Toso Line

Kagoshima's first tram line was established in 1912. According to the bureau's own history, the city bought the private Kagoshima Electric Tramway on 1 July 1928, bringing the network into municipal hands. The Tōsō Line itself is a much later addition, built by the bureau after the Second World War.

The line opened in stages over the 1950s. The Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau first opened the section from Nishi-Kagoshima-Ekimae to Nakasu-dōri on 1 October 1950. It was extended from Nakasu-dōri to Tōsō on 1 June 1952.

On 29 March 1957 the line was extended from Tōsō to Daigaku-dōri — the present-day Kōgakubu-mae ("Faculty of Engineering") stop — and at the same time the Tōsō stop was renamed Kanda. Finally, on 20 December 1959, the last section from Kōgakubu-mae to Kōrimoto opened, completing the line through to its junction with the Taniyama Line and giving it its present 2.7-kilometre length.

Several of the line's stops were renamed in later decades. The Senbai-Kōsha-mae ("Monopoly Corporation") stop became Tabako-Sangyō-mae on 15 April 1985, and the Nishi-Kagoshima-Ekimae stop was renamed Kagoshima-Chūō-Ekimae on 13 March 2004. A further round of renaming on 1 May 2015 turned Tabako-Sangyō-mae into Shiritsu-Byōin-mae ("Municipal Hospital") and Kanda into Kanda (Kōtsūkyoku-mae).

Today the Tōsō Line carries Route 2 of the Kagoshima City Tram (Kagoshima-Ekimae – Kagoshima-Chūō-Ekimae – Kōrimoto), which runs at roughly seven-and-a-half-minute intervals. At Kagoshima-Chūō-Ekimae it connects with Kagoshima-Chūō Station, served by the Kyūshū Shinkansen, and at Kōrimoto with the Taniyama Line.

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

• Junshingakuen-Mae純心学園前
• Kagoshimachuoekimae鹿児島中央駅前
• Kogakubu-Mae工学部前
• Korimoto (Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau)郡元
• Miyakodori都通
• Nakagori中郡
• Nakasudori中洲通
• Shinden(Kotsukyoku-mae)神田（交通局前）
• Shiritsubyoin-mae市立病院前
• Toso唐湊

• 19501 October: the Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau opens the first section of the line, Nishi-Kagoshima-Ekimae–Nakasu-dōri.
• 19521 June: the line is extended from Nakasu-dōri to Tōsō.
• 195729 March: the line is extended from Tōsō to Daigaku-dōri (the present-day Kōgakubu-mae stop); the Tōsō stop is renamed Kanda.
• 195920 December: the final section from Kōgakubu-mae to Kōrimoto opens, completing the line and connecting it to the Taniyama Line.
• 198515 April: the Senbai-Kōsha-mae stop is renamed Tabako-Sangyō-mae.
• 200413 March: the Nishi-Kagoshima-Ekimae stop is renamed Kagoshima-Chūō-Ekimae.
• 20151 May: the Tabako-Sangyō-mae stop is renamed Shiritsu-Byōin-mae (Municipal Hospital) and the Kanda stop becomes Kanda (Kōtsūkyoku-mae).