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Kyushu Railway Company
九州旅客鉄道株式会社
Type	Public KK
Predecessor	Japan National Railways (JNR)
Founded	April 1, 1987 (privatization of JNR)
Headquarters	Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka Hakata station square 3-25-21, Japan
Industry	Private railroad
Products	Sugoka (a rechargeable contactless smart card)
Services	passenger railways; freight services; bus transportation; other related services
Owner(s)	Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (100%)
Employees	7,970 (as of April 1, 2008)
Website	www.jrkyushu.co.jp

The Kyushu Railway Company (九州旅客鉄道株式会社, Kyūshū Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha^?), also referred to as JR Kyūshū (JR九州, Jeiāru Kyūshū^?), is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services in Kyūshū, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea.

JR Kyushu's headquarters are in Fukuoka.

The company introduced SUGOCA, a smart card ticketing system, from March 1 2009.

[edit] Lines

[edit] Shinkansen line

Kyūshū Shinkansen (Kagoshima Route)

[edit] Trunk and Other lines

885 series White Sonic limited express EMU

Fukuhoku Yutaka Line 813 series local EMU

Kagoshima Main Line
Nagasaki Main Line
Kyūdai Main Line: Nicknamed Yufu Kōgen Line
Hōhi Main Line: Nicknamed Aso Kōgen Line
Nippō Main Line
Chikuhō Main Line: Divided to three segments with different nicknames, namely Haruda Line, Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, and Wakamatsu Line.