The is an railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, connecting Hakata Station in Fukuoka with Hakataminami Station in Kasuga. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
The line was originally built by Japanese National Railways (JNR) to shuttle San'yō Shinkansen trains from the Hakata terminal to the Hakata Shinkansen Depot in Kasuga for storage and maintenance. At the time, Kasuga was a rural area, and JNR did not consider a station necessary. By the late 1980s, the area had developed into a suburb of Fukuoka, and JR West constructed Hakataminami Station adjacent to the depot. Service began on 1 April 1990. Most services are Kodama trains entering or leaving service on the San'yō Shinkansen.
Rolling stock
Current
- 500-7000 series 8-car sets
- 700-7000 series 8-car Hikari Rail Star sets
- N700-7000/8000 series 8-car sets
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Train of Hakata-Minami Line at Hakata-Minami Station 3.jpg|A 500 series set at Hakataminami Station
Train of Hakata-Minami Line at Hakata-Minami Station 4.jpg|A 700-7000 series Hikari Rail Star set at Hakataminami Station
博多南駅 - panoramio (2).jpg|A N700-7000 series set at Hakataminami Station
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Former
- 0 series 4/6-car sets
- 100 series 4/6-car sets
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Series0-hakataminami.JPG|Side view of a 0 series set bound for Hakataminami
Hakata-Minami line (3087128820).jpg|A 100 series set at Hakataminami Station
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See also
- Gala-Yuzawa Line, a similar line on the Jōetsu Shinkansen