Minami-Kurume Station (南久留米駅, Minami-Kurume-eki) is railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station name refers to the nearby Kurume High School.[1][2]
Minami-Kurume Station 南久留米駅 | |
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Minami-Kurume Station in 2006 | |
General information | |
Location | Japan |
Coordinates | 33°18′09″N 130°31′53″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Kyudai Main Line, |
Distance | 4.9 km from Kurume |
Platforms | 1 island platform |
Tracks | 2 + 1 siding |
Construction | |
Structure type | Embankment |
Disabled access | No - underpass to platform has steps |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 24 December 1928 (1928-12-24) |
Passengers | |
FY2016 | 424 daily |
Rank | 259th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Minami-Kurume Station Location within Japan |
The station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 4.9 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 an island platform serving two tracks on a low embankment. The station building is an old wooden building in traditional Japanese style with a staffed ticket window. An underpass leads under the embankment and up to the island platform.[2][3]
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.[4][5]
← | Service | → | ||
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Kyudai Main Line | ||||
Kurume-Kōkōmae | Local | Kurume-Daigakumae |
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened a track from Kurume to Chikugo-Yoshii on 24 December 1928 during the first phase of the construction of the Kyudai Main Line. Minami-Kurume was opened on the same day as one of several intermediate stations on the track. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[6][7]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 424 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 259th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]
Stations of the JR Kyūdai Main Line (Yufu-kōgen Line) | |
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