen-Iida	8 m
63.8
65.6
67.7	Tara	7 m
69.7	Kamezaki Tunnel 175 m
70.7	Tunnel 175 m
71.7	Sato Tunnel 173 m
72.7	Sato Signal Station	9 m
	Route 207
75.6	Hizen-Ōura	17 m
76.9	Route 207 254 m
	Saga ↔ Nagasaki
78.9	Doizaki Signal Station	11 m
81.6	Tunnel 215 m
	Route 207
82.3	Konagai	7 m
82.7	Route 207 219 m
84.4	Tunnel 140 m
84.7	Nagasato	6 m
84.9	Nagasato River 81 m
87.3	Sakai River 65 m
87.6	Yue	14 m
90.9	Oe	10 m
91.6	Shinkai Tunnel 210 m
92.0	Shinkai River 91 m
95.6	Hizen-Nagata	5 m
95.9	Nishinagata River 51 m
97.5	old Higashi-Isahaya Station until 1990
97.8	Higashi-Isahaya	8 m
98.8	Honmyō Tunnel 390 m
99.5	Honmyō River 66 m
	← Ōmura Line for Haiki
100.4	Isahaya	16 m
100.6	Route 207 93 m
	→ Shimabara Railway Line for Kazusa

100.8	Tunnel ↓ 52 m
100.9	Route 207 ↑ 183 m / ↓ 337 m
101.4	Isahaya Tunnel No.2 ↓ 138 m


	Route 34
103.2	Nishi-Isahaya	6 m
103.4	Higashi-Ō River 128 m
105.2
105.8	Hisa Mountain Tunnel 56 m
106.9	Kikitsu	3 m
107.2
	← Old Line via Nagayo
107.5	Tunnel 765 m
108.7	Kajiki Tunnel 374 m
109.4	Ichinuno	28 m
110.0	Tunnel 1249 m
3.5	← Higashi-Sono	7 m
111.4	Koga Tunnel 558 m
112.1
112.3	Hizen-Koga	45 m
112.6
112.8	Enoki Tunnel 1515 m
7.2	← Ōkusa	7 m
114.8	Utsutsugawa	67 m
115.1	Nagasaki Tunnel 6173 m
10.5
118.5	Hizenmigawa Signal Station	30 m
12.3	← Honkawachi	69 m
15.4	← Nagayo	15 m
16.4	← Kōda	21 m
18.9	← Michinō	52 m
20.6	← Nishi-Urakami : Sumijoshi →	23 m
	↔ Nagasaki Tramway

122.2	Ō River 79 m
123.7	Urakami	3 m
	→ Urakami-eki-mae
125.3	Nagasaki	3 m
131.3	→ Nagasaki-eki-mae

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The Nagasaki Main Line (長崎本線, Nagasaki-honsen), or simply known as the Nagasaki Line, is a railway line owned by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) connecting Tosu Station in Saga Prefecture to Nagasaki Station in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. There is a separate branch of this line from Kikitsu Station to Urakami Station by way of Nagayo Station and the Nagasaki Tunnel, avoiding a long detour.