Chikugo-Yoshii Station


Chikugo-Yoshii Station is a railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyūshū, in Ukiha, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

The station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 26.4 km from the starting point of the line at. Only local trains on the line stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. Two sidings branch off track 1. The station is a modern structure but built in a traditional Japanese style with white plaster namako walls to recall the white plaster traditional houses which are a tourist attraction in Yoshii town nearby. The station building houses a waiting room and a ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.
Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket counter which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.

Adjacent stations

History

opened on 24 December 1928 as the eastern terminus of a track from during the first phase of the construction of the Kyudai Main Line. Chikugo-Yoshii became a through-station on 11 July 1931 when the track was extended east to. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 549 passengers daily, and it ranked 233ed among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area