Minami-Kokura Station
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Location | 3-11-1 Kimachi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka-ken 803-0851 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°52′12″N 130°51′53″E / 33.87004722°N 130.8648028°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
Line(s) | JF Nippō Main Line JI Hitahikosan Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 3.5 km from Kokura | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||
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Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1 December 1944 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2020 | 4,168 daily (boarding only) | ||||||||||
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Minami-Kokura Station (南小倉駅, Minami-kokura-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. [1]
Lines
[edit]Minami-Kokura Station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 3.5 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[2] It is also served by trains of Hitahikosan Line, which continue past the nominal terminus of the line at Jōno to terminate at Kokura.
Layout
[edit]The station consists of one island platform with an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ JF Nippō Main Line | for Yukuhashi and Nakatsu |
■ JI Hitahikosan Line | for Tagawa-Gotōji and Soeda | |
2 | ■ JF Nippō Main Line | for Kokura |
■ JI Hitahikosan Line | for Kokura |
History
[edit]Minami-Kokura Station was established as a signal station on 20 August 1941 at the junction of a freight spur line to the Yamada Ammunition Depot. On 1 October 1943 it was elevated to a passenger station. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2020, there was a daily average of 4169 boarding passengers at this station.[3]。
Surrounding area
[edit]- Kokura Rehabilitation Hospital
- Shinozaki Hachiman Shrine
- Kyushu Dental University
- Kyushu Nutrition Welfare University
- Seinan Jogakuin University
- Higashi Chikushi Junior College
- Seinan Jogakuin Junior College
Fukuoka Prefectural Kokura Nishi High School Fukuoka Prefectural Kokura Technical High School
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b 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. 49, 79. ISBN 9784062951630.
- ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅(2020年度)" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
External links
[edit]Media related to Minami-Kokura Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)