Chikuho Electric Railroad Line

Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line
Chikutetsu 3000 Series train
Overview
Locale	Fukuoka Prefecture
Termini	Kurosaki Station Chikuhō-Nōgata Station
Stations	21
Operation
Opened	March 21, 1956
Owner	Nishitetsu Group
Technical
Line length	16.0 km (9.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	600 V DC overhead lines

The Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line (筑豊電気鉄道線, Chikuhō Denki Tetsudō-sen^?) is a Japanese railway line of Chikuhō Electric Railroad (筑豊電気鉄道, Chikuhō Denki Tetsudō^?) in Fukuoka Prefecture connecting Kurosaki-Ekimae in Kitakyūshū and Chikuhō-Nōgata in Nōgata. The line does not have an official name. The company and the line is also called Chikutetsu (筑鉄^?). The company is a subsidiary of Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu), founded in 1951. The line originally had a through service with the Nishitetsu Kitakyūshū Line, a tram line closed in 2000. Because of this, the Chikutetsu Line only uses tram vehicles. However, the line is legally classified as a railway under Railway Business Act, not a tramway under Tram Act, and the line does not share any segments with public roads.

The Kyūshū Electric Tramway Co. opened the Orio - Moji line in 1914. In 1924 the company received approval to extend the line 47km to Fukuoka, and construction started in 1928. About 1km had been built when a major fraud involving its funding was discovered, and construction was suspended in 1931, and abandoned in 1933.