Yusubaru Station

Yusubaru Station

油須原駅
Station entrance
Station entrance
General information
Location4865-2 Aka, Aka-mura, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka-ken 824-0431
Japan
Coordinates33°36′46″N 130°53′03″E / 33.6127°N 130.8842°E / 33.6127; 130.8842
Operated byHeisei Chikuhō Railway Logo Heisei Chikuhō Railway
Line(s)■ Tagawa Line
Distance16.9 km (from Yukuhashi Station)
Platforms2 side platforms
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeHC21
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 August 1895 (1895-08-15)
Services
Preceding station Heisei Chikuhō Railway Following station
Genjiinomori
towards Yukuhashi
 Tagawa Line Aka
towards Tagawa-Ita
Location
Yukuhashi Station is located in Fukuoka Prefecture
Yukuhashi Station
Yukuhashi Station
Location within Fukuoka Prefecture
Yukuhashi Station is located in Japan
Yukuhashi Station
Yukuhashi Station
Yukuhashi Station (Japan)
Map

Yusubaru Station (油須原駅, Yusubaru-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the village of Aka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector railway operator Heisei Chikuhō Railway. [1]

Lines

Yusubaru Station is served by the Tagawa and is located 16.0 km from the starting point of the line at Yukuhashi.[1]Trains arrive roughly every 30 minutes.[2]

Layout

The station consists of two opposed unnumbered side platforms connected by a level crossing.[1] The wooden station building has been in place since the station opened. The station building was renovated in February 2022 as part of an industry-academia-government collaboration project with the cooperation of Nishi-Nippon Institute of Technology to reflect its appearance at the time of opening. [3]

Platforms

North ■ ■ Tagawa Line for Saigawa, Toyotsu, Yukuhashi
South ■ ■ Tagawa Line for Tagawa-Ita, Kanada, Nōgata

History

Yusubaru Station opened on August 15, 1895 as a station on the private Hōshū Railway. The Hōshū railway was acquired by the Kyushu Railway on September 3, 1901. The Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR), designated the track as the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and expanded it southwards in phases. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu. It was transferred to the control of the Heisei Chikuhō Railway on 1 October 1989.[4]

Surrounding area

The station is located in the urban center of Aka Village, with many shops and residences surrounding it.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. 49, 79. ISBN 9784062951630.
  2. ^ "平成筑豊鉄道全駅時刻表 直方 → 金田 → 田川伊田 → 行橋・金田 → 田川後藤寺" (PDF). 平成筑豊鉄道 (in Japanese). 平成筑豊鉄道. 16 March 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ "We visit Kyushu's oldest wooden train station building, get hit with a nostalgia overload". SoraNews24 -Japan News-. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. ^ 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. 751. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.