Jalur Utama Kagoshima
Jalur Utama Kagoshima (鹿児島本線) nyaéta bagéan utama tina jaringan utama kareta JR Kyūshū tur manjang antara Mojikō di Kitakyūshū, nepi ka Kagoshima Station di Kagoshima City, di tungtung kidul Kyūshū.  Until March 13 2004, it covered 393 kilométers between its two termini; however, with the opening of the Kyūshū Shinkansen on March 13, the section between Yatsushiro and Sendai was transferred to the third-sector Hisatsu Orange Railway Company.  The line is the most important line in Kyūshū, connecting Fukuoka (Hakata Station) to many other major cities.  It is the main line through the Fukuoka urban district, and as such many long-distance express trains from all parts of Kyūshū utilize the section of line between Kokura Station (Kitakyūshū) and Tosu Station, where the main line to Nagasaki meets the Kagoshima Main Line.

Basic data
Operators, distances
Kyūshū Railway Company (Services and tracks)
Japan Freight Railway Company (Services)
From Mojikō to Yatsushiro: 232.3 km / 144.3 mi.
From Sendai to Kagoshima: 49.3 km / 30.6 mi.
Japan Freight Railway Company (Services and tracks)
From Mojikō to Sotohama: 0.9 km / 0.6 mi.
From Kashii to Fukuoka Freight Terminal: 3.7 km / 2.3 mi.
Gauge: 1067 mm / 3 ft. 6 in.
Stations:
Passenger stations: 90, including those with freight services
Freight-only stations: 6
Railway signalling: Automatic
Track:
Quadruple-track line or more:
From Moji to Orio
Double-track line or more:
From Mojikō to Moji
From Orio to Yatsushiro
From Kobanchaya to Kushikino
From Higashi-Ichiki to Kagoshima
Electric supply: Whole the line (20,000 V AC)
Maximum speed at service: 130 km/h

Stations

From Mojikō to Yatsushiro

1: All the trains stop at stations signed "+". Some trains stop at "*". Most trains do not stop at "-". Some rapid/semi rapid trains, however, make stop at all the stations northward from Hakata or Minami-Fukuoka, or southward from Hakata, Futsukaichi, or Kurume.
2: Scheduled to open at spring, 2009.
3: Scheduled to open at spring, 2010.
4: Some local trains do not stop at Tabaruzaka.

From Sendai to Kagoshima

5: All the trains stop at stations signed "+". Some trains stop at "*". No trains (other than local) stop at "-". Rapid trains always run from Kagoshima-Chūō to Sendai, never the opposite direction. "Liners" here refers to Sawayaka Liner and Ohayō Liner.

Former section, from Yatsushiro to Sendai
This section was transferred to Hisatsu Orange Railway Line on March 13, 2004.

Yatsushiro - Higo-Kōda - Hinagu (Hinagu-Onsen) - Higo-Futami - Kami-Tanoura - (Tanoura-​Otachimisaki-​Kōen) - Higo-Tanoura - Uminoura - Sashiki - Yunoura - Tsunagi - Hatsuno S.B. (Shin-Minamata) - Minamata - Fukuro - Komenotsu - Izumi - Nishi-Izumi - Takaono - Nodagō - Origuchi - Akasegawa S.B. - Akune - Ushinohama - Satsuma-Ōkawa - Nishikata - Satsuma-Taki - Kusamichi - Kami-Sendai - Sendai

Names in brackets are the stations newly built or renamed after the section transfer.

Lines of Kyushu Railway Company