Matsuzaki Station (Fukuoka)

Matsuzaki Station (松崎駅, Matsuzaki-eki) is a railway station on the Amagi Line located in Ogōri, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Amagi Railway, a third sector public-private partnership corporation.[1]

Matsuzaki Station

松崎駅
Station platform
LocationKamiiwata, Ogori-shi, Fukuoka-ken 838-0121
Japan
Coordinates33°14′09″N 130°20′44″E
Operated byAmagi Railway
Line(s)Amagi Line
Distance6.4 km from Kiyama
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo - steps to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
History
Opened28 April 1939 (1939-04-28)
Previous namesChikugo Matsuzaki (until 1 April 1986)
Location
Matsuzaki Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Amagi Railway Amagi Line and is located 6.4 km from the start of the line at Kiyama.[1] All Amagi Line trains stop at the station.[2]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building located by the side of the tracks is a small prefabricated structure which is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing with steps at both ends.[3][4][5]

Platforms

Track 1  Amagi Line for Amagi
Track 2  Amagi Line for Kiyama

Adjacent stations

Service
Amagi Railway Amagi Line
Ōitai Local Imaguma

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 28 April 1939 with the name Chikugo Matsuzaki as an intermediate station on its Amagi Line between Kiyama and Amagi. On 1 April 1986, control of the station was handed over to the Amagi Railway. The name of the station was changed to Matsuzaki on the same day.[1][6][7]

Surrounding area

References

  1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 182, 309. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. "甘木鉄道時刻表" [Amagi Railway Timetable] (PDF). www.amatetsu.jp. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. "松崎" [Matsuzaki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  4. 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. 28, 82. ISBN 9784062951630.
  5. "松崎 周辺" [Around Matsuzaki]. noritai-amatetu.com Website of the Society for the Promotion of the AmagiRailway. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  6. 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. p. 221. ISBN 4533029809.
  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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 699. ISBN 4533029809.


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