{
  "edition": "2026-11-07",
  "id": "kyushu-shinkansen",
  "locale": "en",
  "url": "https://senroam.com/en/lines/kyushu-shinkansen/",
  "name": "Kyūshū Shinkansen",
  "summary": "Follow the twelve stations from Hakata to Kagoshima-Chūō. Some trains continue beyond Hakata onto the San’yō Shinkansen.",
  "type": "line",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "which-shinkansen-for-nagasaki",
      "question": "At Hakata, do I board the Kagoshima-bound Shinkansen to get to Nagasaki?",
      "answer": "For the Relay Kamome connection, board the conventional limited express リレーかもめ at Hakata. At Takeo-Onsen (武雄温泉), cross the platform to かもめ on the Nishi Kyūshū Shinkansen for Nagasaki. The corridor towards Kagoshima-Chūō is the Kyūshū Shinkansen.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/company/info/business/project01.html",
        "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/train/relay_kamome.html"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "九州新幹線・西九州新幹線",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/company/info/business/project01.html",
      "lang": "ja",
      "support": "Two opening stages, San’yō through-running and the Takeo-Onsen relay.",
      "supportJa": "段階開業、山陽新幹線との直通運転、武雄温泉での対面乗り換え。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07"
    },
    {
      "title": "Timetables for major trains in Kyushu · pp. 2–3",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/pdf/timetable_20260314_20270228.pdf",
      "lang": "en/ja",
      "support": "Southbound and northbound tables show all twelve stations, selected stops and destinations. Major trains only.",
      "supportJa": "下り・上りの駅順、列車ごとの停車駅と行先。主要列車のみ掲載。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07",
      "effectiveTo": "2027-02-28",
      "page": "2–3",
      "date": "2026-03-14"
    },
    {
      "title": "Relay KAMOME",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/train/relay_kamome.html",
      "lang": "en",
      "support": "Hakata–Takeo-Onsen connection and cross-platform transfer for Nagasaki.",
      "supportJa": "博多〜武雄温泉の運行区間、長崎方面の対面乗り換え。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07"
    }
  ],
  "detail": "The southern section between Shin-Yatsushiro and Kagoshima-Chūō opened in 2004. The extension to Hakata completed the line in 2011. Heading for Nagasaki? The Nishi Kyūshū Shinkansen runs separately from Takeo-Onsen to Nagasaki. From Hakata, Relay Kamome connects across the platform at Takeo-Onsen with Kamome.",
  "related": [
    "/en/operators/jr-kyushu/",
    "/en/services/mizuho/",
    "/en/services/sakura/",
    "/en/services/tsubame/"
  ],
  "literature": [
    {
      "source": {
        "title": "Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan",
        "author": "Christopher P. Hood",
        "publisher": "Routledge",
        "date": "2006",
        "language": "en",
        "url": "https://www.routledge.com/Shinkansen-From-Bullet-Train-to-Symbol-of-Modern-Japan-1st-Edition/Hood/p/book/9780415444095"
      },
      "locator": "ch. 3, “Name values”",
      "question": {
        "en": "What does “Shinkansen” actually name?",
        "ja": "「新幹線」は何の名前？"
      },
      "answer": {
        "en": "The word literally means “new trunk line”. Everyday usage also applies it to the trains. Keeping the line, named service and vehicle separate helps decode a platform sign: they answer different questions about the same journey.",
        "ja": "字義どおりには「新しい幹線」を意味するが、日常では車両も含めて使われる。路線名・列車名・車両形式を分けると、ホームの表示が伝える情報を読み解きやすい。"
      }
    }
  ],
  "stationsInOrder": [
    "hakata",
    "shin-tosu",
    "kurume",
    "chikugo-funagoya",
    "shin-omuta",
    "shin-tamana",
    "kumamoto",
    "shin-yatsushiro",
    "shin-minamata",
    "izumi",
    "sendai",
    "kagoshima-chuo"
  ]
}