{"id":153245,"date":"2023-04-28T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T05:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=153245&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-04-28T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T05:57:27","slug":"bus-rapid-transit-replaces-damaged-railway-to-connect-fukuoka-to-oita","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/bus-rapid-transit-replaces-damaged-railway-to-connect-fukuoka-to-oita\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus Rapid Transit Replaces Damaged Railway to Connect Fukuoka to Oita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JR Kyushu has announced that the new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service, known as the &#8220;BRT Hikoboshi Line,&#8221; will officially begin operations on August 28. The BRT Hikoboshi Line will connect the 40-kilometer stretch between Soeda Station in Fukuoka Prefecture and Hita Station in Oita Prefecture, replacing the Hita-Hikoyama railway line that was damaged by torrential rains in northern Kyushu six years ago. Instead of reopening as a railway, the new service will use buses running on a 14-kilometer dedicated road built along the former railway track. The number of stops will increase from 12 before the disaster to 36. As operating deficit lines remain a challenge for JR Kyushu, the more cost-effective BRT system is being considered as a way to maintain regional transportation networks and is gaining attention as new infrastructure. <\/span><b>Source<\/b><b>: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrkyushu.co.jp\/train\/hikoboshiline\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hikoboshi Line<\/span><\/a> <b>\/<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20230426\/5010020098.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153238\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fnn_hikoboshi-line-bus_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C547&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bus Rapid Transit Replaces Damaged Railway to Connect Fukuoka to Oita\" width=\"1400\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fnn_hikoboshi-line-bus_2023_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fnn_hikoboshi-line-bus_2023_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C117&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fnn_hikoboshi-line-bus_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C400&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fnn_hikoboshi-line-bus_2023_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C300&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. 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The BRT Hikoboshi Line will connect the 40-kilometer stretch between&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":153241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-153245","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","location-oita-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/153245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}