Umi-no-Nakamichi Station

Umi-no-Nakamichi Station (海ノ中道駅, Umi-no-Nakamichi-eki) is a railway station on the Kashii Line operated by JR Kyushu in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]

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Umi-no-Nakamichi in 2015
Location	Japan
Coordinates	33°39′51″N 130°21′42″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Kashii Line
Distance	2.1 km from Saitozaki
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Remotely managed station
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 July 1935 (1935-07-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)	502 daily
Rank	245th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
JD  02  Umi-no-Nakamichi Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kashii Line and is located 2.1 km from the starting point of the line at Saitozaki.[2]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. The station building is the right wing of the entrance block of the Umi-no-Nakamichi Seaside Park and houses a waiting room and automatic ticket vending machines.[2][3]

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  A distant view of the station and Umi-no-Nakamichi Seaside Park entrance. The station building is to the left of the picture.
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  A view of the platform and track.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Kashii Line
JD  01  Saitozaki		Local	JD  03  Gannosu

History

The station was opened on 1 July 1935 by the private Hakata Bay Railway and Steamship Company as a temporary stop its track from Saitozaki to Umi. On 15 July 1941, the stop was upgraded to a full station. On 19 September 1942, the Hakata Bay Railway and Steamship, with a few other companies, merged into the Kyushu Electric Tramway. Three days later, the new conglomerate, which had assumed control of the station, became the Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu). On 1 May 1944, Nishitetsu's track from Saitozaki to Umi was nationalized. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and designated the track which served as the Kashii Line. On 9 March 1987, Japanese National Railways, the postwar successor of JGR, moved the station further north along the track nearer to the starting point at Saitozaki. The location of the old station became the Nakamichi signal box. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[2][4][5]

On 14 March 2015, the station, along with others on the line, became a remotely managed "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, 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 502 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 245th 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. 27, 70. ISBN 9784062951623.
3. "海ノ中道駅" [Umi-no-Nakamichi]. 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. 695. 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

• Umi-no-Nakamichi (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)