Kiyama Station (Saga)

Kiyama Station (基山駅, Kiyama-eki) is a railway station in Kiyama, Saga prefecture, Japan.

JB  12  Kiyama Station

基山駅
LocationKiyama, Miyaki, Saga
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
History
Opened1921
Passengers
FY20163,826 daily
Rank54th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
JB  12  Kiyama Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Kyūshū Railway Company
Kagoshima Main Line
JB  11  Keyakidai Local JB  13  Yayoigaoka
JB  10  Haruda Rapid Service JB  15  Tosu
Amagi Railway
Amagi Line
Terminus - Tateno

History

On 11 November 1918, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the Kiyamaguchi Signal Box at the present location of the station. On 5 August 1921, the facility was upgraded to a full station and renamed Kiyama. On 28 April 1939, Kiyama became the western terminus of the Amagi Line to Amagi. On 1 April 1986, Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, handed over control of the Amagi Line to the third sector corporation Amagi Railway. On 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, JR Kyushu took over control of Kiyama station.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 3,826 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 54th 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. 218. 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. 680. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.


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