Araki Station (Fukuoka)

Araki Station (荒木駅, Araki-eki) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line, operated by JR Kyushu in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]

JB  18  Araki Station

荒木駅
Araki Station in 2006
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°16′34″N 130°30′09″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Kagoshima Main Line,
Distance118.8 km from Mojikō
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4 + 1 passing loop + numerous sidings
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo - platforms accessed by footbridge
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened20 April 1910 (1910-04-20)
Passengers
FY20161,393 daily
Rank126th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
JB  18  Araki Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 118.8 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.[2] Local and rapid services on the line stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks at grade. A passing loop (track 5) runs to the east of platform/track 4. Further east are numerous sidings. Beyond them are the elevated tracks of the Kyushu Shinkansen which does not have a station here. The station building is a modern concrete block structure with a circular skylight. It houses a staffed ticket window and a narrow waiting area. Access to the island platforms is by means of a footbridge.[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 Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]

  • View from platform 4, showing the passing loop and sidings to the east (right) and the elevated Shinkansen tracks.

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Kagoshima Main Line
JB  17  Kurume Local JB  19  Nishimuta
JB  17  Kurume Rapid

History

The station was opened by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on 20 April 1910 as an additional station on the existing Kagoshima Main Line 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.[7][8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,393 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 126th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

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6巻 熊本 大分 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 9, 66. ISBN 9784062951654.
  3. "荒木" [Araki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. "荒木駅に訪問" [Visit to Araki Station]. Dridorichi's railroad blog. 5 June 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 5 April 2018.
  6. "荒木駅" [Araki Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 6 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 218. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. 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. 681. ISBN 4533029809.
  9. "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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