Kurume-Kōkōmae Station

久留米高校前駅
Kurume-Kōkōmae in 2009
General information
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°17′55″N 130°30′59″E / 33.298485°N 130.516419°E / 33.298485; 130.516419
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s) Kyudai Main Line,
Distance3.4 km from Kurume
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened14 March 2009 (2009-03-14)
Passengers
FY2016650 daily
Rank215th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Kurume-Kōkōmae Station is located in Japan
Kurume-Kōkōmae Station
Kurume-Kōkōmae Station
Location within Japan

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]

Adjacent stations

Service
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

  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "久留米高校前" [Kurume-Kōkōmae]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 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.
  4. "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.
  5. "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  6. "久留米高校前駅" [Kurume-Kōkōmae Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 6 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  7. "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.


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