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The Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) introduced the system on March 1, 2009. The name come from "Smart Urban Going Card", while sugoka ( 凄か ) in the local Kyūshū dialect means "great". Like other electronic fare collection systems in Japan, the card uses RFID technology developed by Sony Corporation, known as FeliCa .
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 461 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 226th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu. [ 6 ] Surrounding area
Fukuhoku Yutaka Line 813 series local EMU Chikuhō Main Line (red) and Fukuhoku Yutaka Line (yellow) in northern Kyushu. The Fukuhoku Yutaka Line (福北ゆたか線, Fukuhoku-Yutaka-sen) is the collective name for four sections of railway lines operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Despite proposals to regauge the line to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge and electrify it, the anticipated development of the area did not occur at an acceptable rate and the line was closed in 1921. [citation needed] Minamata Station: The first section of the Yamano line was opened from Kurino (on the Hisatsu Line) 24 km to Yamano in 1921. The 14 ...
A Shinkansen line from Fukuoka to Nagasaki, initially known as the Nagasaki Shinkansen (長崎新幹線), was laid out in the 1973 Basic Plan.Renamed as the Nagasaki Route (長崎ルート), then changed to the Nishi Kyushu Route (西九州ルート, Nishi Kyūshū rūto) in 1995, the segment between Takeo-Onsen and Nagasaki, Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen, opened for service on 23 September 2022.
JR Kyushu: Rolling stock: KiHa 71 series DMU, KiHa 72 series DMU, KiHa 185 series DMU, KiHa 40 series DMU, KiHa 200 series DMU, KiHa 125 series DMU, DF200 Diesel locomotive, DE10 Diesel locomotive, 77 series passenger cars: History; Opened: 30 October 1915; 109 years ago () Technical; Line length: 141.5 km (87.9 mi) Number of tracks
December 12, 2004, the tunnel from Hitoyoshi to Ebino Interchanges which made Kyushu Expressway with four lanes now being connected with no gaps; February 26, 2006, Kitakyushu Junction was opened to traffic with another freeway; March 29, 2009, the Miyama-Yanagawa Interchange was opened; February 19, 2011, the Kurate Interchange was opened
Mizuho service at Kumamoto, hauled by an ED76 electric locomotive, 1987. The Mizuho was first introduced on 1 October 1961 as a seasonal limited express sleeper train service, which ran from Tokyo to Kumamoto in Kyushu, supplementing the three existing limited express services, Asakaze, Sakura, and Hayabusa, operating between Tokyo and Kyushu. [6]