Minami-Kokura Station (南小倉駅, Minami-kokura-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. [1]
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Location | 3-11-1 Kimachi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka-ken 803-0851 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°52′12″N 130°51′53″E / 33.87004722°N 130.8648028°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
Line(s) | JF Nippō Main Line JI Hitahikosan Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 3.5 km from Kokura | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||
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Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1 December 1944 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2020 | 4,168 daily (boarding only) | ||||||||||
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Lines edit
Minami-Kokura Station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 3.5 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[2] It is also served by trains of Hitahikosan Line, which continue past the nominal terminus of the line at Jōno to terminate at Kokura.
Layout edit
The station consists of one island platform with an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]
Platforms edit
1 | ■ JF Nippō Main Line | for Yukuhashi and Nakatsu |
■ JI Hitahikosan Line | for Tagawa-Gotōji and Soeda | |
2 | ■ JF Nippō Main Line | for Kokura |
■ JI Hitahikosan Line | for Kokura |
History edit
Minami-Kokura Station was established as a signal station on 20 August 1941 at the junction of a freight spur line to the Yamada Ammunition Depot. On 1 October 1943 it was elevated to a passenger station. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2020, there was a daily average of 4169 boarding passengers at this station.[3]。
Surrounding area edit
- Kokura Rehabilitation Hospital
- Shinozaki Hachiman Shrine
- Kyushu Dental University
- Kyushu Nutrition Welfare University
- Seinan Jogakuin University
- Higashi Chikushi Junior College
- Seinan Jogakuin Junior College
Fukuoka Prefectural Kokura Nishi High School Fukuoka Prefectural Kokura Technical High School
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 49, 79. ISBN 9784062951630.
- ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅(2020年度)" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
External links edit
Media related to Minami-Kokura Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)