Chikugo-Yoshii Station

Railway station in Ukiha, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

33°20′28″N 130°45′08″E / 33.34116°N 130.75222°E / 33.34116; 130.75222Operated byLogo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR KyushuLine(s)     Kyūdai Main LineDistance26.4 km (16.4 mi) from KurumePlatforms2 side platformsTracks2 + 2 sidingsConstructionStructure typeAt gradeAccessibleNo - platforms linked by footbridgeOther informationStatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened24 December 1928; 95 years ago (1928-12-24)PassengersFY2021398 dailyRank233rd (among JR Kyushu stations) Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Tanushimaru
towards Kurume
 Kyūdai Main Line Ukiha
towards Ōita
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Chikugo-Yoshii Station is located in Fukuoka Prefecture
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Chikugo-Yoshii Station is located in Kyushu
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Chikugo-Yoshii Station is located in Japan
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Chikugo-Yoshii Station (筑後吉井駅, Chikugo-Yoshii-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ukiha, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 26.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3] Only local trains on the line stop at the station.[citation needed]

Layout

The station consists of one island platform and side platforms serving three tracks at grade. Two sidings branch off track 1. The station is a modern structure but built in a traditional Japanese style with white plaster namako walls to recall the white plaster traditional houses which are a tourist attraction in former Yoshii town nearby. The station building houses a waiting room and a ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket counter which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]

Platforms

1, 3 ■ ■Kyūdai Main Line for Hita
2, 3 ■ ■ Kyūdai Main Line for Kurume
  • A view of the station platforms and tracks.
    A view of the station platforms and tracks.

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened Chikugo-Yoshii on 24 December 1928 as the eastern terminus of a track from Kurume during the first phase of the construction of the Kyūdai Main Line. Chikugo-Yoshii became a through-station on 11 July 1931 when the track was extended east to Chikugo-Ōishi. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[6][7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 549 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 233ed among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

Surrounding area

  • Traditional houses in Yoshii town. The station building is built to resemble them.
    Traditional houses in Yoshii town. The station building is built to resemble them.

See also

References

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "筑後吉井駅" [Chikugo-Yoshii]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 35, 73. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. ^ "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. ^ "筑後吉井駅" [Chikugo-Yoshii Station Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 8 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  6. ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 227. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  7. ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 739. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  8. ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  9. ^ "White wall "dozo dzukuri" construction style". Kyushu Tourism Promotion Organisation official website. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

External links

Media related to Chikugo-Yoshii Station at Wikimedia Commons

  • Chikugo-Yoshii (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)