Chikuzen-Ueki Station (筑前植木駅, Chikuzen-Ueki-eki) is a railway station on the Chikuho Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Nōgata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]
Chikuzen-Ueki Station 筑前植木駅 | |
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![]() Chikuzen-Ueki in 2009 | |
General information | |
Location | Ueki, Nōgata-shi, Fukuoka-ken 822-0031 Japan |
Coordinates | 33°46′35″N 130°42′30″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Chikuhō Main Line |
Distance | 21.2 km from Wakamatsu |
Platforms | 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 2 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Disabled access | No - platforms linked by footbridge |
Other information | |
Status | Remotely managed station |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 20 December 1893 (1893-12-20) |
Previous names | Ueki (until 1 October 1897) |
Passengers | |
FY2016 | 595 daily |
Rank | 227th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Chikuzen-Ueki Station Location within Japan |
The station is served by the Chikuhō Main Line and is located 21.2 km from the starting point of the line at Wakamatsu.[2]
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. A station building, of traditional design houses a waiting room and automatic ticket vending machines. The side platforms are not opposed. The side platform across the tracks from the station building was originally an island but track 2 has been removed, leaving the track on the far side. The platforms are linked by a covered footbridge.[2][3]
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Chikuhō Main Line | ||||
Kurate | Local | Shinnyū |
The privately run Chikuho Kogyo Railway had opened a line from Wakamatsu to Nōgata on 30 August 1891. The station was opened with the name "Ueki" on 20 December 1893 as an additional station on this stretch of track. On 1 October 1897, the Chikuho Kogyo Railway, now renamed the Chikuho Railway, merged with the Kyushu Railway. The station was renamed Chikuzen-Ueki on the same day. After 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 Chikuho Main 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.[4][5]
On 4 March 2017, Chikuzen-Ueki, along with several other stations on the line, became a remotely managed "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, although the station is unstaffed, passengers using the automatic ticket vending machines or ticket gates can receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre which is located at Nakama.[6]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 595 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 227th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]
Stations of the Chikuhō Main Line | |
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Wakamatsu Line | |
Fukuhoku Yutaka Line |
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Haruda Line |
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