Kurume-Kōkōmae Station (久留米高校前駅, Kurume-Kōkōmae-eki) is railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by Kyushu Railway Company in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station name refers to the nearby Kurume High School.[1][2]
Kurume-Kōkōmae Station 久留米高校前駅 | |
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Kurume-Kōkōmae in 2009 | |
General information | |
Location | Japan |
Coordinates | 33°17′55″N 130°30′59″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Kyudai Main Line, |
Distance | 3.4 km from Kurume |
Platforms | 1 side platform |
Tracks | 1 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 14 March 2009 (2009-03-14) |
Passengers | |
FY2016 | 650 daily |
Rank | 215th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Kurume-Kōkōmae Station Location within Japan |
The station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 3.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3] Only local trains on the line stop at the station.
The station consists of a side platforms serving a single track. The station building is a modern concrete structure which houses a waiting room, automatic ticket vending machine, a Sugoca charge machine, a Sugoca reader and a staffed ticket window.[2][3][4]
Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket counter which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]
← | Service | → | ||
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Kyudai Main Line | ||||
Kurume | Local | Minami-Kurume |
JR Kyushu opened the station on 14 March 2009 as an additional station on the existing track of the Kyudai Main Line. [3]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 670 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 209th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]
Stations of the JR Kyūdai Main Line (Yufu-kōgen Line) | |
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