Okudōkai Station
Okudōkai Station 奥洞海駅 | |
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| Location | 9-1 Akaiwa-machi, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka （福岡県北九州市若松区赤岩町9-1） Japan |
| Operated by | JR Kyūshū |
| Line(s) | Chikuhō Main Line |
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| Passengers | |
| 2006 | 471 daily |
Okudōkai Station (奥洞海駅, Okudōkai-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 | → | ||
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| JR Kyūshū | ||||
| Chikuhō Main Line | ||||
| Fujinoki | Local | Futajima | ||
History[]
Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 6 November 1953 as an additional temporary stop on the existing Chikuho Main Line track. On 1 November 1962, it was upgraded to a full station. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[1][2]
On 4 March 2017, Okudōkai, 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 Boat Racing - 200m south
- Best Denki Wakamatsu-nishi store - 400m east
- Higashi Futajima Post office - 500m west
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
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Coordinates: 33°53′21″N 130°45′54″E / 33.88917°N 130.76500°E
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