History
The Takachiho Line, originally named the Hinokage Line (日ノ影線, Hinokage sen?) of Japanese Government Railways, opened on February 20, 1935, in the section between Nobeoka Station and Hyūga-Okamoto Station. Following some extensions, the line reached Takachiho Station on July 22, 1972, and was renamed the Takachiho Line same day.
When the national railway was privatized in 1987, the line belonged to JR Kyushu, which withdrew from the operation of the Takachiho Line and transferred it to Takachiho Railway, a new company established by local funds, on April 28, 1989.
On September 6, 2005, flooding triggered by Typhoon Nabi washed away two bridges on the line, halting all operations. By December, it was clear that no government funding for rebuilding was available, and some attempts by local communities to rebuilt the railway went for nothing. A shareholders' resolution made on January 6, 2009, started the company's liquidation procedures which ended in March 2009 with no distribution to shareholders.
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