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Train routes operated by JR Kyushu
9 routes · high-speed 2 · classic 1 · scenic 5 · luxury 1
JR Kyushu runs 9 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 1,849.5 km of railway across 1 country. The longest is the Seven Stars in Kyushu at 1,000 km; the fastest is the Kyushu Shinkansen, running up to 260 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1989.
The company itself dates to 1987, filed on Wikidata as a rail company (Japan). What this page says about the company comes from JR Kyushu's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Official site ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q498366 ↗
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- 9
- Total length
- 1,849.5 km
- Countries
- Japan
- Fastest
- Kyushu Shinkansen · 260 km/h
- Oldest line here
- 1989
- Company founded
- 1987
- Type
- rail company (Japan)
- Longest
- Seven Stars in Kyushu · 1,000 km
High-speed (2)
- Kyushu Shinkansen
Down the volcanic spine of Kyushu toward Sakurajima’s smoking cone: mostly inside tunnels, all speed.
Wikipedia ↗ - Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen
Japan’s newest and shortest bullet line. The white-and-red “Kamome” skims Omura Bay to Nagasaki while politics still debates the missing link to Hakata.
Wikipedia ↗
Classic (1)
- Limited Express Sonic
The blue “wonderland express”: tilting 883s reverse at Kokura and chase the coast past Nakatsu to the steaming hells of Beppu and Oita.
Wikipedia ↗
Scenic (5)
- Yufuin no Mori
Forest-green parlour cars with a buffet of Kyushu treats: over the Mino passes and along the Kusu valley to the boutique onsen town under Mount Yufu.
Wikipedia ↗ - Umisachi-Yamasachi
Obi-cedar railcars named for the sea-luck, mountain-luck myth skim the Nichinan palm coast past Aoshima’s Devil’s Washboard reefs to the fishing port of Nango.
Wikipedia ↗ - Aso Boy!
Family sightseeing express with a panorama cab and play areas, zig-zagging the Tateno switchback into the vast Mt Aso caldera.
Wikipedia ↗ - Ibusuki no Tamatebako
Split black-and-white treasure box train that puffs a cloud of mist from its doors, rounding Kinko Bay to the hot-sand baths of Ibusuki.
Wikipedia ↗ - A-Train (Amakusa)
A jazz-soundtracked bar on rails — dark wood, stained glass, “A-Highball” in hand — swinging along the Ariake tidal flats from Kumamoto to the Amakusa ferry at Misumi.
Wikipedia (JA) ↗
Luxury (1)
- Seven Stars in Kyushu
Japan’s first luxury cruise train: ten suites and a piano bar on a slow lap of Kyushu’s volcano country; berths routinely go to a lottery.
Wikipedia ↗
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
How many train routes does JR Kyushu run?
9 of the routes in this atlas are JR Kyushu services, covering 1,849.5 km across 1 country (Japan). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.
What is the fastest JR Kyushu train?
The Kyushu Shinkansen, Fukuoka to Kagoshima, at up to 260 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes 1 h 16 min over 257 km.
Does JR Kyushu run night trains?
Not in this atlas. All 9 JR Kyushu routes listed here are daytime services.
When was JR Kyushu founded?
Wikidata records the company's inception as 1987, and files it as a rail company (Japan). The oldest railway it runs over in this atlas opened in 1989 — the line and the company are rarely the same age, and this page dates both.
Countries JR Kyushu runs in
- 🇯🇵 Train routes in Japan 78 routes
Other operators in Japan
- JR East 15 routes
- JR West 12 routes
- JR Hokkaido 4 routes
- JR Shikoku 4 routes
- Kintetsu Railway 4 routes
- JR Central 3 routes
- Nankai Electric Railway 2 routes