The Sasebo Line ( 佐世保線 , Sasebo-sen ) is a railway line in Kyushu , Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Kōhoku Station in Kōhoku , Saga Prefecture to Sasebo Station in Sasebo , Nagasaki Prefecture . It is part of the route connecting Sasebo with Saga and Fukuoka . Most of the line runs parallel to National Routes 34 and 35 . From 1898 to 1934 the Kōhoku - Haiki section was part of the original Nagasaki Main Line .
5-573: The Kyushu Railway Co. opened the Yamaguchi (present-day Kōhoku) - Takeo (present-day Takeo-Onsen) section in 1895 as part of the original Nagasaki Main Line . It was extended to Haiki in 1897, and to Sasebo the following year. The company was nationalised in 1907. In 1934 the Hizen-Yamaguchi (present-day Kōhoku) - Isahaya line opened as the new Nagasaki Main line, with the line being renamed
10-758: The Sasebo Line. The history of the line beyond Sasebo is covered under the Matsuura Line . The entire line was electrified in 1976, and freight service ceased between Haiki - Sasebo in 1985, Arita - Haiki in 1987 and on the balance of the line in 1996. The section between Takahashi station and Omachi station will be double-tracked as the current compromise until the construction of the Kyushu Shinkansen Nagasaki route between Takeo-Onsen and Shin-Tosu can be decided. Kyushu Railway Kyushu Railway ( 九州鉄道 , Kyūshū Tetsudō )
15-478: The company was dissolved. A special coach made by German car manufacturer van der Zypen & Charlier was imported by Kyushu Railway for VIP use in 1891. The coach was improved and designated as the imperial coach in 1902 for use by Emperor Meiji when he visited an army drill in Kumamoto Prefecture. After the nationalization, the coach was called the imperial coach No. 2 but was not used again by
20-620: The first railway in Kyushu. The company expanded the railway by means of both construction and acquisition of other companies. As of 1907, it operated 442.8 miles (712.6 km) of railways in Fukuoka , Kumamoto , Nagasaki , Ōita and Saga prefectures in northern Kyushu. On July 1, 1907, the entire operation of the company was purchased by the government of Japan under the Railway Nationalization Act . Consequently,
25-681: Was a company that built and operated railways in Kyushu , one of four main islands of Japan. Most of its lines came under the control of Japanese Government Railways following nationalization in 1907, and many are now operated by Kyushu Railway Company . The company was incorporated on August 15, 1888 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka . The first 22 miles (35 km) of the railway, between Hakata Station in Fukuoka and Chitosegawa temporary station in Asahi, Saga (near Kurume, Fukuoka ), opened on December 11, 1889 as
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