Sasaguri Station

Sasaguri Station (篠栗駅, Sasaguri-eki) is a train station in Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).

Sasaguri Station

篠栗駅
LocationSasaguri, Kasuya, Fukuoka
Japan
Operated byJR Kyushu
Line(s)
History
Opened1904
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)4,786 daily
Rank43rd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Sasaguri Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Layout

It is a ground level station with two platforms and three tracks.

Tracks
1 ■Sasaguri Line(Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) for Hakata
2 ■Sasaguri Line(Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) for Keisen,Shin-Iizuka,Nōgata and Orio
3 ■Sasaguri Line(Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) for Hakata(The train that this station is the starting station)

Adjacent stations
←Service→
JR Kyūshū
Sasaguri Line (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line)
Chikuzen-Yamate Local Kadomatsu
Kido-Nanzōin-mae Rapid Service Chōjabaru

History
  • June 19, 1904: Opened by the private company Kyushu Tetsudo.
  • July 1, 1907: Brought under state control.
  • May 25, 1968: Sasaguri Line completion.
  • April 1, 1987: Following privatisation of JNR it came under the control of JR Kyushu.
  • October 6, 2001: Whole of Sasaguri Line electrification.

History

The station was opened on 19 June 1904 by the privately run Kyushu Railway as the eastern terminus of a stretch of track from Yoshizuka. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Sasaguri Line. On 25 May 1968, Sasaguri became a through-station when the Sasaguri Line was extended further eat to Keisen. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 4,786 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 43rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[3]

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. 221. 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. 697. ISBN 4533029809.
  3. "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. Retrieved 25 February 2018.


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