Kyushu Railway Company
The Kyushu Railway Company, also referred to as JR Kyushu (JR九州, Jeiāru Kyūshū), is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea. It also operates hotels, restaurants, and drugstores across its service region. JR Kyushu's headquarters are in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka.
JR Kyushu headquarters (7th floor) near Hakata Station | |
Native name | 九州旅客鉄道株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Kyūshū Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki gaisha lit. "Kyushu Passenger Railway Share Company" |
| Company type | Public KK |
Traded as | |
| Industry | Rail transport |
| Predecessor | Japanese National Railways (JNR) |
| Founded | April 1, 1987 (privatization of JNR) |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
| Products | SUGOCA (a rechargeable contactless smart card) |
| Services | passenger railways freight services bus transportation Real estate development other related services |
| Owner | JRTT (1987–2016) Public float (2016–present) |
Number of employees | 9,060 (as of 1 April 2016) |
| Website | jrkyushu.co.jp/english/index.html |
| Kyushu Railway Company | |||||
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Kyushu Shinkansen 800 series Tsubame | |||||
| Operation | |||||
| National railway | Japan Railways Group | ||||
| Infrastructure company | Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency | ||||
| Statistics | |||||
| Ridership | 331 million | ||||
| Passenger km | 9.191 billion per year | ||||
| System length | |||||
| Total | 2,273.0 km (1,412.4 mi) | ||||
| Double track | 772.8 km (480.2 mi) (34%) | ||||
| Electrified | 1,341.1 km (833.3 mi) (59%) | ||||
| High-speed | 288.9 km (179.5 mi) (12.7%) | ||||
| Track gauge | |||||
| Main | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||||
| High-speed | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||
| Electrification | |||||
| Main | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary 1,341.1 km (833.3 mi) | ||||
| 25 kV AC 60 Hz overhead | 288.9 km (179.5 mi) Kyushu Shinkansen | ||||
| Features | |||||
| No. stations | 567 | ||||
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