The Ita Line ( 伊田線 , Ita-sen ) is a 16.1 km railway line owned by the third-sector company Heisei Chikuhō Railway . The line runs north from Tagawa to Nōgata , all within Fukuoka Prefecture .
6-600: The line was first built by the Chikuhō Kōgyō Railway, later renamed Chikuhō Railway ( 筑豊鉄道 ) , as a branch line of the Chikuhō Main Line . Used to transport coal from the Chikuhō coal mine, the line had two stations: Nōgata Station and Kanada Station . The entire Chikuhō Railway system was merged in 1897 with Kyushu Railway , where the line was extended to Ita Station (now Tagawa-Ita Station ) in 1899. Kyushu Railway
12-757: Is a railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Wakamatsu Station in Kitakyushu with Haruda Station in Chikushino . Between Orio Station and Haruda Station, as well as from Keisen Station via the Sasaguri Line to Yoshizuka Station , the line functions as an alternate route to the Kagoshima Main Line . As of 2021, the Chikuho Main Line
18-525: Is the third shortest of all Japan Railways Group lines named Main (or trunk) Line (not counting the JR Shikoku main lines, which were stripped of their designation after JR Shikoku started operating). For comparison, the shortest is Hidaka Main Line (30.5 km), after the closure of 116.0 km due to storm damage in 2015. The line is divided into three sections. Each section has an alias. Some rapid trains pass
24-785: The Japan Freight Railway Company still ran trains from Kanada north to Mojiko Station in Kitakyushu , transporting cement from a Mitsui Tankō plant near Kanada Station. This service ceased with the plant's closure in March 2004. The line is not electrified and is single-tracked for the entire line. Some services continue past Kanada Station on the Itoda Line to Tagawa-Gotōji Station . All stations are within Fukuoka Prefecture . Chikuh%C5%8D Main Line The Chikuhō Main Line ( 筑豊本線 , Chikuhō-honsen )
30-534: The stations marked "X". A pre-series two-car BEC819 series AC battery electric multiple unit (BEMU) was tested on the line from April 2016, and entered revenue service on 19 October 2016. This will be followed by six more trainsets, entering service in spring 2017. The 39 km Wakamatsu to Iizuka section was built by the Chikuho Kogyo Railway, opening between 1891 and 1893, with the 12 km extension to Chikuzen Uchino opening in 1895. The company
36-486: Was nationalized in 1907 and was merged into Japanese Government Railway . Even though the Ita Line was widened to a double-track railway in 1911, ridership suffered with the decline of the Chikuhō coal mine. Therefore, JR Kyushu , the successor of Japanese Government Railway , privatized and transferred the Ita Line, Itoda Line , and Tagawa Line to the newly founded Heisei Chikuhō Railway. Even after privatization,
#526473