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Second Phase Line

第二期線

The Second Phase Line (第二期線, Dai-niki-sen) is a 1.0-kilometre tramway in the city of Kagoshima, operated by the Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau as one of the lines of the Kagoshima City Tram (鹿児島市電) network.

It runs from Takamibaba stop to Kagoshima-Chūō-eki-mae stop, the tram halt in front of Kagoshima-Chūō Station, serving four stops over double track laid to the 1,435 mm standard gauge and electrified at 600 V DC by overhead line. Its cars run through onto the adjoining First Phase and Tōsō lines.

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Route of the Second Phase Line · Kagoshima · Boundaries: MLIT / GSI / Japan Post

History

From Takamibaba, where it diverges from the First Phase Line, the line reaches the forecourt of what is today Kagoshima-Chūō Station. It opened on 17 December 1915, when the Kagoshima Electric Tramway (鹿児島電気軌道) brought into service the section from Takamibaba to Take-eki-mae — the stop in front of the railway station, then named Take Station.

Kagoshima City took the tramway into public ownership in the late 1920s. The line was transferred to the city's newly established Electric Bureau (鹿児島市電気局) on 1 July 1928, ending its existence as a private undertaking. A little over a month later, on 7 August 1928, the terminal stop Take-eki-mae was renamed Nishi-Kagoshima-eki-mae.

The municipal operator was then reorganised several times. It became the city Transport Section (交通課) on 26 January 1933, the city Transport Department (交通部) on 24 October 1944, and finally the Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau (鹿児島市交通局) on 1 October 1952, the name it still bears today.

On 13 March 2004 the line's terminus, Nishi-Kagoshima-eki-mae, was renamed Kagoshima-Chūō-eki-mae. Route 2 of the tram network now works the line at roughly seven-and-a-half-minute intervals, running through from the First Phase Line and on to the Tōsō Line.

Stations on this line

4 stations tracked on the map, listed alphabetically. Select any to read its page.

Timeline
  • 191517 December: the Kagoshima Electric Tramway opens the line, from Takamibaba to Take-eki-mae (the stop in front of the then-named Take Station).
  • 19281 July: the line is transferred to the city's newly established Electric Bureau (鹿児島市電気局), ending private operation.
  • 19287 August: the Take-eki-mae stop is renamed Nishi-Kagoshima-eki-mae.
  • 193326 January: the municipal operator is reorganised into the city Transport Section (交通課).
  • 194424 October: the municipal operator is reorganised into the city Transport Department (交通部).
  • 19521 October: the municipal operator is reorganised into the Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau (鹿児島市交通局), its present name.
  • 200413 March: the Nishi-Kagoshima-eki-mae stop is renamed Kagoshima-Chūō-eki-mae.

Sources

Last updated 16 October 2026.

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