Kurume-Kōkōmae Station
Kurume-Kōkōmae Station 久留米高校前駅 | |||||
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 Kurume-Kōkōmae in 2009 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 33°17′55″N 130°30′59″E / 33.298485°N 130.516419°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Kyudai Main Line, | ||||
| Distance | 3.4 km from Kurume | ||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 14 March 2009 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2016 | 650 daily | ||||
| Rank | 215th (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||
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Kurume-Kōkōmae Station (久留米高校前駅, Kurume-Kōkōmae-eki) is railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by Kyushu Railway Company in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station name refers to the nearby Kurume High School.[1][2]
Lines
The station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 3.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3] Only local trains on the line stop at the station.
Layout
The station consists of a side platforms serving a single track. The station building is a modern concrete structure which houses a waiting room, automatic ticket vending machine, a Sugoca charge machine, a Sugoca reader and a staffed ticket window.[2][3][4]
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.[5][6]
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A view of the platform and track.
Adjacent stations
| ← | Service | → | ||
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| Kyudai Main Line | ||||
| Kurume | Local | Minami-Kurume | ||
History
JR Kyushu opened the station on 14 March 2009 as an additional station on the existing track of the Kyudai Main Line. [3]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 670 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 209th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]
References
- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "久留米高校前" [Kurume-Kōkōmae]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ 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. 33, 72. ISBN 9784062951630.
- ^ "久留米高校前駅に訪問" [Visit to Kurume-Kōkōmae Station]. Dridorichi's railroad blog. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2018. See especially for photographic coverage of station facilities.
- ^ "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "久留米高校前駅" [Kurume-Kōkōmae Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 6 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
- ^ "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
- Kurume-Kōkōmae (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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