Ōmura Line

Ōmura Line
Diesel train on the Ōmura Line
Overview
Owner	JR Kyushu
Locale	Kyushu
Termini	Haiki Isahaya
Stations	15
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR Kyushu
History
Opened	20 January 1898; 126 years ago (20 January 1898)
Technical
Line length	47.6 km (29.6 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	20 kV AC (60 Hz) (Haiki - Huis Ten Bosch)
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)
Signalling	Automatic block signaling
Route map

Ōmura Line (大村線, Ōmura-sen) is a railway line in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Haiki Station in Sasebo to Isahaya Station in Isahaya. From 1898 the line was part of the Nagasaki Main Line until the Hizen Yamaguchi - Isahaya line opened in 1934.

History

The Kyushu Railway Co. opened the entire line in 1898 as part of the original Nagasaki Main Line. The company was nationalised in 1907.

With the opening of the Hizen Yamaguchi - Isahaya section of the Nagasaki Main Line in 1934, the line was renamed the Omura Line.

In 1992 the Haiki - Huis Ten Bosch section was electrified at 20 kV AC.

Stations

• S: Trains stop
• |: Non-stop

References

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

This page was last edited on 12 December 2022, at 02:43