Imajuku Station

Imajuku Station (今宿駅, Imajuku-eki) is a railway station in Imajuku-ekimae 1-chome, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.[1][2]

Imajuku Station 今宿駅
Imajuku Station in 2015
Location	Nishi, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Japan
Coordinates	33°34′47″N 130°16′25″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Chikuhi Line
Distance	5.2 km from Meinohama
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 + 2 sidings
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	Yes - access to island platform via footbridge with elevators
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 April 1925
Passengers
FY2016	5,165 daily
Rank	36th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Imajuku Station Location within Fukuoka city Imajuku Station Imajuku Station (Japan)

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 5.2 km from the starting point of the line at Meinohama.[3] Local and weekday rapid services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. Sidings branch off the main tracks on either side. The station building is of traditional Japanese design with a tiled roof. It houses a waiting area, a kiosk and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of two footbridges, one of which is fitted with elevators.[2][3]

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]

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  A view of the platform. Note the elevator and the siding on the right.
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  Two footbridges serve the platform. The one in the distance is fitted with elevator shafts.
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  Track maintenance vehicle on one of the sidings. The station building is to the right, partly obscured by the bridge.

Platforms

1	■ Chikuhi Line (through for Kūkō Line)	for Meinohama, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō (Airport)
2	■ Chikuhi Line	for Chikuzen-Maebaru, Chikuzen-Fukae, Karatsu and Nishi-Karatsu

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Chikuhi Line
Shimoyamato		Local	Kyūdai-Gakkentoshi
Shimoyamato		Rapid (Weekdays)	Kyūdai-Gakkentoshi
Terminus		Rapid (Weekends	Terminus

History

The private Kitakyushu Railway had opened a track between Fukuyoshi and Hamasaki on 5 December 1923. By 1 April 1924, the line had been extended eastwards to Chikuzen-Maebaru. In the third phase of expansion, the line was extended further east with Meinohama opening as the new eastern terminus on 15 April 1925. On the same day, Imajuku was opened as an intermediate station on the new track. When the Kitakyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 October 1937, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and designated the line which served it as the Chikuhi 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.[7][8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 5,165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 36th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

Environs

• Nishi ward office Imajuku branch office
• Fukuoka-Nishi Police Station
• Imajuku InterChange (Fukuoka-Maebaru Expressway)

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "今宿" [Imajuku]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 27 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, 76. ISBN 9784062951647.
4. "今宿" [Imajuku]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
5. "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
6. "今宿駅" [Imajuku Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 27 March 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. pp. 224–5. 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. 723. 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 25 February 2018.

External links

• Imajuku Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)