Shikaka Station

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

Shikaka Station 鹿家駅
Location	Itoshima, Fukuoka Japan
Coordinates	33°29′04″N 130°02′51″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Chikuhi Line
Distance	30.2 km from Meinohama
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	No - platforms accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	5 December 1923 (1923-12-05)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012)	78 daily
Location
Shikaka Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 30.2 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 platforms serving two tracks with a siding. The station building is a modern structure of steel and plate glass and is unstaffed, serving only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[3][2][5]

• 
  The old station building which has since been demolished.
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  The track side view of the old station building showing the access to the footbridge.
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  Trains at the platforms of Shikaka station.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Chikuhi Line
Fukuyoshi		Local	Hamasaki
Passed		Rapid Service	Passed

History

The private Kitakyushu Railway opened a track between Fukuyoshi and Hamasaki on 5 December 1923 with Shikaka opening on the same day as an intermediate station between the two. 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]

In 2012, work began on a new station building to replace the old one which had been built in 1938. The old station building was demolished thereafter.[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2012, there were a daily average of 78 passengers (boarding only) using the station.[9]

Environs

• National Route 202

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "鹿家" [Shikaka]. 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. "鹿家" [Shikaka]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
5. "JR 鹿家駅" [JR Shikaka Station]. Itoshima Blue. January 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. 726. ISBN 4533029809.
8. "鹿家駅で待合室の新築工事が始まる" [Construction begins on new waiting room for Shikaka Station]. railf.jp. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
9. "平成28年版糸島市統計白書" [Itoshima City 2016 Statistical White Paper]. Itoshima City Official website. Retrieved 25 March 2018. See table at Part 2 Number 9 Transportation and Communications.

External links

• Shikaka Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)