Kami-Honami Station

Kami-Honami Station (上穂波駅, Kami-honami-eki) is a railway station on the Chikuho Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]

JG  02  Kami-Honami Station

上穂波駅
Kami-Honami Station in 2007
LocationAe, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 820-0704
Japan
Coordinates33°34′01″N 130°38′43″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Chikuhō Main Line
Distance48.1 km from Wakamatsu
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 July 1928 (1928-07-15)
Location
JG  02  Kami-Honami Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhō Main Line and is located 48.1 km from the starting point of the line at Wakamatsu.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. Across the track can be seen another, disused side platform as well as the track bed of a second track which has since been removed. The station shares a large two-storey building with the local chamber of commerce and industry. The station part of the building is unstaffed and only houses a waiting room and automatic ticket vending machines. Access to the platform from the station building is by means of a short flight of steps.[2][3]

  • Station platform and track. Note the disused platform and former track bed to the left. The kink in the track in the distance also indicates the station once had two tracks.

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Chikuhō Main Line
JG  01  Keisen Local JG  03  Chikuzen-Uchino

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened Kami-Honami on 15 July 1928 as an intermediate station when it extended the track of the then Nagao Line from Nagao (now Keisen to a new southern terminus at Chikuzen-Uchino. On 7 December 1929, Kami-Honami became part of the Chikuho Main Line when the Nagao Line was merged with the former. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[4][5]

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "上穂波駅" [Kami-Honami]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. 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. 23, 69. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. 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. pp. 233–4. ISBN 4533029809.
  5. 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. 788. ISBN 4533029809.


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