Kafuri Station
Kafuri Station (加布里駅, Kafuri-eki) is a railway station in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.[1][2]
Kafuri Station 加布里駅 | |
|---|---|
 Kafuri Station in 2017 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Itoshima, Fukuoka Japan |
| Coordinates | 33°32′36″N 130°10′34.5″E |
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR Kyushu |
| Line(s) | ■ Chikuhi Line |
| Distance | 15.4 km from Meinohama |
| Platforms | 1 island platform |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At grade |
| Accessible | No - footbridge to platform |
| Other information | |
| Status | Unstaffed |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 April 1924 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2016 | 673 daily |
| Rank | 208th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Location | |
  Kafuri Station Location within Japan | |
Lines
The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 15.4 km from the starting point of the line at Meinohama.[3] Only local services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.[4]
Station layout
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station facilities are in hashigami format, the automatic ticket vending machines and ticket gate being located on a bridge which leads to the platform from the access road.[3][2][5]
Adjacent stations
| ← | Service | → | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chikuhi Line | ||||
| Misakigaoka | Local | Ikisan | ||
| Passed | Rapid | Passed | ||
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 east to Maebaru (today Chikuzen-Maebaru). Kafuri was opened on the same day 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.[6][7]
The station became unstaffed in 2016.[8]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 673 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 208th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]
Environs
- Itoshima City Kafuri Elementary School
See also
References
- "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- "加布里" [Kafuri]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- 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, 77. ISBN 9784062951647.
- "加布里" [Kafuri]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "JR 加布里駅" [JR Kafuri Station]. Itoshima Blue. February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018. Website of Itoshima City attractions with detailed photographic coverage of station facilities.
- 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 224–5. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 724. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- "駅営業体制の見直しについて" [Revision of station sales system] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- "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
- Kafuri Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)