Ogōri Station

Ogōri Station (小郡駅, Ogōri-eki) is a railway station on the Amagi Line located in Ogōri, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Amagi Railway, a third sector public-private partnership corporation.[1]

Ogōri Station 小郡駅
Ogōri Station in 2007
Location	1 Chome Gion, Ogori-shi, Fukuoka-ken 838-0141 Japan
Coordinates	33°14′06″N 130°19′53″E
Operated by	Amagi Railway
Line(s)	Amagi Line
Distance	3.8 km from Kiyama
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Disabled access	No - steps to platform
Other information
Status	Staffed Ticket window
History
Opened	28 April 1939
Previous names	Chikugo Ogōri (until 1 April 1986)
Passengers
2008	1,011 daily
Location
Ogōri Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Amagi Railway Amagi Line and is located 3.8 km from the start of the line at Kiyama.[1] All Amagi Line trains stop at the station.[2]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on an embankment. There is no station building but a shelter has been set up on the platform. From the main road, a roofed flight of steps leads up to the platform. A staffed ticket window is located at an intermediate landing halfway up the flight of steps.[3][4][5]

Platforms

1

■ Amagi Line

for Kiyama, and Amagi

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Amagi Railway Amagi Line
Tateno		-	Ōitai

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 28 April 1939 with the name Chikugo Ogōri as an intermediate station on its Amagi Line between Kiyama and Amagi. On 1 April 1986, control of the station was handed over to the Amagi Railway. The name of the station was changed to Ogōri and the location of the station was shifted 400 m further along the line from Kiyama.[1][6][7]

Connections

• Nishitetsu Ogōri Station on the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line is a short walk from the station across a road.[5]

Surrounding area

• Ogōri Elementary School
• Ogōri City Hall
• Ogōri Driving School
• Ogōriekimae Post Office
• Best Denki Fukuokaogori
• Ogōri Swimming School
• Fukuoka Branch
• West Japan Bank

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 182, 309. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. "甘木鉄道時刻表" [Amagi Railway Timetable] (PDF). www.amatetsu.jp. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
3. "小郡" [Ogōri]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
4. 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. 27, 82. ISBN 9784062951630.
5. "小郡・大板井　周辺" [Around Ogōri and Ōitai]. noritai-amatetu.com Website of the Society for the Promotion of the AmagiRailway. Retrieved 25 February 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. 699. ISBN 4533029809.