Saitozaki Station

Saitozaki Station (西戸崎駅, Saitozaki-eki) is a train station on the Kashii Line operated by JR Kyushu in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]

JD  01  Saitozaki Station 西戸崎駅
Saitozaki Station in 2016
Location	Higashi, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Japan
Coordinates	33°39′0.85″N 130°21′28.17″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Kashii Line
Distance	0.0 km (starting point of the line)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Remotely managed station
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 January 1904 (1904-01-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)	838 daily
Rank	186th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
JD  01  Saitozaki Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is the starting point of the Kashii Line.[2]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a bay platform and a side platform serving two tracks. The station building, a modern concrete and glass structure, houses as a waiting room and automatic ticket vending machines. Platform 1 is linked to the station building. Platform 2 is accessed by means of a level crossing near the end of the track.[2][3]

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  A view of the end of the tracks, with the level crossing.
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  A view of the platforms and tracks.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Kashii Line
Terminus		Local	JD  02  Umi-no-Nakamichi

History

The station was opened on 1 January 1904 by the private Hakata Bay Railway as the northern terminus of a stretch of track to Sue. 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 assumed control of the station, became the Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu). On 1 May 1944, Nishitetsu's track from Saitozaki to Sue and the later extension to Umi was nationalized. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) which 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.[4][5]

On 14 March 2015, the station, along with others on the line, became a remotely managed "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, although the station became unstaffed, passengers using the automatic ticket vending machines or ticket gates could receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 838 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 186th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. 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3巻 北九州 筑豊 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 Kyushu Chikuhō area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 26, 70. ISBN 9784062951623.
3. "西戸崎" [Saitozaki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
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. p. 220. 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. 694. ISBN 4533029809.
6. "香椎線の各駅が「Smart Support Station」に変わります" [Stations on the Kashii Line to become "Smart Support Stations"] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 5 March 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.

External links

• Saitozaki (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)