Sue Station (須恵駅, Sue-eki) is a railway station on the Kashii Line operated by JR Kyushu in Sue, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]

JD  13  Sue Station 須恵駅
Sue Station in 2016
General information
Location	Ueki, Sue, Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka-ken 811-2112 Japan
Coordinates	33°35′48″N 130°29′54″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Kashii Line
Distance	21.9 km from Saitozaki
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Remotely managed station
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 January 1904 (1904-01-01)
Passengers
FY2016	601 daily
Rank	224th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
JD  13  Sue Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kashii Line and is located 21.9 km from the starting point of the line at Saitozaki.[2]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is a modern structure of glass and steel frames and houses a small waiting area and automatic ticket machines.[2][3]

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  A view of the station platform and track.
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  The old station building.

Adjacent stations

History

The station was opened on 1 January 1904 by the private Hakata Bay Railway as the southern terminus of a stretch of track from Saitozaki. Sue became a through-station on 3 June 1905 when the track was further extended to Shinbaru. 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]

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.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 601 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 224th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

References

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External links

• Sue (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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