Misakigaoka Station

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Misakigaoka Station

美咲が丘駅
Misakigaoka Station 2.JPG
Misakigaoka Station in 2006
LocationItoshima, Fukuoka
Japan
Coordinates33°33′0″N 130°11′8″E / 33.55000°N 130.18556°E / 33.55000; 130.18556Coordinates: 33°33′0″N 130°11′8″E / 33.55000°N 130.18556°E / 33.55000; 130.18556
Operated byJR logo (kyushu).svg JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Chikuhi Line
Distance14.3 km from Meinohama
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Bicycle facilitiesBike shed
Disabled accessNo - platforms accessed by footbridge
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened28 October 1995 (1995-10-28)
Passengers
FY20161,043 daily
Rank160th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Misakigaoka Station is located in Japan
Misakigaoka Station
Misakigaoka Station
Location within Japan

Misakigaoka Station (美咲が丘駅, Misakigaoka-eki) is a railway station in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.[1][2]

Lines[]

The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 14.3 km from the starting point of the line at Meinohama.[3] Only local services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.[4]

Station layout[]

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is a modern structure in hashigami format. It resembles a vertical red barrel built over the track and houses the ticket window. From there a flight of steps leads down to the platform. There are two entrances to the barrel shaped station building. From the access road, a flight of steps leads up to the red barrel. A second entrance is located in the environs of a residential area south of the station on higher ground. Here the entrance is a yellow tube-shaped tunnel which leads to a fight of steps connecting to the red barrel. Unlike most hashigami designs, it is not possible to enter the station building from the other side of the tracks.[3][2][5]

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.[6][7]

  • A view of the station looking from the north. Note the residential area on higher ground behind the retaining wall.

  • Entrance to the station building from the access road. Note the yellow tube leading to the other entrance.

  • The entrance to the yellow tube which leads to the station.

  • A distant view of the yellow tube. It crosses the station access road then leads down to the station building.

  • A view of the station platform. Note there is no entrance to the station from the main road on the north side of the track (to the left).

Adjacent stations[]

← Service →
Chikuhi Line
Chikuzen-Maebaru Local Kafuri
Passed Rapid Passed

History[]

JR Kyushu opened the station on 28 October 1995 as an additional station on the existing track of the Chikuhi Line.[3]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,043 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 160th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

Environs[]

  • National Route 202
  • Itoshima City Maebaru Nishi Junior High School
  • Itoshima City Minamikaze Elementary School

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "美咲が丘" [Misakigaoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c 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5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 11, 77. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. ^ "浜崎" [Hamasaki]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. ^ "JR 美咲が丘駅" [JR Misakigaoka Station]. Itoshima Blue. February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018. Website of Itoshima City attractions with detailed photographic coverage of station facilities.
  6. ^ "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  7. ^ "美咲が丘駅" [Misakigaoka Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  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.


External links[]

Retrieved from ""