Hizen-Fumoto Station

Hizen-Fumoto Station (肥前麓駅, Hizenfumoto-eki) is a railway station in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line.[1][2]

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Hizen-Fumoto Station

肥前麓駅
Hizen-Fumoto Station in 2017
LocationJapan
Coordinates33°21′56″N 130°28′39″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nagasaki Main Line
Distance4.2 km from Tosu
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened30 September 1942 (1942-09-30)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)606 daily
Rank222nd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
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Hizen-Fumoto Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 4.2 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. A small station building of concrete construction serves as a waiting room and houses automatic ticket vending machines. The ticket window became unstaffed in 2015. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2]

  • View of the platforms and tracks.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nagasaki Main Line
JH  02  Shin-Tosu Local JH  04  Nakabaru

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station as Hizen-Fumoto signal box (肥前麓信号場, Hizen-Fumoto-shingōba) on 30 September 1942 on the existing track of the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 March 1947, the facility was upgraded to a full station and passenger traffic commenced. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[4][5]

In January 2015, JR Kyushu announced that Hizen-Fumoto would become an unstaffed station from 14 March 2015. This was part of a major effort by the company to reduce its operating deficit by ceasing to staff 32 stations in its network.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 606 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 222nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

Environs

There are many homes and factories in the area.

  • Saga Prefectural Tosu Commercial High School
  • Kyūshū Ryūkoku Junior College
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References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "肥前麓" [Hizen-Fumoto]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  3. 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. 16, 64. ISBN 9784062951647.
  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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 222–3. ISBN 4533029809.
  5. 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 712. ISBN 4533029809.
  6. "ＪＲ九州、新たに２０駅を無人化へ　鹿児島線など８路線" [JR Kyushu, another 20 stations to be unstaffed, Kagoshima line among 8 lines]. Asahi Shimbun Digital. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  7. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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