Iga Station (伊賀駅, Iga-eki) is a railway station on the Kashii Line operated by JR Kyushu in Kasuya, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]

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Iga Station in 2016
General information
Location	1-8 Tobarahigashi, Kasuya-machi, Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka-ken 811-2318 Japan
Coordinates	33°37′15″N 130°28′25″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Kashii Line
Distance	18.2 km from Saitozaki
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Remotely managed station
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 January 1904 (1904-01-01)
Previous names	Chōjabaru (until 1 October 1908)
Passengers
FY2016	740 daily
Rank	198th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
JD  10  Iga Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kashii Line and is located 18.2 km from the starting point of the line at Saitozaki.[2]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track. A station building shares facilities with a community facilities called the "Harmony Hall" and houses a small waiting area and automatic ticket machines. A siding branches off the track and is used by track maintenance vehicles. Beside the siding are the traces of a disused freight platform.[2][3][4]

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  A view of the station platform and track. Note the siding to the right. The disused freight platform is behind the maintenance train.

Adjacent stations

History

The station was opened on 1 January 1904 with the name Chōjabaru Station (長者原駅, Chōjabaru-eki) by the private Hakata Bay Railway as an intermediate station on a track it opened between Saitozaki and Sue. On 1 October 1908, the name was changed to Iga. On 19 September 1942, the company, now renamed the Hakata Bay Railway and Steamship Company, with a few other companies, merged into the Kyushu Electric Tramway. Three days later, the new conglomerate, which had assumed control of the station, became the Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu). On 1 May 1944, Nishitetsu's track from Saitozaki to Sue and the later extensions to Shinbaru and Umi were nationalized. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and the track which served it was designated the Kashii Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station. When a new station located next on the line was opened in 1988, the old name of Chōjabaru was given to it.[5][6]

On 14 March 2015, the station, along with others on the line, became a remotely managed "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, although the station became unstaffed, passengers using the automatic ticket vending machines or ticket gates could receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre.[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 740 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 198th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

References

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External links

• Iga (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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