Misakigaoka Station 美咲が丘駅 | |
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General information | |
Location | Itoshima, Fukuoka Japan |
Coordinates | 33°33′0″N 130°11′8″E / 33.55000°N 130.18556°E |
Operated by | JR Kyushu |
Line(s) | ■ Chikuhi Line |
Distance | 14.3 km from Meinohama |
Platforms | 1 side platform |
Tracks | 1 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Bicycle facilities | Bike shed |
Accessible | No - platforms accessed by footbridge |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 28 October 1995 |
Passengers | |
FY2016 | 1,043 daily |
Rank | 160th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Location | |
Misakigaoka Station Location within Japan |
Misakigaoka Station (美咲が丘駅, Misakigaoka-eki) is a railway station in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.[1][2]
Lines
The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 14.3 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 is a modern structure in hashigami format. It resembles a vertical red barrel built over the track and houses the ticket window. From there a flight of steps leads down to the platform. There are two entrances to the barrel shaped station building. From the access road, a flight of steps leads up to the red barrel. A second entrance is located in the environs of a residential area south of the station on higher ground. Here the entrance is a yellow tube-shaped tunnel which leads to a fight of steps connecting to the red barrel. Unlike most hashigami designs, it is not possible to enter the station building from the other side of the tracks.[3][2][5]
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.[6][7]
- A view of the station looking from the north. Note the residential area on higher ground behind the retaining wall.
- Entrance to the station building from the access road. Note the yellow tube leading to the other entrance.
- The entrance to the yellow tube which leads to the station.
- A distant view of the yellow tube. It crosses the station access road then leads down to the station building.
- A view of the station platform. Note there is no entrance to the station from the main road on the north side of the track (to the left).
Adjacent stations
← | Service | → | ||
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Chikuhi Line | ||||
Chikuzen-Maebaru | Local | Kafuri | ||
Passed | Rapid | Passed |
History
JR Kyushu opened the station on 28 October 1995 as an additional station on the existing track of the Chikuhi Line.[3]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,043 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 160th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]
Environs
- National Route 202
- Itoshima City Maebaru Nishi Junior High School
- Itoshima City Minamikaze Elementary School
See also
References
- ↑ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- 1 2 "美咲が丘" [Misakigaoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "浜崎" [Hamasaki]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ↑ "JR 美咲が丘駅" [JR Misakigaoka Station]. Itoshima Blue. February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018. Website of Itoshima City attractions with detailed photographic coverage of station facilities.
- ↑ "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ↑ "美咲が丘駅" [Misakigaoka Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
- ↑ "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.
External links
- Misakigaoka Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)