Kami-Imari Station
Kami-Imari Station (上伊万里駅, Kami-Imari-eki) is a railway station located in Imari, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.[1][2]
Kami-Imari Station 上伊万里駅 | |
|---|---|
 Kami-Imari Station in 2005 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Japan |
| Coordinates | 33°16′13″N 129°53′32″E |
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR Kyushu |
| Line(s) | ■ Chikuhi Line |
| Distance | 24.1 km from Yamamoto |
| Platforms | 1 side platform |
| Tracks | 1 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At grade |
| Other information | |
| Status | Unstaffed |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 March 1935 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2015 | 5 daily |
| Location | |
  Kami-Imari Station Location within Japan | |
Lines
The station is served by the western section of the Chikuhi Line and is 24.1 km from the starting point of this section at Yamamoto.[3]
Station layout
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. The traces of a disused freight platform can be seen to the north of the platform.[2][3][4]
Adjacent stations
| ← | Service | → | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chikuhi Line (western section) | ||||
| Kanaishihara | Local | Imari | ||
History
The private Kitakyushu Railway, which had a track between Hakata and Higashi-Karatsu by 1926 and had expanded southwards to Yamamoto by 1929. In a later phase of expansion, the track was extended west from Yamamoto to Imari, which opened as the western terminus on 1 March 1935. This station was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track. The Kitakyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1937 and Japanese Government Railways (JGR) assumed control of the station and designated the track which served it as part of 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.[5][6]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 1,686 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 5 passengers.[7]
Environs
- National Route 202
- National Route 498
- Morinaga Park
- Saga Prefectural Imari School for the Handicapped
References
- "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- "上伊万里" [Kami-Imari]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 2 April 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. 35, 83. ISBN 9784062951647.
- "上伊万里" [Kamai-Imari]. Retrieved 2 April 2018. Blog entry with good 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. 727. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- "佐賀県統計年鑑（平成28年版）" [Saga Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition]. Saga Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 23 March 2018. See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.
