Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line

Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line
Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line
	A Chikutetsu 3000 series train on the Chikuho Railroad in April 2016
Overview
Native name	筑豊電気鉄道線
Owner	Nishitetsu Group
Locale	Fukuoka Prefecture
Termini	Kurosaki; Chikuhō-Nōgata;
Stations	21
Service
Rolling stock	2000 series; 3000 series; 5000 series;
History
Opened	March 21, 1956
Technical
Line length	16.0 km (9.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Minimum radius	300 m
Electrification	600 V DC overhead lines
Operating speed	60 km/h (35 mph)

The Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line (筑豊電気鉄道線, Chikuhō Denki Tetsudō-sen) is a railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, connecting Kurosaki-Ekimae in Kitakyushu with Chikuhō-Nōgata Station in Nōgata, operated by Chikuhō Electric Railroad (筑豊電気鉄道, Chikuhō Denki Tetsudō). The line does not have an official name. The company and the line is also called Chikutetsu (筑鉄). The company is a subsidiary of Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu), founded in 1951.^[1] The line originally had a through service with the Nishitetsu Kitakyushu Line, a tram 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

Code	Station name	Japanese	Distance (km) (between stations)	Total distance (km)	Transfers	Location
CK 01	Kurosaki-Ekimae	黒崎駅前	-	0.0	■ Kagoshima Main Line ■ Fukuhoku Yutaka Line (Kurosaki Station)	Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu
CK 02	Nishi-Kurosaki	西黒崎	0.2	0.2
CK 03	Kumanishi	熊西	0.4	0.6
CK 04	Hagiwara	萩原	1.1	1.7
CK 05	Anō	穴生	0.6	2.3
CK 06	Morishita	森下	0.5	2.8
CK 07	Imaike	今池	0.9	3.7
CK 08	Einomaru	永犬丸	0.8	4.5
CK 09	Sangamori	三ヶ森	0.5	5.0
CK 10	Nishiyama	西山	0.7	5.7
CK 11	Tōritani	通谷	1.0	6.7		Nakama, Fukuoka
CK 12	Higashi-Nakama	東中間	0.5	7.2
CK 13	Chikuhō-Nakama	筑豊中間	0.7	7.9
CK 14	Kibōgaoka-Kōkōmae	希望が丘高校前	0.9	8.8
CK 15	Chikuhō-Katsuki	筑豊香月	1.4	10.2		Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu
CK 16	Kusubashi	楠橋	1.3	11.5
CK 17	Shin-Koyanose	新木屋瀬	0.6	12.1
CK 18	Koyanose	木屋瀬	0.5	12.6
CK 19	Ongano	遠賀野	1.3	13.9		Nōgata, Fukuoka
CK 20	Ganda	感田	1.3	15.2
CK 21	Chikuhō-Nōgata	筑豊直方	0.8	16.0	Note: Nogata Station (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line & Heisei Chikuhō Railway Ita Line) is 750m away

Rolling stock

The Chikuhō Electric Railroad operates the following fleet of tramcars.^[2]

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.^[3] As of 1 April 2017^[update], all nine 3000 series sets were in operation, numbered 3001 to 3009.^[2] Many 3000 series received all-over advertising.

Set 3001 in September 2016
Set 3002 in September 2016
Set 3004 in April 2016
Set 3005 in old-style livery in November 2016
Set 3006 in October 2007
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. As of 1 April 2017^[update], three 5000 series sets were in operation,^[2] with a total of four sets scheduled to be in operation by March 2018.^[4]

Individual car histories are as follows.^[2]

Set No.	Manufacturer	Delivery date	Service entry date	Livery
5001	Alna Sharyo	February 2015	14 March 2015	Pink
5002	Alna Sharyo	February 2016	1 March 2016	Green
5003	Alna Sharyo	February 2017	13 February 2017	Pink
5004	Alna Sharyo	2017	18 December 2017^[5]	Light blue

5001 in March 2015
5002 in November 2016
5003 in September 2019
5004 in August 2018

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 and rebuilt as three-car articulated units with four bogies.^[3]

As of 1 April 2017^[update], three of the original seven 2000 series sets (2002, 2003, 2006) remained in operation.^[2] Each car was finished in a different colour livery as follows.^[6] The remaining 2000 series sets were decommissioned around November 2022.

Set No.	Livery	Notes
2001	Purple	Withdrawn
2002	Indigo
2003	Blue
2004	Green	Withdrawn
2005	Yellow	Withdrawn
2006	Orange
2007	Red	Withdrawn

Purple-liveried set 2001 in October 2007
Set 2003 in original livery in October 2007
Blue-liveried set 2003 in March 2008
Yellow-liveried set 2005 in July 2009
Red-liveried set 2007 in July 2009

2100 series

Set 2105 in 2000

History

The Chikuho Electric Railroad was founded 15 February 1951.^[1] The line opened on 21 March 1956, initially from Kumanishi to Chikuhō-Nakama. This was extended to Koyanose on 29 April 1958, and to Chikuhō-Nōgata on 18 September 1959.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 175. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 私鉄車両編成表 2017 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2017] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2017. p. 186. ISBN 978-4-330-81317-2.
^ ^a ^b Takai, Kunpei (30 June 2014). Morokawa, Hisashi; Hattori, Akihiro (eds.). 全国私鉄超決定版電車・機関車・気動車1700 [Nationwide Private Railway Ultimate Edition: 1700 EMUs, Locomotives, and DMUs] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Sekaibunka-sha. p. 275. ISBN 978-4-418-14219-4.
^ 筑豊電鉄:新型車両導入へＩＣカードシステムも沿線３市と支援協定／福岡 [Chikuho Electric Railroad to introduce new trains and IC card system]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. 11 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
^ 筑豊電鉄5000形5004編成が営業運転を開始 [Chikuho Electric Railroad 5000 series set 5004 enters revenue service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^ 私鉄車両編成表 2010 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2010] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. August 2010. p. 162. ISBN 978-4-330-15310-0.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[terada2013-1] Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 175. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

[jrrprivate2017-2] 私鉄車両編成表 2017 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2017] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2017. p. 186. ISBN 978-4-330-81317-2.

[takai_2014-3] Takai, Kunpei (30 June 2014). Morokawa, Hisashi; Hattori, Akihiro (eds.). 全国私鉄超決定版電車・機関車・気動車1700 [Nationwide Private Railway Ultimate Edition: 1700 EMUs, Locomotives, and DMUs] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Sekaibunka-sha. p. 275. ISBN 978-4-418-14219-4.

[mainichi20140711-4] 筑豊電鉄:新型車両導入へＩＣカードシステムも沿線３市と支援協定／福岡 [Chikuho Electric Railroad to introduce new trains and IC card system]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. 11 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

[railfan20171222-5] 筑豊電鉄5000形5004編成が営業運転を開始 [Chikuho Electric Railroad 5000 series set 5004 enters revenue service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

[jrrprivate2010-6] 私鉄車両編成表 2010 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2010] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. August 2010. p. 162. ISBN 978-4-330-15310-0.

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