Ikisan Station

Ikisan Station (一貴山駅, Ikisan-eki) is a railway station in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.[1][2]

Ikisan Station

一貴山駅
Ikisan Station in 2008
LocationItoshima, Fukuoka
Japan
Coordinates33°32′3.5″N 130°10′5.5″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Chikuhi Line
Distance16.7 km from Meinohama
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessYes - no steps to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened29 May 1924 (1924-05-29)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)450 daily
Rank254th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Ikisan Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 16.7 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, a small timber structure, is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Automatic ticket vending machines and a Sugoca farecard reader are provided.[3][2][5]

  • }A view of the station platform and track.

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Chikuhi Line
Kafuri Local Chikuzen-Fukae
Passed Rapid Service Passed

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 to Maebaru (today Chikuzen-Maebaru). Ikisan was opened on 29 April 1924 as an additional station on the existing track between Fukuyoshi and Maebaru. 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.[6][7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 450 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 254th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "一貴山" [Ikisan]. 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. "一貴山" [Ikisan]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. "JR 一貴山駅" [JR Ikisan Station]. Itoshima Blue. January 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018. Website of Itoshima City attractions with detailed photographic coverage of station facilities.
  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. pp. 224–5. 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. 724. ISBN 4533029809.
  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 25 February 2018.
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