Fujinoki Station

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Fujinoki Station

藤ノ木駅
JRKyushu Fujinoki Station01.jpg
Location1-37 Akashima-machi, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
(福岡県北九州市若松区赤島町1-37)
Japan
Operated byJR Kyūshū
Line(s)Chikuhō Main Line
Connections
Passengers
2006285 daily

Fujinoki Station (藤ノ木駅, Fujinoki-eki) is a railway station on the Kyūshū Railway Company (JR Kyūshū) Chikuhō Main Line (also known as the Wakamatsu Line) in Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Station layout[]

1  Chikuhō Main Line for Wakamatsu
2  Chikuhō Main Line for Orio, Nakama, and Nōgata

Adjacent stations[]

Service
JR Kyūshū
Chikuhō Main Line
Wakamatsu Local Okudōkai

History[]

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 12 August 1944 as an additional station on the existing Chikuho Main Line track. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[1][2]

On 4 March 2017, Fujinoki, along with several other stations on the line, became a "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, although the station is unstaffed, passengers using the automatic ticket vending machines or ticket gates can receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre which is located at Nakama.[3]

Surrounding area[]

It is the westernmost train station among four stations in Wakamatsu-ku, all of those are on the Chikuho Main Line. National Route 199 runs immediately north of the station. Other points of interest include:

  • Wakamatsu Holiday Emergency Clinic - south of the station
  • Nursing Home Lifeport Wakamatsu - southwest of the station
  • Fujinoki Civic Center - 200m north
  • Hakusan Shrine - 600m northwest
  • Kitakyushu City Ishimine Junior High School - 600m west
  • Kitakyushu City Fujinoki Elementary School - 800m west

References[]

  1. ^ 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. 233. ISBN 4533029809.
  2. ^ 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. 784. ISBN 4533029809.
  3. ^ "筑豊本線の一部が「Smart Support Station」に変わります" [Part of the Chikuho Line to become "Smart Support Stations"] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.


Coordinates: 33°53′36″N 130°46′55″E / 33.89333°N 130.78194°E / 33.89333; 130.78194


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