Itoda Line
Railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

The Itoda Line (糸田線, Itoda-sen) is a 6.8 km railway line owned by the Heisei Chikuhō Railway. The line runs north from Tagawa to Kanada Station, all within Fukuoka Prefecture.
01History
The Itoda Line was built in two parts. The first part was built in 1897 as a branch line by the Hōshū Railway (豊州鉄道), a third-sector railway to transport coal from the Chikuhō Coal Mine. It ran north from Gotōji Station (now Tagawa-Gotōji Station) to Miyatoko Station (now Itoda Station). Hōshū Railway was acquired by Kyushu Railway in 1901, which was then nationalized in 1907 into Japanese Government Railways (JGR) under the Railway Nationalization Act. After being nationalized, the line was known as the Miyatoko Line (宮床線, Miyatoko-sen).
In 1927, another third-sector railway company, Kingū Railway (金宮鉄道), built the section between Miyatoko and Kanada Station. Within the same year, the line was transferred to the Kyushu Sankyū Railway (九州産業鉄道), who then changed their name to Sankyū Cement Railway (産業セメント鉄道) in 1933. The line was sold in 1943 during the Second World War to JGR, who operated the entire line as the Itoda Line.
With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor of the JGR) in 1987, the Itoda Line fell under the control of Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). Then, in 1989, the Itoda Line was transferred to the Heisei Chikuhō Railway, along with the Ita Line and Tagawa Line.
02Operations
The line is not electrified and is single-tracked for the entire line.
There is generally an hourly service in each direction. All trains run as local services and stop at all stations. A few services continue past Kanada Station on the Ita Line to Nōgata Station.
03Stations
All stations are within Fukuoka Prefecture.
| No. | Name | Distance (km) | Connections | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HC10 | Kanada | 金田 | 0.0 | ■ Ita Line | Fukuchi |
| HC51 | Buzen-Ōkuma | 豊前大熊 | 1.5 | Itoda | |
| HC52 | Matsuyama | 松山 | 2.1 | ||
| HC53 | Itoda | 糸田 | 3.4 | ||
| HC54 | Ōyabu | 大藪駅 | 4.9 | Tagawa | |
| HC55 | Tagawa-Gotōji | 田川後藤寺 | 6.8 | JR Kyushu: JI Hitahikosan Line
JJ Gotōji Line | |
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- Heichiku Buzen Okuma Station 1.jpg by user:Atsasebo, CC BY-SA 3.0
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