Itoda Line

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Itoda Line is a 6.8-kilometer railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Heisei Chikuhō Railway. It runs north from Kanada Station to Tagawa-Gotōji Station, with all stations located in Fukuoka Prefecture. The line is not electrified and is single-tracked. Trains run about once per hour in each direction, and all services stop at every station. Some trains continue past Kanada on the Ita Line to Nōgata Station.

History
- The line was built in two stages. The first section opened in 1897 as a branch line by the Hōshū Railway (a third-sector railway) to haul coal from the Chikuhō Coal Mine, running from Gotōji (now Tagawa-Gotōji) to Miyatoko (now Itoda).
- Hōshū Railway was taken over by Kyushu Railway in 1901 and was nationalized in 1907 as part of Japanese Government Railways, becoming known as the Miyatoko Line.
- In 1927, Kingū Railway built the section from Miyatoko to Kanada. The line then passed to Kyushu Sankyū Railway (later Sankyū Cement Railway) in 1927, and in 1943 it was sold to JGR and operated as the Itoda Line.
- After the privatization of Japanese National Railways in 1987, it came under JR Kyushu. In 1989, the Itoda Line was transferred to Heisei Chikuhō Railway, along with the Ita Line and Tagawa Line.

Stations
All stations are in Fukuoka Prefecture. From Kanada to Tagawa-Gotōji, the stations and distances are:
- Kanada (HC10) — 0.0 km; connects with Ita Line
- Buzen-Ōkuma (HC51) — 1.5 km
- Matsuyama (HC52) — 2.1 km
- Itoda (HC53) — 3.4 km
- Ōyabu (HC54) — 4.9 km
- Tagawa-Gotōji (HC55) — 6.8 km; connects with JR Kyushu Hitahikōsan Line and Gotōji Line

Overall, the Itoda Line is a short, rural line serving the Tagawa area with basic, hourly local trains and simple connections at its endpoints.