Sasaguri Station (篠栗駅, Sasaguri-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu in[1]
The station is served by the Sasaguri Line and is located 14.8 km from the starting point of the line at Yoshizuka.[2] The station is sometimes depicted on maps and timetables as part of the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, of which the Sasaguri Line is a component.
The station consists of a side platform and an island platform connected by a footbridge to small station building is located on the south side of the station. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]
The station was opened on 19 June 1904 by the privately run Kyushu Railway as the eastern terminus of a stretch of track from Yoshizuka. 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 Sasaguri Line. On 25 May 1968, Sasaguri became a through-station when the Sasaguri Line was extended further eat to Keisen. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[3][4]
In fiscal 2020, there was a daily average of 3951 boarding passengers at this station, making it the 41st busiest station on the JR Kyushu network.[5]。
The area around the station is in the center of Sasaguri Town. Fukuoka Prefectural Route 607 runs parallel to the Sasaguri Line about 100 meters south of the station, and a shopping district has expanded around the station and this road.
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