The is a railway line in
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders ...
, Japan, connecting
Kurosaki-Ekimae in
Kitakyushu
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fuk ...
with
Chikuhō-Nōgata Station in
Nōgata, operated by . The line does not have an official name. The company and the line is also called . The company is a subsidiary of
Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu), founded in 1951.
The line originally had a through service with the
Nishitetsu Kitakyushu Line, a
tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...
line closed in 2000. Because of this, the Chikutetsu Line only uses tram vehicles. However, the line is legally classified as a railway under Railway Business Act, not a tramway under Tram Act, and the line does not share any segments with public roads.
Station list
Rolling stock
The Chikuhō Electric Railroad operates the following fleet of tramcars.
* 3000 series 2-car articulated EMUs
* 5000 series 3-car articulated low-floor tramcars
3000 series
Nine 3000 series sets were introduced between 1988 and 1996.
, all nine 3000 series sets were in operation, numbered 3001 to 3009.
Many 3000 series received
all-over advertising.
File:Chikuho3001.jpg, Set 3001 in September 2016
File:Chikuho3002.jpg, Set 3002 in September 2016
File:Platform of Chikuho-Nogata Station 2.JPG, Set 3004 in April 2016
File:Chikutetsu3005.jpg, Set 3005 in old-style livery in November 2016
File:Chikuho Dentetsu EC Type3000 3006AB.jpg, Set 3006 in October 2007
File:Chikuho3007.jpg, Set 3007 in September 2019
5000 series
The 5000 series is a 17.6 m long low-floor tramcar type with three articulated units mounted on two bogies. , three 5000 series sets were in operation,
with a total of four sets scheduled to be in operation by March 2018.
Individual car histories are as follows.
Former rolling stock
* 2000 series 3-car articulated EMUs
* 2100 series two-car articulated EMUs
2000 series
The 2000 series sets were purchased from
Nishitetsu
The , also called or NNR, is one of Japan's "Big 16" private railroad companies. With headquarters in Fukuoka, it operates local and highway buses, supermarkets, real estate and travel agencies, as well as railways in Fukuoka Prefecture. It ...
and rebuilt as three-car articulated units with four bogies.
, three of the original seven 2000 series sets (2002, 2003, 2006) remained in operation.
Each car was finished in a different colour livery as follows.
The remaining 2000 series sets were decommissioned around November 2022.
File:Chikuho Dentetsu EC Type2000 2001ACB.jpg, Purple-liveried set 2001 in October 2007
File:Chikuho Dentetsu EC Type2000 2003ACB.jpg, Set 2003 in original livery in October 2007
File:Chikuho Dentetsu 2003.jpg, Blue-liveried set 2003 in March 2008
File:Chikuho Dentetsu 2005.jpg, Yellow-liveried set 2005 in July 2009
File:Chikuho Dentetsu 2007.jpg, Red-liveried set 2007 in July 2009
2100 series
File:Cer-2005.jpg, Set 2105 in 2000
History
The Chikuho Electric Railroad was founded 15 February 1951.
The line opened on 21 March 1956, initially from to . This was extended to on 29 April 1958, and to on 18 September 1959.
See also
*
List of railway companies in Japan
List of railway companies in Japan lists Japanese railway operators.
Those in ''italics'' are the third-sector operators; being half-public, half-private.
Japan Railways Group
The Japan Railways Group consists of the seven companies that were f ...
*
List of railway lines in Japan
List of railway lines in Japan lists existing Rail transport, railway lines in Japan alphabetically.
The vast majority of Japanese railways are classified under two Japanese laws, one for and another for . The difference between the two is a leg ...
References
External links
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Railway lines in Japan
Tram transport in Japan
Rail transport in Fukuoka Prefecture
600 V DC railway electrification
Standard-gauge railways in Japan