Tentō Station

Tentō Station (天道駅, Tentō-eki) is a railway station on the Chikuhō Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Iizuka, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]

Tentō Station 天道駅
Tentō Station in 2009
Location	Tento, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 820-0075 Japan
Coordinates	33°36′19″N 130°40′40″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Chikuhō Main Line
Distance	42.3 km from Wakamatsu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Disabled access	No - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	12 December 1901 (1901-12-12)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)	537 daily
Rank	237th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Tentō Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhō Main Line and is located 42.3 km from the starting point of the line at Wakamatsu.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of two staggered side platforms serving two tracks. A station building of modern concrete design houses a waiting room and automatic ticket vending machines. There is a ramp up to the station building entrance from the access road but access to the opposite side platform is by means of a sheltered footbridge.[2][3]

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  A view of the station platforms and tracks.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Chikuhō Main Line
Iizuka		Local	Keisen

History

The privately run Chikuho Kogyo Railway had opened a track from Wakamatsu to Nōgata on 30 August 1891 and, after several phases of extension, the track had reached south to Iizuka by 1893. On 1 October 1897, the Chikuho Kogyo Railway, now renamed the Chikuho Railway, merged with the Kyushu Railway. Kyushu Railway undertook the next phase of expansion by extending the track to Keisen, then named Nagao, and establishing it as the new southern terminus on 12 December 1901. Tento was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on this new stretch of track. After the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the track to Iizuka was designated the Chikuho Main Line while the track from Iizuka to Nagao was designated the Nagao Line. On 7 December 1929, both lines were merged and the station became part of the Chikuho Main 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.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 537 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 237th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
2. "天道" [Tentō]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 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. 43, 74. ISBN 9784062951623.
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. 233–4. 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. 788. ISBN 4533029809.
6. "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

• Tentō Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)