Kokura Station

Kokura Station
小倉駅
Location Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
History
Opened 1891
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2016) 35,431 daily
Rank 2nd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Kokura Station
Location within Japan
Kokura Station main entrance

Kokura Station (小倉駅, Kokura-eki) in Kokura Kita ward is the main railway station in Kitakyushu, Japan. It is part of the JR Kyushu network and the Sanyo Shinkansen stops here. It is the second largest station in Kyushu with 120,000 users daily. In the late 1990s, the Kokura station area was expanded and remodelled.

JR lines

JR limited express trains

Monorail

Tracks

1 ■ Nippō Main Line for Yukuhashi, Nakatsu, Usa and Oita
2 ■ Hita Hikosan Line for Tagawa-Gotōji, Soeda and Hita
■ Kagoshima Main Line for Mojikō
■ Sanyo Main Line for Shimonoseki
3 ■ Nippō Main Line for Yukuhashi, Nakatsu, Usa and Oita
■ Hita Hikosan Line for Tagawa-Gotōji, Soeda and Hita
4 ■ Limited Express Sonic, Nichirin Seagaia for Orio and Hakata
5 ■ Limited Express Kirameki for Orio and Hakata
■ Kagoshima Main Line for Orio and Hakata
6 ■ Limited Express Kirameki for Orio and Hakata
■ Kagoshima Main Line for Orio and Hakata
7 ■ Limited Express Sonic, Nichirin Seagaia for Oita, Miyazaki, and Miyazaki Kūkō
■ Kagoshima Main Line for Orio and Hakata
■ Kagoshima Main Line for Mojikō
■ Sanyo Main Line for Shimonoseki
8 ■ Limited Express Kirameki for Mojikō
■ Kagoshima Main Line for Mojikō
11・12 ■ Sanyō Shinkansen Nozomi, Hikari (Hikari Rail Star), Mizuho, Sakura, Kodama for Hakata, Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō
13 ■ Sanyō Shinkansen Nozomi, Hikari (Hikari Rail Star), Mizuho, Sakura, Kodama for Hiroshima, Okayama, Shin-Ōsaka, and Tokyo
14 ■ Sanyō Shinkansen Nozomi, Hikari (Hikari Rail Star), Kodama for Hiroshima, Okayama, Shin-Ōsaka, and Tokyo
■ Sanyō Shinkansen Kodama for Hakata (Used for first departures)

History

  • April 1, 1891: Opened by the private company Kyushu Tetsudo in front of Kokura Castle.
  • July 1, 1907: Brought under state control.
  • March 1, 1958: Reconstructed 700 meters east of original location (the former station site is now known as Nishi ("West")

Kokura).

  • March 10, 1975: Sanyo Shinkansen services commenced.
  • April 1, 1987: Following privatisation of JNR it came under the control of JR Kyushu. The Shinkansen platforms are run by JR West.
  • April 1, 1998: Kitakyushu Monorail line is extended to Kokura Station as part of a major reconstruction of the station building.

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Sanyō Shinkansen
Shin-Shimonoseki Kodama Hakata
Shin-Shimonoseki or Shin-Yamaguchi Hikari RailStar
/Hikari
/Sakura		 Hakata
Shin-Yamaguchi or Hiroshima Nozomi
/Mizuho		 Hakata
Kagoshima Main Line
Moji Local/Semi-Rapid/Rapid Nishi-Kokura
Moji Limited Express Tobata or Kurosaki
Nippō Main Line
Hita Hikosan Line
Moji
(through Kagoshima Main Line)		 Local/Rapid Nishi-Kokura
Tobata or Kurosaki
(through Kagoshima Main Line)		 Limited Express Shimosone or Yukuhashi
Kitakyushu Monorail
Terminus Local Heiwadōri

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 35,431 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 2nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[1]

See also


References

  1. ↑ "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. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

Coordinates: 33°53′13″N 130°52′59″E / 33.886923°N 130.883181°E / 33.886923; 130.883181

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