Kurume Station (久留米駅, Kurume-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
JB 17 Kurume Station 久留米駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 186 Kyōmachi, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka-ken 830-0022 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°19′12″N 130°30′05″E / 33.319905°N 130.501431°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR Kyushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms (Shinkansen) 2 island platforms and 1 side platform (Conventional lines) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 7 (2 Shinkansen, 5 conventional line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade (Shinkansen lines elevated) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 March 1890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2020 | 5430 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 22nd(among JR Kyushu stations) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editKurume Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen and is 35.7 kilometers from Hakata and 658.0 kilometers from Shin-Osaka. With regards to regular train services, it is served by the Kagoshima Main Line, for which it is 113.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Mojikō. It is also the western terminus of the 141.5 kilometer Kyūdai Main Line to Ōita.
Layout
editThe Shinkansen portion of the station consists of two facing side platforms and two tracks located on the third floor of the station building. There are no passing tracks, and platform safety gates are installed for safety. The conventional line station consists of two island platforms with four tracks and one cutout platform with one track, for a total of three platforms and five tracks. There is also a siding track. The east side (station building side) platform has numbers 1 and 3, and the cutout platform number 2. Platforms 4 and 5 are located on the west side of the platform. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2][3]
Platforms
edit| 1 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Hainuzuka, Setaka ,and Ōmuta |
| Kyūdai Main Line | for Chikugo-Yoshii, and Hita | |
| 2 | Kyūdai Main Line | for Chikugo-Yoshii and Hita |
| 3 | ■ Limited Express Ariake | for Kumamoto |
| ■ Limited Express Yufu, Yufu DX, Yufuin-no-Mori | for Hita, Yufuin, and Oita | |
| Kagoshima Main Line | for Hainuzuka, Setaka, and Ōmuta | |
| 4 | ■ Limited Express Ariake | for Hakata |
| ■ Limited Express Yufu, Yufu DX, Yufuin-no-Mori | for Hakata | |
| Kagoshima Main Line | for Tosu, Hakata, Kokura and Mojikō | |
| 5 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Tosu, Hakata, Kokura, and Mojikō |
| 11 |  Kyushu Shinkansen
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for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka |
| 12 | Kyushu Shinkansen
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for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō |
History
editBy December 1889, the privately run Kyushu Railway had opened a stretch of track from Hakata to the (now closed) Chitosegawa temporary stop. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended southwards to Kurume, which opened as the new southern terminus on 1 March 1890. Kurume became a through-station on 1 April 1891 when the track was further extended to Setaka. 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 Hitoyoshi and Nagasaki Main Lines. On 21 November 1909, the Hitoyoshi Main Line was renamed the Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[4][5]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2020, the station was used by 5430 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 22nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]
Surrounding area
edit- Kurume City Hall
- Kurume University School of Medicine/University Hospital
- Fukuoka Prefectural Meizen High School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ 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4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 34, 73. ISBN 9784062951630.
- ^ "田主丸駅" [Tanushimaru Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 7 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
- ^ 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 218. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 681. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
External links
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Media related to Kurume Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Kurume Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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