Misakigaoka Station

Misakigaoka Station (美咲が丘駅, Misakigaoka-eki) is a railway station in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.[1][2]

Misakigaoka Station 美咲が丘駅
Misakigaoka Station in 2006
Location	Itoshima, Fukuoka Japan
Coordinates	33°33′0″N 130°11′8″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Chikuhi Line
Distance	14.3 km from Meinohama
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Disabled access	No - platforms accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	28 October 1995
Passengers
FY2016	1,043 daily
Rank	160th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Misakigaoka Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 14.3 km from the starting point of the line at Meinohama.[3] Only local services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is a modern structure in hashigami format. It resembles a vertical red barrel built over the track and houses the ticket window. From there a flight of steps leads down to the platform. There are two entrances to the barrel shaped station building. From the access road, a flight of steps leads up to the red barrel. A second entrance is located in the environs of a residential area south of the station on higher ground. Here the entrance is a yellow tube-shaped tunnel which leads to a fight of steps connecting to the red barrel. Unlike most hashigami designs, it is not possible to enter the station building from the other side of the tracks.[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 POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[6][7]

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  A view of the station looking from the north. Note the residential area on higher ground behind the retaining wall.
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  Entrance to the station building from the access road. Note the yellow tube leading to the other entrance.
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  The entrance to the yellow tube which leads to the station.
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  A distant view of the yellow tube. It crosses the station access road then leads down to the station building.
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  A view of the station platform. Note there is no entrance to the station from the main road on the north side of the track (to the left).

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Chikuhi Line
Chikuzen-Maebaru		Local	Kafuri
Passed		Rapid	Passed

History

JR Kyushu opened the station on 28 October 1995 as an additional station on the existing track of the Chikuhi Line.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,043 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 160th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

Environs

• National Route 202
• Itoshima City Maebaru Nishi Junior High School
• Itoshima City Minamikaze Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "美咲が丘" [Misakigaoka]. 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. 11, 77. ISBN 9784062951647.
4. "浜崎" [Hamasaki]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
5. "JR 美咲が丘駅" [JR Misakigaoka Station]. Itoshima Blue. February 2018. Retrieved 25 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. "美咲が丘駅" [Misakigaoka Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
8. "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

• Misakigaoka Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)