Chōjabaru Station

Chōjabaru Station (長者原駅, Chōjabaru-eki) is a railway station in Kasuya, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).

JC  04  JD  11  Chōjabaru Station 長者原駅
Location	Kasuya, Kasuya, Fukuoka Japan
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	Sasaguri Line (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) Kashii Line
History
Opened	1988

Lines

• JR Kyushu
  • Sasaguri Line (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line)
  • Kashii Line

Layout

It is a ground level station with one platform one track for Kashii Line almost intercrosses above one island platform two tracks for Sasaguri Line in a right angle.

Tracks

1	■Sasaguri Line(Fukuhoku Yutaka Line)	for Sasaguri,Shin-Iizuka,Nōgata and Orio
2	■Sasaguri Line(Fukuhoku Yutaka Line)	for Hakata
3	■Kashii Line	for Kashii and Saitozaki
		for Umi

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
JR Kyūshū
Sasaguri Line (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line)
JC  03  Kadomatsu		Local	JC  05  Harumachi
JC  06  Sasaguri		Rapid Service	JC  01  Yoshizuka
Kashii Line
JD  10  Iga		-	JD  12  Sakado

History

The station was opened by JR Kyushu on 13 March 1988 as an additional station on the existing track of the Sasaguri Line.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 3,774 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 55th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[2]

External links

• Chōjabaru Station (JR Kyushu) (in Japanese)

References

1. 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. pp. 696–7. ISBN 4533029809.
2. "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.