Chikugo-Yoshii Station

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Chikugo-Yoshii Station

筑後吉井駅
Chikugo-Yoshii stn.jpg
Chikugo-Yoshii Station in 2006
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°20′28″N 130°45′08″E / 33.34116°N 130.75222°E / 33.34116; 130.75222Coordinates: 33°20′28″N 130°45′08″E / 33.34116°N 130.75222°E / 33.34116; 130.75222
Operated byJR logo (kyushu).svg JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Kyudai Main Line,
Distance26.4 km from Kurume
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2 + 2 sidings
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened24 December 1928 (1928-12-24)
Passengers
FY2016549 daily
Rank233rd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Chikugo-Yoshii Station is located in Japan
Chikugo-Yoshii Station
Chikugo-Yoshii Station
Location within Japan

Chikugo-Yoshii Station (筑後吉井駅, Chikugo-Yoshii-eki) is a railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyūshū, in Ukiha, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]

Lines[]

The station is served by the Kyudai 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 two side platforms serving two 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 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]

  • A view of the station platforms and tracks.

Adjacent stations[]

← Service →
Kyudai Main Line
Tanushimaru Local Ukiha

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 Kyudai 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.

References[]

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "筑後吉井駅" [Chikugo-Yoshii]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: 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. 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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 227. ISBN 4533029809.
  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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 739. ISBN 4533029809.
  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.


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