Kurume Station
JB 17 Kurume 久留米 | |||||
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 Kurume Station in July 2011 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 186 Kyōmachi, Kurume, Fukuoka Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 33°19′12″N 130°30′05″E / 33.319905°N 130.501431°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||
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| Distance | |||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At grade (Shinkansen lines elevated) | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 March 1890 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2016 | 7,743 daily | ||||
| Rank | 21st (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||
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Kurume Station (久留米駅, Kurume-eki) is a railway station in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).
Lines
Kurume Station is served by the following lines.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Hainuzuka, Setaka ,and Ōmuta |
| ■ Kyūdai Main Line | for Chikugo-Yoshii, and Hita | |
| 2 | ■ Kyūdai Main Line | for Chikugo-Yoshii and Hita |
| 3 | ■ Limited Express Ariake | for Kumamoto |
| ■ Limited Express Yufu, Yufu DX, Yufuin-no-Mori | for Hita, Yufuin, and Oita | |
| ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Hainuzuka, Setaka, and Ōmuta | |
| 4 | ■ Limited Express Ariake | for Hakata |
| ■ Limited Express Yufu, Yufu DX, Yufuin-no-Mori | for Hakata | |
| ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Tosu, Hakata, Kokura and Mojikō | |
| 5 | ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Tosu, Hakata, Kokura, and Mojikō |
| 11 | ■ Kyushu Shinkansen | for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka |
| 12 | ■ Kyushu Shinkansen | for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō|} |
Adjacent stations
| ← | Service | → | ||
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| Kyūshū Shinkansen | ||||
| Shin-Tosu | - | Chikugo-Funagoya | ||
| Kagoshima Main Line | ||||
| JB 16 Hizen-Asahi | Local | JB 18 Araki | ||
| JB 15 Tosu | Rapid | JB 18 Araki | ||
| Kyūdai Main Line | ||||
| Terminus | - | Kurume-Kōkōmae | ||
History
By December 1889, the privately run Kyushu Railway had opened a stretch of track from Hakata to the (now closed) Chitosegawa temporary stop. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended southwards to Kurume, which opened as the new southern terminus on 1 March 1890. Kurume became a through-station on 1 April 1891 when the track was further extended to Setaka. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Hitoyoshi and Nagasaki Main Lines. On 21 November 1909, the Hitoyoshi Main Line was renamed the Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by 7,743 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 21st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[3]
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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 218. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 681. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "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 25 February 2018.
External links
Stations of the Kyushu Shinkansen | ||
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