Kafuri Station

Kafuri Station (加布里駅, Kafuri-eki) is a railway station in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.[1][2]

Kafuri Station 加布里駅
Kafuri Station in 2017
Location	Itoshima, Fukuoka Japan
Coordinates	33°32′36″N 130°10′34.5″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Chikuhi Line
Distance	15.4 km from Meinohama
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	No - footbridge to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1924 (1924-04-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)	673 daily
Rank	208th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Kafuri Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 15.4 km from the starting point of the line at Meinohama.[3] Only local services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.[4]

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station facilities are in hashigami format, the automatic ticket vending machines and ticket gate being located on a bridge which leads to the platform from the access road.[3][2][5]

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Chikuhi Line
Misakigaoka		Local	Ikisan
Passed		Rapid	Passed

History

The private Kitakyushu Railway had opened a track between Fukuyoshi and Hamasaki on 5 December 1923. By 1 April 1924, the line had been extended east to Maebaru (today Chikuzen-Maebaru). Kafuri was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track. When the Kitakyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 October 1937, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and designated the line which served it as the Chikuhi Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[6][7]

The station became unstaffed in 2016.[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 673 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 208th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

Environs

• Itoshima City Kafuri Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "加布里" [Kafuri]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 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. 11, 77. ISBN 9784062951647.
4. "加布里" [Kafuri]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
5. "JR 加布里駅" [JR Kafuri Station]. Itoshima Blue. February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018. Website of Itoshima City attractions with detailed photographic coverage of station facilities.
6. 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. 224–5. ISBN 4533029809.
7. 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. 724. ISBN 4533029809.
8. "駅営業体制の見直しについて" [Revision of station sales system] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
9. "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 25 February 2018.

External links

• Kafuri Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)