Chikuzen-Yamate Station

Chikuzen-Yamate Station (筑前山手駅, Chikuzen-Yamate-eki) is a train station in Sasaguri, Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]

Chikuzen-Yamate Station 筑前山手駅
Station building and elevated platform, December 2011
Location	Sasaguri, Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka-ken 811-2405 Japan
Coordinates	33°37′20″N 130°33′26″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Sasaguri Line
Distance	5.0 km from Yoshizuka
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 May 1968
Location
Chikuzen-Yamate Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Sasaguri Line and is located 13.4 km from the starting point of the line at Yoshizuka.[2] The station is sometimes depicted on maps and timetables as part of the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, of which the Sasaguri Line is a component.

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single elevated track. From the main road, a flight of steps leads to a dias. A tall stairwell then gives access to the platform. An automatic ticket vending machine is located at the base of the stairwell. A toilet building is located next to the dias.[2][3][4]

• 
  The steps up the dias and the toilet building
• 
  The stairwell from the rear.
• 
  A view of the platform and track.

Adjacent stations

Although Yoshizuka is considered the starting point of the line and distances are reckoned from it, JR Kyushu timetables and other sources regard trains heading for Yoshizuka as "down" (下り, kudari) or outbound. Trains heading for Keisen are considered "up" (上り, nobori) or inbound.[5]

←		Service		→
Sasaguri Line (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line)
Kido-Nanzōin-mae		Local	Sasaguri

History

The station was opened by Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 25 May 1968 as an intermediate station when it extended the Sasaguri Line east from Sasaguri to Keisen. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[6][7]

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 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. 42, 75. ISBN 9784062951623.
3. "筑前山手" [Chikuzen-Yamate]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
4. "筑前山手駅に訪問" [Visit to Chikuzen-Yamate Station]. Dridorichi's railroad blog. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2018. For photographic coverage of station facilities.
5. "筑前山手" [Chikuzen-Yamate]. JR Kyushu Official Station Webpage. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
6. 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. 221. ISBN 4533029809.
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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 697. ISBN 4533029809.

External links

• Chikuzen-Yamate (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)