Yoshizuka Station

Yoshizuka Station (吉塚駅, Yoshizuka-eki) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line and the Sasaguri Line operated by JR Kyushu in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]

JA  01  JC  01 
Yoshizuka Station

吉塚駅
Yoshizuka Station in 2016
Location13 Yoshizuka-honmachi, Hakata, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
（福岡市博多区吉塚本町13）
Japan
Coordinates33°36′26″N 130°25′26″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)
Distance
  • 75.0 km from Mojikō (starting point of the Kagoshima Main Line)
  • 0.0 km (station is the starting point of the Sasaguri Line)
Platforms1 side + 2 island platforms
Tracks5
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened19 June 1904 (1904-06-19)
Passengers
FY201613,812
Rank8th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
JA  01  JC  01 
Yoshizuka Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 75.0 km from the starting point of the line at Mojikō.[2]

The station is also the starting point of the Sasaguri Line which is also, with parts of other lines, collectively referred to on maps as the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line.[3]

Layout

The station consists of one side and two island platforms serving five elevated tracks.[2]

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Kagoshima Main Line
JA  02  Hakozaki Local  00  Hakata
Sasaguri Line
Terminus Local JC  02  Yusu

History

The privately run Kyushu Railway had begun laying down its network on Kyushu in 1889 and by 1902 had a stretch of track from Moji (now Mojikō southwards to Yatsushiro. Yoshizuka was opened as an added station on this existing stretch of track on 19 June 1904 between Hakozaki and Hakata. On the same day a stretch of track to Sasaguri was also opened. This track was later extended to Hakata on 16 February 1905. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Hitoyoshi Main Line while the track from Hakata through Yoshizuka to Sasaguri was designated the Sasaguri Line. On 21 November 1909 the Hitoyoshi Main Line was renamed the Kagoshima Main Line. On 5 May 1911, Yoshizuka was designated the official start point of the Sasaguri Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by 13,812 passengers daily, and it ranked 8th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 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. 30, 69. ISBN 9784062951623.
  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. p. 75. ISBN 9784062951623.
  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. 218, 221. 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. pp. 678, 697. ISBN 4533029809.
  6. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Heisei 28)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.


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