Four〜10 Diesel trains are operated every day. There are more trains between Shinji and Kisuki, but few between Kisuki and Bingoochiai. In winter season, operation often suspend because of lots of snow.
A Kisuki Line KiHa 120-200 diesel car in September 2007
Access
1. Shinji Station
JR
from Tokyo or Osaka
Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen and Hakubi line, limited express Yakumo via Okayama Station
sleeper train Sunrise Izumo
from Fukuoka : Sanyo Shikansen and Sanin line, limited express Oki via Shinyamaguchi station
Airline (Izumo Enmusubi Airport)
from Haneda or Osaka or Nagoya or Fukuoka
to the Station by taxi
2. Bingoochiai Station
from Hiroshima : Geibi line
from Okayama : Hakubi line, limited express Yakumo and Geibi line via Niimi station
History
The line opened on 18 December 1932, operating between Kisuki and Izumo Minari.[1] This was extended northward to Shinji on 1 August 1934, and southward to Yakawa on 20 November 1934, with the entire line between Shinji and Bingo Ochiai completed on 12 December 1937, including a switch-back at Izumo Sakane.[1]
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the line was transferred to the control of JR West.[1]
