Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line

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Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line
A 3000 series EMU approaching Nishitetsu Kurume Station
Overview
Owner	Nishi-Nippon Railroad
Locale	Fukuoka Prefecture
Termini	Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station Ōmuta Station
Stations	50
Service
Type	Heavy rail
History
Opened	12 April 1924
Technical
Line length	74.8 km (46.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V (DC)
Route map ← Fukuoka City Subway：■Kūkō Line → km Tenjin Station 0.0 Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station Tenjin-Minami Station ↓ Fukuoka City Subway：■Nanakuma Line Yakuin New River Watanabe-dōri Station → 0.8 Yakuin Station ← Fukuoka City Subway： ■Kūkō Line ↑ 1.8 Nishitetsu Hirao Station Chikuzen-Takamiya Station → ← JNR：Chikuhi Line → 2.9 Takamiya Station Wakahisa River 4.3 Ōhashi Station Naka River ← JR Kyūshū：Kyūshū Shinkansen → ← JR West：Hakata-Minami Line → ↓ JR Kyūshū：Kagoshima Main Line → 6.1 Ijiri Station ／ Sasabaru Station → Morōka River 8.0 Zasshonokuma Station ／← Minami-Fukuoka Station 9.5 Kasugabaru Station ／← Kasuga Station Ushikubi River 10.8 Shirakibaru Station ／← Ōnojō Station 11.6 Shimoōri Station ／← Mizuki Station Hirata River Mikasa River Mikasa River 13.8 Tofurōmae Station Tofurō-Minami Station Dazaifu Station Futsukaichi Workshop Dazaifu Line → 15.2 Nishitetsu Futsukaichi Station Futsukaichi Station 16.1 Murasaki Station Takao River ↑ Asakura Tram：Mainline → 17.6 Asakuragaidō Station Yamaguchi River Tempaizan Station 19.4 Sakuradai Station ← JR Kyūshū：Chikuhō Main Line → 20.8 Chikushi Station ↑↓ JR Kyūshū：Kagoshima Main Line Chikushi Rail Yard 23.0 Tsuko Station Hōju River 24.1 Mikunagaoka Station 25.6 Mitsusawa Station 27.0 Ōho Station Takahara River Ōitai River Bank Tsukichi River ← Amagi Railway : Amagi Line → 28.7 Nishitetsu Ogōri Station ／ ← Ogōri Station ← Asakura Tram: Tashiro Line → 30.7 Hatama Station Hōman River 33.7 Ajisaka Station Amagi Station Amagi Line → 36.5 Miyanojin Station Amagi Line ↓ Chikugo River 37.7 Kushiwara Station ← Mii Line ↑ ← Chikugo Tram → 38.6 Nishitetsu Kurume Station ← Fukushima Line → 39.5 Hanabatake Station Kanamaru River 40.1 Shikenjōmae Station ← JR Kyūshū：Kyūdai Main Line → ↑ JR Kyūshū：Kyushu Shinkansen→ ↑ JR Kyūshū：Kagoshima Main Line → ← Ōkawa Line 41.4 Tsubuku Station 42.8 Yasutake Station Ontsuka Station Service stopped - Date unknown Hiro River 45.1 Daizenji Station ← Ōkawa Line 46.9 Mizuma Station 48.0 Inuzuka Station Yamanoi River 50.6 Ōmizo Station 52.9 Hatchōmuta Station Hanamune River 55.5 Kamachi Station 57.3 Yakabe Station ← JNR：Saga Line → Okinohata River 58.4 Nishitetsu Yanagawa Station Yanagawa Rail Yard Shiotsuka River 59.7 Tokumasu Station 61.1 Shiotsuka Station (63.1) Nakashima Signal Station 63.5 Nishitetsu Nakashima Station Yabe River 65.1 Enoura Station Kusuda River / JR Kyūshū：Kagoshima Main Line ↑↓ 66.6 Hiraki Station ／ Wataze Station → Kuma River 67.9 Nishitetsu Wataze Station Yoshino Station 69.6 Kuranaga Station 70.8 Higashi-Amagi Station Shirogin River Ginsui River Ginsui Station 72.1 Nishitetsu Ginsui Station Dōmen River 73.7 Shin-Sakaemachi Station ← Mīgetetsu Line → Sakaemachi Station 1970 removed Ōmuta River 74.8 Ōmuta Station ↑↓ JR Kyūshū：Kagoshima Main Line This diagram: view talk edit

The Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line (西鉄天神大牟田線, Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta sen) is a railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. It is the main line of the private railway company Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu). The line connects Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station^{[Note 1]} in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka with Ōmuta Station in Ōmuta. Until 2000, the line was called the Nishitetsu Ōmuta Line (西鉄大牟田線, Ōmuta sen).

• Track
  • Double: Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) - Shikenjōmae, Daizenji - Kamachi, Hiraki - Ōmuta
  • Single: the rest

The line runs approximately parallel with to the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line, but connection between the lines are poor.

The operator Nishitetsu offers two types of limited-stop "Rapid" train services in addition to all-stations "Local" trains.

