Mii Station

Mii Station (御井駅, Mii-eki) is railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]

Mii Station

御井駅
Mii Station in 2018
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°18′46″N 130°33′45″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Kyudai Main Line,
Distance8.0 km from Kurume
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeLow embankment
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened24 December 1928 (1928-12-24)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)265 daily
Location
Mii Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 8.0 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 two side platforms serving two tracks on a low embankment. The station building is a shed of simple modern design and is unstaffed, serving only to house a waiting area and an automatic ticket vending machine. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a level crossing with ramps.[2][3]

  • Entrance of Mii Station.
  • A view of the station from the north side, showing the embankment. The structure is the weather shelter for platform 2.
  • A view from platform 1 with platform 2 to the right. The level crossing can be seen in the background.

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Kyudai Main Line
Kurume-Daigakumae Local Zendōji

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened a track from Kurume to Chikugo-Yoshii on 24 December 1928 during the first phase of the construction of the Kyudai Main Line. Mii was opened on the same day as one of several intermediate stations on the track. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were 97,000 boarding passengers (in rounded thousands), giving a daily average of 265 passengers.[6]

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "御井" [Mii]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 7 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. 35, 72. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. 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. 227. ISBN 4533029809.
  5. 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. 739. ISBN 4533029809.
  6. "久留米市統計書 輸・通信" [Kurume City Statistics Yearbook Transport and Communications]. Kurume City official website. Retrieved 7 April 2018. See table 12-3 Boarding and disembarking passenger numbers at each JR station.


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