Hatae Station

Hatae Station (波多江駅, Hatae-eki) is a railway station on the Chikuhi Line in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]

Hatae Station 波多江駅
Hatae Station in April 2017
Location	Itoshima-shi, Fukuoka-ken Japan
Coordinates	33.5639°N 130.2265°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Chikuhi Line
Distance	10.1 km from Meinohama
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Disabled access	Yes - platforms served by elevators
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 July 1928
Rebuilt	2010
Passengers
FY2016	2,923 daily
Rank	63rd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Hatae Station Location within Fukuoka city Hatae Station Hatae Station (Japan)

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 10.1 km from the starting point of the line at Meinohama.[3] Local and weekday rapid services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform two tracks. The station building is a modern hashigami structure where the station facilities are located on a bridge spanning the platform and which has entrances on both sides of the tracks. The bridge houses a waiting area, a staffed ticket window and ticket gates. From there, steps and an elevator give access to the island platform.[3][2][5]

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 counter which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[6][7]

• 
  A view of platform 2. The stairs at the south entrance to the station building can be seen to the right.
• 
  The old station building. This picture was taken in 2008.
• 
  A distant view of the station, looking westwards. Note the hashigami station above the platform. To the left, the narrow stairwell of the south entrance can be seen.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Chikuhi Line
Susenji		Local	Itoshimakōkō-mae
Susenji		Rapid (Weekdays)	Itoshimakōkō-mae
Rapid (Weekends): Does not stop at this station

History

The private Kitakyushu Railway had opened a track between Fukuyoshi and Hamasaki on 5 December 1923. Expanding in phases, by 15 October 1926, the line had been extended east to Hakata and west to Higashi-Karatsu. Hatae Station was opened on 1 July 1928 as an additional station on the track. When the Kitakyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 October 1937, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station 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.[8][9]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,927 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 63rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[10]

Surrounding area

• JA Itoshima Hatae Branch
• Hatae Post Office
• Sannomiya Shrine

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "波多江" [Hatae]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 26 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. "波多江" [Hatae]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
5. "JR 波多江駅" [JR Hatae Station]. Itoshima Blue. February 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018. Website of Itoshima City attractions with detailed photographic coverage of station facilities.
6. "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
7. "波多江駅" [Hatae Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 26 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 224–5. ISBN 4533029809.
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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 723–4. ISBN 4533029809.
10. "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

• Hatae Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)