The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 135.2 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.[3] Only local services on the line stop at the station.
Lines
The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 132.2 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.[3] Local and rapid services on the line stop at the station.
Layout
The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks; however one side of the island platform is not in use. The station building is a modern, flat-roofed concrete structure which houses a ticket window, automatic ticket vending machines and a waiting area. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge equipped with elevators. The footbridge also has an entrance on the other side of the tracks from the station.[3][2][4]
Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket counter which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]
The privately run Kyushu Railway had opened a stretch of track between Hakata and the (now closed) Chitosegawa temporary stop on 11 December 1889. After several phases of expansion northwards and southwards, by February 1891, the line stretched from Kurosaki south to Kurume. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended south to Takase (now Tamana) opening as the new southern terminus on 1 April 1891. Setaka, at that time named Yabegawa Station (矢部川駅), was opened on the same day as one of several intermediate stations on the new stretch of track. 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 and then on 21 November 1909, part of the Kagoshima Main Line. On 1 April 1942, the station was renamed Setakamachi Station (瀬高駅町, Setaka-eki) and then on 10 April 1956, renamed Setaka. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[7][8]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 779 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 168th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]
^ ab"瀬高" [Setaka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ abcKawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第6巻 熊本 大分 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 11, 67. ISBN9784062951654.
^"瀬高駅に訪問" [Visit to Setaka Station]. Dridorichi's railroad blog. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2018. See especially for photographic coverage of station facilities.
^"福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^"瀬高駅" [Setaka Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 4 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
^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. p. 218. ISBN4-533-02980-9.
^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. 682. ISBN4-533-02980-9.
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