The station is the southern terminus of the Kashii Line and is located 25.4 km from the opposing terminus of the line at Saitozaki.[2]
Station layout
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of side platform serving a single track, with station building modeled after the shape of a torii gate, along the lines of Umi Hachiman-gū Shrine..[2]
History
The private Hakata Bay Railway had opened a track on 1 January 1904 from Saitozaki to its southern terminus at Sue and extended by 3 June 1905 to Shinbaru. The track was further extended and Umi opened as the new southern terminus on 29 December 1905. On 19 September 1942, the company, now renamed the Hakata Bay Railway and Steamship Company, with a few other companies, merged into the Kyushu Electric Tramway. Three days later, the new conglomerate, which had assumed control of the station, became the Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu). On 1 May 1944, Nishitetsu's track from Saitozaki to Umi were nationalized. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and the track which served it was designated the Kashii Line. 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]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, there was a daily average of 1529 boarding passengers at this station, making it the 94th busiest station on the JR Kyushu network.[5]。
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