Karatsu Line
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| Karatsu Line | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Overview | |||
| Owner |  JR Kyushu | ||
| Locale | Saga Prefecture | ||
| Termini | |||
| Stations | 13 | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Regional rail | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1898 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 42.5 km (26.4 mi) | ||
| Number of tracks | Single | ||
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary (Karatsu to Nishi-Karatsu) | ||
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The Karatsu Line (唐津線, Karatsu-sen) is a regional railway line in Saga Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Kubota in Saga City to Nishi-Karatsu in Karatsu City, both in Saga Prefecture, Japan.[1] The line was originally constructed to carry coal from the Karatsu coal fields to the Port of Karatsu for export and had many branch lines to coal mines which have since closed.[2][3]
All trains running on the Karatsu Line stop at all stations along the line, including through services from both sections of the Chikuhi Line. All trains that run to/from Kubota Station use the Nagasaki Main Line to terminate at Saga Station instead.
Station list
Station numbering has not been introduced for the Karatsu Line, but both Karatsu and Nishi-Karatsu use the station numbering from the eastern section of the Chikuhi Line.
| No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) |
Connecting lines | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↑ Through services to/from Saga via the Nagasaki Main Line ↑ | ||||||
| Kubota | 久保田 | 0.0 | Nagasaki Main Line (through service) | Saga | Saga Prefecture | |
| Ogi | 小城 | 5.1 | Ogi | |||
| Higashi-Taku | 東多久 | 10.6 | Taku | |||
| Naka-Taku | 中多久 | 13.6 | ||||
| Taku | 多久 | 15.2 | ||||
| Kyūragi | 厳木 | 20.8 | Karatsu | |||
| Iwaya | 岩屋 | 23.3 | ||||
| Ōchi | 相知 | 26.0 | ||||
| Honmutabe | 本牟田部 | 30.1 | ||||
| ↑ Through services to/from Imari via the Chikuhi Line ↑ | ||||||
| Yamamoto | 山本 | 32.9 | Chikuhi Line (Western section) (through service) | Karatsu | Saga Prefecture | |
| Onizuka | 鬼塚 | 36.6 | ||||
| ↑ Through services to/from Fukuoka Airport via the Chikuhi Line and the Airport Line ↑ | ||||||
| JK 20 | Karatsu | 唐津 | 40.3 | Chikuhi Line (Eastern section) (through service) | Karatsu | Saga Prefecture |
| JK 21 | Nishi-Karatsu | 西唐津 | 42.5 | |||
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