Kafuri Station (加布里駅, Kafuri-eki) is a railway station in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.[1][2]
Kafuri Station 加布里駅 | |
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![]() Kafuri Station in 2017 | |
General information | |
Location | Itoshima, Fukuoka Japan |
Coordinates | 33°32′36″N 130°10′34.5″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Chikuhi Line |
Distance | 15.4 km from Meinohama |
Platforms | 1 island platform |
Tracks | 2 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Disabled access | No - footbridge to platform |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 1 April 1924; 98 years ago (1924-04-01) |
Passengers | |
FY2016 | 673 daily |
Rank | 208th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Kafuri Station Location within Japan |
The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 15.4 km from the starting point of the line at Meinohama.[3] Only local services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.[4]
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station facilities are in hashigami format, the automatic ticket vending machines and ticket gate being located on a bridge which leads to the platform from the access road.[3][2][5]
← | Service | → | ||
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Chikuhi Line | ||||
Misakigaoka | Local | Ikisan | ||
Passed | Rapid | Passed |
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 to Maebaru (today Chikuzen-Maebaru). Kafuri was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track. When the Kitakyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 October 1937, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station 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.[6][7]
The station became unstaffed in 2016.[8]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 673 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 208th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]
Stations of the JR Kyushu Chikuhi Line | |
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