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Amagi Railway Amagi Line
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The Amagi Line (甘木線, Amagi-sen) is a Japanese railway line connecting Kiyama Station (on the Kagoshima Main Line), Kiyama and Amagi Station, Asakura. This is the only railway operated by the third-sector railway company Amagi Railway (甘木鉄道, Amagi Tetsudō). The company, and sometimes the line, are also called Amatetsu (甘鉄). The line functions as a commuter rail line for Fukuoka. The Kirin Brewery Co. is a shareholder of the company as a result of the former approximately 1 km siding from Tachiarai that serviced its nearby brewery.[citation needed]

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0.0
Kiyama Station
1.3
Tateno Station
※ below Kyūshū Expressway
Saga / Fukuoka Border
2.5
Ōhara Station (signalling only)
Ogōri Transfer Station until 1986
3.8
Ogōri Station
4.5
Ōitai Station
Hōman River
6.4
Matsuzaki Station
Oita Expressway
7.7
Imaguma Station
8.4
Nishi-Tachiarai Station
9.6
Yamaguma Station
10.4
Tachiarai Station
Kirin Brewery Company Leased Line
11.8
Takata Station
← Nishitetsu:Amagi Line
Koishiwara River
13.7
Amagi Station
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Stations

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History

The line was opened on April 28, 1939 by the Japanese National Railways (JNR) as the Amagi Line, in order to supply military equipment to Tachiarai Airfield.[1] In 1981, the line was named a specified local line and considered for closure. Freight services ceased in 1984.[citation needed]

On April 5, 1985, it was agreed that the line would be transferred to a newly created third sector railway company. Amagi Railway was thus created and inherited the former JNR line on April 1, 1986.[1]

Heavy rainfall damaged a bridge between Oitai and Matsuzaki in 2006 and buses provided the link between those two station for six months until the bridge was repaired.[citation needed]

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