Ongagawa Station

Ongagawa Station (遠賀川駅, Ongagawa-eki) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line operated by JR Kyushu located in Onga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]

JA  17  Ongagawa Station

遠賀川駅
Ongagawa Station in 2006
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°50′49″N 130°40′24″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Kagoshima Main Line,
Distance34.3 km from Mojikō
Platforms1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks3 + 1 passing loop + numerous sidings
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 November 1890 (1890-11-15)
Location
JA  17  Ongagawa Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 34.3 km from the start of the line at Mojikō.[2]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. Track 1 is served by the platform 1, the side platform. A passing loop runs next to it and is designated track 2. Tracks 3 and 4 are served by platforms 2 and 3 (the island platform). Numerous sidings run to the south of track 4.[2]

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Kagoshima Main Line
JA  18  Mizumaki Local JA  16  Ebitsu

History

The station was opened by the privately run Kyushu Railway on 15 November 1890 as the northern terminus of a stretch of track from Kurume. It became a through-station on 28 February 1891 when the track was extended further north to Kurosaki. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Hitoyoshi Main Line and then on 21 November 1909, part of the Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. 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3巻 北九州 筑豊 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 Kyushu Chikuhō area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 22, 68. ISBN 9784062951623.
  3. 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. 218. ISBN 4533029809.
  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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 676. ISBN 4533029809.


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