Okudōkai Station

Okudōkai Station (奥洞海駅, Okudōkai-eki) is a railway station on the Kyūshū Railway Company (JR Kyūshū) Chikuhō Main Line (also known as the Wakamatsu Line) in Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Okudōkai Station

奥洞海駅
Location9-1 Akaiwa-machi, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
（福岡県北九州市若松区赤岩町9-1）
Japan
Operated byJR Kyūshū
Line(s)Chikuhō Main Line
Connections
    Traffic
    Passengers (2006)471 daily

    Station layout
    1 ■ Chikuhō Main Line for Wakamatsu
    2 ■ Chikuhō Main Line for Orio, Nakama, and Nōgata

    Adjacent stations
    ←Service→
    JR Kyūshū
    Chikuhō Main Line
    Fujinoki Local Futajima

    History

    Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 6 November 1953 as an additional temporary stop on the existing Chikuho Main Line track. On 1 November 1962, it was upgraded to a full station. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[1][2]

    On 4 March 2017, Okudōkai, along with several other stations on the line, became a "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, although the station is unstaffed, passengers using the automatic ticket vending machines or ticket gates can receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre which is located at Nakama.[3]

    Surrounding area

    It is the westernmost train station among four stations in Wakamatsu-ku, all of those are on the Chikuho Main Line. National Route 199 runs immediately north of the station. Other points of interest include:

    • Wakamatsu Boat Racing - 200m south
    • Best Denki Wakamatsu-nishi store - 400m east
    • Higashi Futajima Post office - 500m west

    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. 233. 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. 784. ISBN 4533029809.
    3. "筑豊本線の一部が「Smart Support Station」に変わります" [Part of the Chikuho Line to become "Smart Support Stations"] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.


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