Local (普通, Futsū)

Stops all stations. Between Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) and Chikushi or Daizenji inside the line, Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) and Dazaifu of Dazaifu Line, Amagi of Amagi Line and Ōmuta. Trains inside the line and Dazaifu Line with 4-7 car EMUs, through trains to Amagi Line with 2-car 7000 and 7050 series EMUs

Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex)

Operated all day. Some Expresses are operated as Locals in southern part (Ōmuta side). In day hours, 2 per hour per direction between Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) and Nishitetsu Ogōri, and 2 between Nishitetsu Fukuoka and Hanabatake. Five-car 3000 series EMUs, 6-car 2000 and 5000 series EMUs

Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū) (LE)

Between Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) and Ōmuta, 2 service per direction per hour. Seven-car 8000 series in day hours, 5000, 6000 and 6050 series EMUs in the morning and evening hours

During the daytime between 10:00 and 16:00, the numbers of trains per direction per hour are as follows.

Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) - Nishitetsu Futsukaichi

2 LE, 4 Ex, 6 Lo

Nishitetsu Futsukaichi - Chikushi

2 LE, 4 Ex, 4 Lo

Chikushi - Nishitetsu Ogōri

2 LE, 2 Ex, 2 Lo (north of Chikushi as Ex), 2 Lo

Nishitetsu Ogōri - Miyanojin

2 LE, 2 Ex, 2 Lo

Miyanojin - Hanabatake

2 LE, 2 Ex, 2 Lo, 2 Lo through to Amagi Line

Hanabatake - Daizenji

2 Lo, 4 Lo

Daizenji - Ōmuta

2 LE, 2 Lo

All stations are located in Fukuoka Prefecture.

• lower case shows some trains stop
• e1: Expresses only for Chikushi stop
• e2: Expresses only down for Nishitetsu Ogōri, some ups from Hanabatake, Shikenjōmae, Tsubuku, Nishitetsu Yanagawa stop

New three- and two-car 9000 series electric multiple unit trains were introduced on the line from March 2017.^[1]

• 
  A 3000 series EMU
• 
  A 9000 series EMU

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The Kyushu Railway (九州鉄道, Kyūshū Tetsudō)^{[Note 2]} built and operated the first Interurban railway line in Kyushu from Fukuoka, planned to extend to Kumamoto, but difficulty in securing a corridor south of Omuta resulted in that plan being abandoned.

• 12 April 1924: Fukuoka (presently Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin)) - Kurume (presently Nishitetsu Kurume) opened by the Kyushu Railway (II). 1,435mm gauge, electrified, double tracked.
• 28 December 1932: Kurume - Tsubuku opened, single tracked.
• 22 June 1937: The Ōkawa Railway was merged into the Kyushu Railway. Kamikurume - Tsubuku - Daizenji - Enokizu became a part of Kūshū Railway network, single tracked, 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge.
• 1 October 1937: Tsubuku - Daizenji of ex-Ōkawa Railway regauged to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (the remainder abandoned later). Daizenji - Yanagawa (presently Nishitetsu Yanagawa) opened.
• 1 December 1938: Fukuoka - Tsubuku from Tram Act to Local Railway Act.
• 1 September 1938: Yanagawa - Nakashima (presently Nishitetsu Nakashima) opened.
• 1 October 1938: Nakashima - Sakaemachi (presently Shin-Sakaemachi) opened.
• 1 July 1939: Sakaemachi - Ōmuta opened, the line completed.
• 19 September 1942: Kyushu Electric Tramway (九州電気軌道, Kyūshū Denki Kidō) merged, under wartime condition, Kyushu Railway and some other railway companies in Fukuoka Prefecture.
• 22 September 1942: Kyushu Electric Tramway renamed Nishi-Nippon Railroad, the line became its Ōmuta Line.
• 11 November 1951: Nishitetsu Kurume - Shikenjōmae track doubled.
• 20 March 1960: Kuranaga - Nishitetsu Ginsui track doubled.
• April 1961: Nishitetsu Ginsui - Sakaemachi track doubled.
• 21 June 1961: Sakaemachi -. Ōmuta track doubled.
• 20 November 1965: Hiraki - Kuranaga track doubled.
• February, 1967: Daizenji - Mizuma, Ōmizo - Kamachi track doubled.
• 10 June 1974: CTC signalling is commissioned on the entire line.
• 15 January 1997: Mizuma - Ōmizo track doubled.
• 1 January 2001: Proper names changed to Tenjin-Ōmuta Line from Ōmuta Line, Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station (with Tenjin in parentheses) from Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station.
• 16 February 2008: The maximum speed on the line is increased from 100 km/h to 110 km/h.
• 27 March 2010: Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku Kyūkō) and Non-Stop (直行, Chokkō) services were discontinued.
• 28 August 2022: The section between Zasshonokuma and Shimoōri stations was elevated, resulting in the removal of several level crossings.^[2]

• Cab-view video of a limited express Fukuoka to Omuta train

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.