Chikugo-Yoshii Station (筑後吉井駅, Chikugo-Yoshii-eki) is a railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyūshū, in Ukiha, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]

Chikugo-Yoshii Station 筑後吉井駅
Chikugo-Yoshii Station in 2006
General information
Location	Japan
Coordinates	33°20′28″N 130°45′08″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Kyudai Main Line,
Distance	26.4 km from Kurume
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2 + 2 sidings
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	No - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	24 December 1928 (1928-12-24)
Passengers
FY2016	549 daily
Rank	233rd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Chikugo-Yoshii Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 26.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3] Only local trains on the line stop at the station.^{[citation needed]}

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. Two sidings branch off track 1. The station is a modern structure but built in a traditional Japanese style with white plaster namako walls to recall the white plaster traditional houses which are a tourist attraction in Yoshii town nearby. The station building houses a waiting room and a ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2]

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.[4][5]

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  A view of the station platforms and tracks.

Adjacent stations

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened Chikugo-Yoshii on 24 December 1928 as the eastern terminus of a track from Kurume during the first phase of the construction of the Kyudai Main Line. Chikugo-Yoshii became a through-station on 11 July 1931 when the track was extended east to Chikugo-Ōishi. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[6][7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 549 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 233ed among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

Surrounding area

• Yoshii town traditional houses. A group of traditional buildings built with namako white plaster walls for fire-proofing in a style known as dozo dzukuri. The district is located near the station and has been officially classified as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.[9]

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  Traditional houses in Yoshii town. The station building is built to resemble them.

References

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External links

• Chikugo-Yoshii (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)