Fukuhoku Yutaka Line
The Fukuhoku Yutaka Line (福北ゆたか線, Fukuhoku-Yutaka-sen) is the collective name for four sections of railway lines operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It runs between Kurosaki Station and Hakata station (66.6 km).[1]
The sections called Fukuhoku Yutaka Line are:[1]
- Part of the Kagoshima Main Line, between Kurosaki Station and Orio Station - 5.2 km[2]
- Part of the Chikuhō Main Line, between Orio Station and Keisen Station - 34.5 km[3]
- The entire Sasaguri Line, between Keisen Station and Yoshizuka Station - 25.1 km[4]
- Part of the Kagoshima Main Line, between Yoshizuka Station and Hakata Station - 1.8 km[5]
Rolling stock
[edit]A pre-series two-car BEC819 series AC battery electric multiple unit (BEMU) was tested on the line from April 2016,[6] and entered revenue service on 19 October 2016.[7] This was followed by six more trainsets, entering service in spring 2017.[6]
- The first BEC819 series BEMU set undergoing testing in June 2016
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第3巻 北九州 筑豊 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 Kyushu Chikuhō area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. p. 72. ISBN 9784062951623.
- ^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第3巻 北九州 筑豊 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 Kyushu Chikuhō area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. p. 67–8. ISBN 9784062951623.
- ^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第3巻 北九州 筑豊 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 Kyushu Chikuhō area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. p. 73–4. ISBN 9784062951623.
- ^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第3巻 北九州 筑豊 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 Kyushu Chikuhō area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. p. 74–5. ISBN 9784062951623.
- ^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. p. 66. ISBN 9784062951630.
- ^ a b JR九州、819系「DENCHA」デビューへ エコでスマートな“蓄電池電車” [JR Kyushu to introduce 819 series "DENCHA" - an economical and smart battery train] (in Japanese). Japan: Tetsudo Shimbun. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ 地球にやさしい“蓄電池電車”「DENCHA」運行開始 JR筑豊線 [Environmentally friendly "Dencha" battery train enters service on JR Chikuho Line]. Sankei West (in Japanese). Japan: The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital. 19 October 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.