Chikuzen-Maebaru Station

Chikuzen-Maebaru Station (筑前前原駅, Chikuzen-Maebaru-eki) is a railway station in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.[1][2]

Chikuzen-Maebaru Station 筑前前原駅
The north entrance of the station in 2009
Location	Itoshima, Fukuoka Japan
Coordinates	33°33′26″N 130°11′56″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Chikuhi Line
Distance	12.7 km from Meinohama
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Disabled access	No - platforms accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status	JR Kyushu ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1924
Previous names	Maebaru (until 1 October 1937)
Passengers
FY2016	7,353 daily
Rank	24th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Chikuzen-Maebaru Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 12.7 km from the starting point of the line at Meinohama.[3] Both local and rapid services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The station building is a modern hashigami structure where the station facilities are located on a bridge spanning the platforms and which has entrances north and south of the tracks. On the bridge are a waiting room, a shop and a ticket counter. After the ticket gates on the bridge, escalators descend to the two island platforms.[2][3][5]

The ticket counter is staffed JR Kyushu directly and is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][6]

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  A more distant view of the north entrance, showing the escalators descending to the island platforms.
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  The south entrance of the station.
• 
  A view of the platforms. Note the station on the bridge above.

Platforms

1	■ Chikuhi Line	for Meinohama, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō (Airport)
2	■ Chikuhi Line	for Nishijin, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō
3	■ Chikuhi Line	for Chikuzen-Fukae, Karatsu and Nishi-Karatsu
4	■ Chikuhi Line	for Chikuzen-Fukae, Karatsu and Nishi-Karatsu

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Chikuhi Line
Hatae		Local	Misakigaoka
Kyūdai-Gakkentoshi		Rapid (Weekend)	Chikuzen-Fukae
Hatae		Rapid (Weekday)	Chikuzen-Fukae

History

The private Kitakyushu Railway had opened a track between Fukuyoshi and Hamasaki on 5 December 1923. By 1 April 1924, the line had been extended east with the station, then named Maebaru opening as the new eastern terminus. On 15 April 1925, Maebaru became a through-station when the line was extended to Meinohama. When the Kitakyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 October 1937, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and renamed it Chikuzen-Maebaru and designated the line which served it as the Chikuhi Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[7][8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 7,353 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 24th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "筑前前原" [Chikuzen-Maebaru]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
3. 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. 10, 77. ISBN 9784062951647.
4. "筑前前原" [Chikuzen-Maebaru]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
5. "JR 筑前前原駅" [JR Chikuzen-Maebaru Station]. Itoshima Blue. February 2018. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018. Website of Itoshima City attractions with detailed photographic coverage of station facilities.
6. "筑前前原駅" [Chikuzen-Maebaru Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
7. 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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 224–5. ISBN 4533029809.
8. 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 724. ISBN 4533029809.
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 25 February 2018.

External links

• Chikuzen-Maebaru Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)