Minami-Kurume Station

Minami-Kurume Station (南久留米駅, Minami-Kurume-eki) is railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station name refers to the nearby Kurume High School.[1][2]

Minami-Kurume Station

南久留米駅
Minami-Kurume Station in 2006
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°18′09″N 130°31′53″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Kyudai Main Line,
Distance4.9 km from Kurume
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure typeEmbankment
Disabled accessNo - underpass to platform has steps
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened24 December 1928 (1928-12-24)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)424 daily
Rank259th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Minami-Kurume Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 4.9 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 an island platform serving two tracks on a low embankment. The station building is an old wooden building in traditional Japanese style with a staffed ticket window. An underpass leads under the embankment and up to the island platform.[2][3]

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.[4][5]

  • A view of the platform and tracks.

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

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. Minami-Kurume 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.[6][7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 424 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 259th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "南久留米" [Minami-Kurume]. 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. 34, 72. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. "南久留米駅" [Minami-Kurume Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 6 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  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. p. 227. 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. 738. 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 3 March 2018.


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