workers in factories along the line as well as for freight, with limited off-peak patronage. This continued until the construction of USJ, which resulted in tourists being the main users of the line.

From the end of operations on the Katsuki Line on April 1, 1985, until the beginning of service on the Miyazaki Kuko Line on July 18, 1996, the Sakurajima Line was the shortest passenger line among the JR Group companies. (Including freight lines, the shortest