Kurume Station

Kurume Station (久留米駅, Kurume-eki) is a railway station in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).

JB  17  Kurume

久留米
Kurume Station in July 2011
Location186 Kyōmachi, Kurume, Fukuoka
Japan
Coordinates33°19′12″N 130°30′05″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)
Distance
  • 113.9 km from Mojikō (Kagoshima Main Line)
  • 0.0 km (starting point of the Kyūdai Main Line)
  • 32.0 km from Hakata (Kyushu Shinkansen)
Construction
Structure typeAt grade (Shinkansen lines elevated)
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 March 1890 (1890-03-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)7,743 daily
Rank21st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
JB  17  Kurume
Location within Japan

Lines

Kurume Station is served by the following lines.

Platforms
1 ■ Kagoshima Main Line for Hainuzuka, Setaka ,and Ōmuta
■ Kyūdai Main Line for Chikugo-Yoshii, and Hita
2 ■ Kyūdai Main Line for Chikugo-Yoshii and Hita
3 ■ Limited Express Ariake for Kumamoto
■ Limited Express Yufu, Yufu DX, Yufuin-no-Mori for Hita, Yufuin, and Oita
■ Kagoshima Main Line for Hainuzuka, Setaka, and Ōmuta
4 ■ Limited Express Ariake for Hakata
■ Limited Express Yufu, Yufu DX, Yufuin-no-Mori for Hakata
■ Kagoshima Main Line for Tosu, Hakata, Kokura and Mojikō
5 ■ Kagoshima Main Line for Tosu, Hakata, Kokura, and Mojikō
11 ■ Kyushu Shinkansen for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka
12 ■ Kyushu Shinkansen for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō|}

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Kyūshū Shinkansen
Shin-Tosu - Chikugo-Funagoya
Kagoshima Main Line
JB  16  Hizen-Asahi Local JB  18  Araki
JB  15  Tosu Rapid JB  18  Araki
Kyūdai Main Line
Terminus - Kurume-Kōkōmae

History

By December 1889, the privately run Kyushu Railway had opened a stretch of track from Hakata to the (now closed) Chitosegawa temporary stop. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended southwards to Kurume, which opened as the new southern terminus on 1 March 1890. Kurume became a through-station on 1 April 1891 when the track was further extended to Setaka. 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 and Nagasaki Main Lines. On 21 November 1909, the Hitoyoshi Main Line was renamed the Kagoshima Main 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.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by 7,743 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 21st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[3]

References
  1. 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. p. 218. ISBN 4533029809.
  2. 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. 681. ISBN 4533029809.
  3. "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.


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