Kyushu Railway Co., Ltd.

Japanese: 九州鉄道[株] - きゅうしゅうてつどう

...The main stops are Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka City, Kurume City, Omuta City in Fukuoka Prefecture, and Kumamoto City and Yatsushiro City in Kumamoto Prefecture. Kyushu Railway built and began operating the section between Moji (now Mojiko) and Yatsushiro, and the government built and began operating the section between Yatsushiro and Kagoshima (via the current Hisatsu Line). In July 1907, the government acquired Kyushu Railway and it became a national railway line. At the time of the acquisition, the section between Yatsushiro, Hitoyoshi, and Yoshimatsu had not yet been opened, and it was renamed the Kagoshima Main Line when the section between Moji and Kagoshima was completed in November 1909.

From the Nippo Main Line

...It was built by the Toyosu Railway Company, and the Kokura-Yukuhashi section was opened in April 1895, and the Yukuhashi-Yukigaura section in September 1897. The Toyosu Railway merged with the Kyushu Railway Company in 1901, and in 1907 was transferred to the national government under the Nationalization of Railways Act, and the Kokura-Yukigaura section became the Toyosu Line. It was opened to Oita in 1911, and to Miyazaki in 1923, connecting with the already opened Yoshimatsu-Miyakonojo-Miyazaki line, and the Kokura-Yoshimatsu section became the Nippō Main Line. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to Kyushu Railway Co., Ltd. is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…おもな経由地は福岡県北九州市，福岡市，久留米市，大牟田市，熊本県熊本市，八代市である。門司(現，門司港)～八代間を九州鉄道が，八代～鹿児島間(現在の肥薩線経由)を政府が，それぞれ建設し営業を開始したが，1907年7月九州鉄道を政府が買収し国鉄線となった。買収当時，八代～人吉～吉松間は未開通で，09年11月の門司～鹿児島間の全通により鹿児島本線と改称された。…

【日豊本線】より

…豊州鉄道会社が建設，1895年4月小倉～行橋（ゆくはし）間，97年9月行橋～柳ヶ浦間がそれぞれ開業した。豊州鉄道は1901年九州鉄道会社と合併，07年には鉄道国有法により国に移管され，小倉～柳ヶ浦間は豊州線となった。11年に大分まで，23年に宮崎まで開通し，すでに開通していた吉松～都城（みやこのじよう）～宮崎間の路線と連絡，小倉～吉松間を日豊本線とした。…

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