Kurume-Kōkōmae Station

Kurume-Kōkōmae Station (久留米高校前駅, Kurume-Kōkōmae-eki) is railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by Kyushu Railway Company in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station name refers to the nearby Kurume High School.[1][2]

Kurume-Kōkōmae Station

久留米高校前駅
Kurume-Kōkōmae in 2009
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°17′55″N 130°30′59″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Kyudai Main Line,
Distance3.4 km from Kurume
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened14 March 2009 (2009-03-14)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)650 daily
Rank215th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Kurume-Kōkōmae Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 3.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3] Only local trains on the line stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of a side platforms serving a single track. The station building is a modern concrete structure which houses a waiting room, automatic ticket vending machine, a Sugoca charge machine, a Sugoca reader and a staffed ticket window.[2][3][4]

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.[5][6]

  • A view of the platform and track.

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Kyudai Main Line
Kurume Local Minami-Kurume

History

JR Kyushu opened the station on 14 March 2009 as an additional station on the existing track of the Kyudai Main Line. [3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 670 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 209th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "久留米高校前" [Kurume-Kōkōmae]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 April 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. 33, 72. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. "久留米高校前駅に訪問" [Visit to Kurume-Kōkōmae Station]. Dridorichi's railroad blog. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2018. See especially for photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  6. "久留米高校前駅" [Kurume-Kōkōmae Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 6 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  7. "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.


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