Sakado Station (酒殿駅, Sakado-eki) is a railway station on the Kashii Line operated by JR Kyushu in Kasuya, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]

JD  12  Sakado Station 須恵駅
Sakado Station in 2016
General information
Location	Japan
Coordinates	33°36′09″N 130°29′10″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Kashii Line
Distance	20.6 km from Saitozaki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Disabled access	No - steps up embankment to station building and platform
Other information
Status	Remotely managed station
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 January 1904 (1904-01-01)
Passengers
FY2016	581 daily
Rank	229th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
JD  12  Sakado Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kashii Line and is located 20.6 km from the starting point of the line at Saitozaki.[2]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks on an embankment. The station building houses a waiting room and has a glassed-in area with an automatic ticket machine. Bike sheds are provided at the base of the embankment from which a flight of steps leads up to the station building. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a level crossing with steps at both ends to the platforms.[2][3]

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  A view of the station platforms and tracks.
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  A broad flight of steps up the embankment to the station building.

Adjacent stations

History

The station was opened on 1 January 1904 by the private Hakata Bay Railway as an intermediate station on a track it opened between Saitozaki and Sue. On 19 September 1942, the company, now renamed the Hakata Bay Railway and Steamship Company, with a few other companies, merged into the Kyushu Electric Tramway. Three days later, the new conglomerate, which had assumed control of the station, became the Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu). On 1 May 1944, Nishitetsu's track from Saitozaki to Sue and the later extensions to Shinbaru and Umi were nationalized. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and the track which served it was designated the Kashii 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.[4][5]

Shortly after opening, the station was closed on 21 July 1905. It opened again on 1 August 1909 when a branch line for freight only was built from it to Shime (志免). On 11 March 1915, the freight line was further extended to Tabi-ishi (旅石). Tabi-ishi was closed on 15 December 1960 and Shime, together with the entire branch line, was closed on 1 January 1985.[6]

On 14 March 2015, the station, along with others on the line, became a remotely managed "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, although the station became unstaffed, passengers using the automatic ticket vending machines or ticket gates could receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre.[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 581 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 229th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

References

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External links

• Sakado (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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