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The amagi" target="_blank">Amagi Line (甘木線, amagi" target="_blank">Amagi-sen) is a Japanese railway line connecting Kiyama Station (on the Kagoshima Main Line), Kiyama and amagi" target="_blank">Amagi Station, Asakura. This is the only railway operated by the third-sector railway company amagi" target="_blank">Amagi Railway (甘木鉄道, amagi" target="_blank">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.




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History


The line was opened on April 28, 1939 by the Japanese National Railways (JNR) as the amagi" target="_blank">Amagi Line, in order to supply military equipment to Tachiarai Airfield. In 1981, the line was named a specified local line and considered for closure. Freight services ceased in 1984.
On April 5, 1985, it was agreed that the line would be transferred to a newly created third sector railway company. amagi" target="_blank">Amagi Railway was thus created and inherited the former JNR line on April 1, 1986.
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.




See also


List of railway companies in Japan
List of railway lines in Japan




References






External links


Media related to amagi" target="_blank">Amagi Railway at Wikimedia Commons
Official website (in Japanese)

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• Amagi Railway Amagi Line
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• List of railway lines in Japan (A to I)