Taku Station (多久駅, Taku-eki) is a railway station on the Karatsu Line operated by JR Kyushu located in Taku, Saga Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]
Taku Station 多久駅 | |
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 The south entrance of Taku Station in 2009 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Japan |
| Coordinates | 33°17′17″N 130°05′46″E / 33.28806°N 130.09611°E |
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu |
| Line(s) | ■ Karatsu Line |
| Distance | 15.2 km from Kubota |
| Platforms | 1 island platform |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At grade |
| Other information | |
| Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 25 December 1899 |
| Previous names | Azamibaru (until 1 April 1934) |
| Passengers | |
| 2016 | 360 daily |
| Rank | 282nd (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Location | |
  Taku Station Location within Japan | |
Lines edit
The station is served by the Karatsu Line and is located 15.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kubota.[3]
Station layout edit
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building is a hashigami structure where the passenger facilities are placed on a bridge which spans the tracks. Besides giving access to the island platform, the second level of the bridge houses a waiting area and a ticket window. The bridge is also used as a free access for pedestrians to cross from the north side to the south side of the station. Next to the station are community facilities and shops.[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 window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]
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View of the platform in 2008. The south entrance is to the left. The area around the north entrance has not been built up yet. -
The north entrance in 2016 now built up. To the left are community facilities and shops which are not part of the station.
Adjacent stations edit
| ← | Service | → | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karatsu Line | ||||
| Naka-Taku | Local | Kyūragi | ||
History edit
The Karatsu Kogyo Railway had opened a track from Miyoken (now Nishi-Karatsu) which, by 13 June 1899, had reached Kyūragi. The track was extended further east, with Taku (at the time named Azamibaru (莇原) opening as the new eastern terminus on 25 December 1899. On 23 February 1902, the company, now renamed the Karatsu Railway, merged with the Kyushu Railway which undertook the next phase of expansion. Azamibaru became a through-station on 14 December 1903 when the track was extended to Kubota. 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 line which served the station was designated the Karatsu Line. On 1 April 1934, the station was renamed Taku. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[6][7]
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 360 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 282nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]
Surrounding area edit
- National Route 203
- Kita-Taku Post Office
- Midorigaoka Elementary School
- Taku Seibyō
References edit
- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b "多久" [Taku]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 12 March 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5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 18, 81. ISBN 9784062951647.
- ^ "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "多久駅" [Taku Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 12 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 223–4. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 719. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
External links edit
- Taku Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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