Chikuzen-Uchino Station

Chikuzen-Uchino Station (筑前内野駅, Chikuzen-Uchino-eki) is a railway station on the Chikuho Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]

JG  03  Chikuzen-Uchino Station 筑前内野駅
Chikuzen-Uchino Station in 2007
Location	Uchino, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 820-0706 Japan
Coordinates	33°32′24″N 130°38′17″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Chikuhō Main Line
Distance	51.2 km from Wakamatsu
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	Yes - no steps needed to access platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 July 1928
Location
JG  03  Chikuzen-Uchino Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhō Main Line and is located 51.2 km from the starting point of the line at Wakamatsu.[3]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track. Across the track can be seen another, disused side platform as well as the track bed of a second track which has since been removed. A siding branches off the track and ends behind the platform and is used by track maintenance equipment. A small station building built in a loghouse style serves as a waiting room. A separate weather shelter is provided on the platform itself.[2][3]

• 
  Station platform and track looking in the direction of Haruda. Note the disused platform and former track bed to the right. The siding can be seen to the left.
• 
  The station in 1996, when it had two platforms and two tracks. Note the old station building.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Chikuhō Main Line
JG  02  Kami-Honami		Local	JG  04  Chikuzen-Yamae

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 15 July 1928 as the new southern terminus of the then Nagao Line from Nagao (now Keisen). On 7 December 1929, Chikuzen-Uchino became a through station when the track was further extended to Haruda. On the same day, the Nagao Line was merged and became part of the Chikuho Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[4][5]

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "筑前内野" [Chikuzen-Uchino]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 March 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. 23, 69. ISBN 9784062951630.
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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 233–4. ISBN 4533029809.
5. 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. 788. ISBN 4533029809.

External links

• Chikuzen-Uchino Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)