Ōkawano Station


Ōkawano Station is a railway station in Ōkawa-machi Ōkawano, Imari, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.

Lines

The station is served by the western section of the Chikuhi Line and is 12.9 km from the starting point of this section at. Besides the terminal at Yamamoto, the station is the only place on this section of line with a passing loop which allows trains travelling in opposite directions to pass each other.

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. The station building, built in 2006, is a timber structure in traditional Japanese style with a skylight. It serves as a waiting room as well as a local community facility. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing.

Adjacent stations

History

The private Kitakyushu Railway, which had a track between and by 1926 and had expanded southwards to

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 14,883 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 41 passengers.