Chikuzen-Maebaru Station (筑前前原駅, Chikuzen-Maebaru-eki) is a railway station in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.[1][2]
Chikuzen-Maebaru Station 筑前前原駅 | |
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![]() The north entrance of the station in 2009 | |
General information | |
Location | Itoshima, Fukuoka Japan |
Coordinates | 33°33′26″N 130°11′56″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Chikuhi Line |
Distance | 12.7 km from Meinohama |
Platforms | 2 island platforms |
Tracks | 4 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Bicycle facilities | Bike shed |
Disabled access | No - platforms accessed by footbridge |
Other information | |
Status | JR Kyushu ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 1 April 1924; 98 years ago (1924-04-01) |
Previous names | Maebaru (until 1 October 1937) |
Passengers | |
FY2016 | 7,353 daily |
Rank | 24th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Chikuzen-Maebaru Station Location within Japan |
The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 12.7 km from the starting point of the line at Meinohama.[3] Both local and rapid services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.[4]
The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The station building is a modern hashigami structure where the station facilities are located on a bridge spanning the platforms and which has entrances north and south of the tracks. On the bridge are a waiting room, a shop and a ticket counter. After the ticket gates on the bridge, escalators descend to the two island platforms.[2][3][5]
The ticket counter is staffed JR Kyushu directly and is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][6]
1 | ■ Chikuhi Line | for Meinohama, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō (Airport) |
2 | ■ Chikuhi Line | for Nishijin, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō |
3 | ■ Chikuhi Line | for Chikuzen-Fukae, Karatsu and Nishi-Karatsu |
4 | ■ Chikuhi Line | for Chikuzen-Fukae, Karatsu and Nishi-Karatsu |
← | Service | → | ||
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Chikuhi Line | ||||
Hatae | Local | Misakigaoka | ||
Kyūdai-Gakkentoshi | Rapid (Weekend) | Chikuzen-Fukae | ||
Hatae | Rapid (Weekday) | Chikuzen-Fukae |
The private Kitakyushu Railway had opened a track between Fukuyoshi and Hamasaki on 5 December 1923. By 1 April 1924, the line had been extended east with the station, then named Maebaru opening as the new eastern terminus. On 15 April 1925, Maebaru became a through-station when the line was extended to Meinohama. When the Kitakyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 October 1937, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and renamed it Chikuzen-Maebaru and designated the line which served it as the Chikuhi Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[7][8]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 7,353 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 24th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]
Stations of the JR Kyushu Chikuhi Line | |
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