Kanaishihara Station (金石原駅, Kanaishihara-eki) is a railway station located in Imari, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.[1][2]
Kanaishihara Station 金石原駅 | |
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![]() Kanaishihara Station in 2008 | |
General information | |
Location | Japan |
Coordinates | 33°15′54″N 129°56′04″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Chikuhi Line |
Distance | 19.7 km from Yamamoto |
Platforms | 1 side platform |
Tracks | 1 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 1 March 1935 (1935-03-01) |
Passengers | |
FY2015 | 14 daily |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Kanaishihara Station Location within Japan |
The station is served by the western section of the Chikuhi Line and is 19.7 km from the starting point of this section at Yamamoto.[3]
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers.[2][3][4]
← | Service | → | ||
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Chikuhi Line (western section) | ||||
Momonokawa | Local | Kami-Imari |
The private Kitakyushu Railway, which had a track between Hakata and Higashi-Karatsu by 1926 and had expanded southwards to {{STN|Yamamoto|Saga) by 1929. In a later phase of expansion, the track was extended west from Yamamoto to Imari, which opened as the western terminus on 1 March 1935. This station was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track. The Kitakyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1937 and Japanese Government Railways (JGR) assumed control of the station and designated the track which served it as part of 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.[5][6]
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 4,941 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 14 passengers.[7]
Stations of the JR Kyushu Chikuhi Line | |
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