Kami-Honami Station
Kami-Honami Station (上穂波駅, Kami-honami-eki) is a railway station on the Chikuho Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]
JG 02 Kami-Honami Station 上穂波駅 | |
|---|---|
 Kami-Honami Station in 2007 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Ae, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 820-0704 Japan |
| Coordinates | 33°34′01″N 130°38′43″E |
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR Kyushu |
| Line(s) | ■ Chikuhō Main Line |
| Distance | 48.1 km from Wakamatsu |
| Platforms | 1 side platform |
| Tracks | 1 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At grade |
| Other information | |
| Status | Unstaffed |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 15 July 1928 |
| Location | |
  JG 02 Kami-Honami Station Location within Japan | |
Lines
The station is served by the Chikuhō Main Line and is located 48.1 km from the starting point of the line at Wakamatsu.[3]
Station layout
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. Across the track can be seen another, disused side platform as well as the track bed of a second track which has since been removed. The station shares a large two-storey building with the local chamber of commerce and industry. The station part of the building is unstaffed and only houses a waiting room and automatic ticket vending machines. Access to the platform from the station building is by means of a short flight of steps.[2][3]
Station platform and track. Note the disused platform and former track bed to the left. The kink in the track in the distance also indicates the station once had two tracks.
Adjacent stations
| ← | Service | → | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chikuhō Main Line | ||||
| JG 01 Keisen | Local | JG 03 Chikuzen-Uchino | ||
History
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened Kami-Honami on 15 July 1928 as an intermediate station when it extended the track of the then Nagao Line from Nagao (now Keisen to a new southern terminus at Chikuzen-Uchino. On 7 December 1929, Kami-Honami became part of the Chikuho Main Line when the Nagao Line was merged with the former. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[4][5]
Station numbering was introduced on 28 September 2018 with Kami-Honami being assigned station number JG02.[6]
References
- "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- "上穂波駅" [Kami-Honami]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 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. 23, 69. ISBN 9784062951630.
- 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. 233–4. 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. 788. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- "北部九州エリア１５７駅に「駅ナンバリング」を導入します" [“Station numbering” will be introduced at 157 stations in the northern Kyushu area] (PDF). jrkyushu.co.jp (in Japanese). 28 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
