is a railway line in

Nagasaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan, mainly located on the island of Kyūshū, although it also includes a number of islands off Kyūshū's northwest coast - including Tsushima and Iki. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,246,4 ...

, Japan, operated by the

Kyushu Railway Company The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan. It formerly operated the Beetle (JR Kyushu), Beetle hydrofoil service across th ...

(JR Kyushu). It connects Haiki Station in

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to Isahaya Station in Isahaya. From 1898 the line was part of the

Nagasaki Main Line The , or simply known as the Nagasaki Line, is a railway line owned by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) connecting Tosu Station in Saga Prefecture to Nagasaki Station in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. There is a separate branch of this line ...

until the Hizen Yamaguchi - Isahaya line opened in 1934.

History

The

Kyushu Railway 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 ...

Co. opened the entire line in 1898 as part of the original

. 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Omura Line Lines of Kyushu Railway Company 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1898