Ongagawa Station (遠賀川駅, Ongagawa-eki) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line operated by JR Kyushu located in Onga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]
JA 17 Ongagawa Station 遠賀川駅 | |
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![]() Ongagawa Station in 2006 | |
General information | |
Location | Japan |
Coordinates | 33°50′49″N 130°40′24″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Kagoshima Main Line, |
Distance | 34.3 km from Mojikō |
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
Tracks | 3 + 1 passing loop + numerous sidings |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Other information | |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 15 November 1890 (1890-11-15) |
Location | |
![]() ![]() JA 17 Ongagawa Station Location within Japan |
The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 34.3 km from the start of the line at Mojikō.[2]
The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. Track 1 is served by the platform 1, the side platform. A passing loop runs next to it and is designated track 2. Tracks 3 and 4 are served by platforms 2 and 3 (the island platform). Numerous sidings run to the south of track 4.[2]
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Kagoshima Main Line | ||||
JA 18 Mizumaki | Local | JA 16 Ebitsu |
The station was opened by the privately run Kyushu Railway on 15 November 1890 as the northern terminus of a stretch of track from Kurume. It became a through-station on 28 February 1891 when the track was extended further north to Kurosaki. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Hitoyoshi Main Line and then on 21 November 1909, part of the Kagoshima Main 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.[3][4]
Stations of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line | |
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Mojikō–Yatsushiro |
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Sendai–Kagoshima | |
Freight Branch |
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