Fujisaki Line

Fujisaki Line
A passenger train between Kita-Kumamoto and Kurokamimachi stations
Overview
Native name	藤崎線
Owner	Kumamoto Electric Railway
Locale	Kumamoto Prefecture
Termini	Kita-Kumamoto Fujisakigū-mae
Stations	3
Website	www.kumamotodentetsu.co.jp
Service
Type	Heavy rail
History
Opened	27 March 1913 (1913-03-27)
Technical
Line length	2.3 km (1.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	Overhead line, DC 600 V

The Fujisaki Line (藤崎線, Kikuchi-sen) is a 2.3 km railway line owned by the Kumamoto Electric Railway, serving Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The line branches southward from Kita-Kumamoto Station to Fujisakigū-mae Station.

Previously, this line extended to Kami-Kumamoto Station on one side and Kikuchi on the other. The section between Kita-Kumamoto and Kikuchi was transferred to the Kikuchi Line on October 1, 1950, and the section between Fujisakigū-mae ad Kami-Kumamoto was transferred to the Kumamoto City Tram as the Tsuboi Line on June 1, 1954. The Tsuboi Line ceased operations in 1970.

Operations[]

The line is electrified with overhead lines and is single-tracked for the entire line. Passing loops are located at Kita-Kumamoto Station for trains continuing on the Kikuchi Line.

All passenger services on the line continue past Kita-Kumamoto Station to Miyoshi Station on the Kikuchi Line. Trains arrive roughly every thirty minutes.^[1]

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