Setaka Station

Setaka Station (瀬高駅, Setaka-eki) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line in Miyama, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]

JB  22  Setaka Station

瀬高駅
Setaka Station in 2006
LocationMiyama, Fukuoka
Japan
Coordinates33°09′25″N 130°29′07″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Kagoshima Main Line,
Distance132.2 km from Mojikō
Platforms1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks3 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessYes - footbridge to platforms equipped with elevators
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 April 1891 (1891-04-01)
Previous names
  • Yabegawa (until 1942)
  • Setaka-machi (1942 - 1956)
Passengers
FY20161,230 daily
Rank138th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
JB  22  Setaka Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 132.2 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.[2] Local and rapid services on the line stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of a side and an island platform serving three tracks. The station building is a modern, flat-roofed concrete structure which houses a ticket window, automatic ticket vending machines and a waiting area. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge equipped with elevators. The footbridge also has an entrance on the other side of the tracks from the station.[2][3][4]

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 Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]

  • A view of the platforms and tracks.
  • A view of the ticket gates.

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Kagoshima Main Line
JB  21  Chikugo-Funagoya Local JB  23  Minami-Setaka
JB  21  Chikugo-Funagoya Rapid JB  27  Ōmuta

History

The privately run Kyushu Railway had opened a stretch of track between Hakata and the (now closed) Chitosegawa temporary stop on 11 December 1889. After several phases of expansion northwards and southwards, by February 1891, the line stretched from Kurosaki south to Kurume. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended south to Takase (now Tamana) opening as the new southern terminus on 1 April 1891. Setaka, at that time named Yabegawa, was opened on the same day as one of several intermediate stations on the new stretch of track. 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 Main Line and then on 21 November 1909, part of the Kagoshima Main Line. On 1 April 1942, the station was renamed Setaka-machi and then on 10 April 1956, renamed Setaka. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[7][8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,230 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 138th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. 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6巻 熊本 大分 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 11, 67. ISBN 9784062951654.
  3. "瀬高" [Setaka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. "瀬高駅に訪問" [Visit to Setaka Station]. Dridorichi's railroad blog. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2018. See especially for photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. "福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  6. "瀬高駅" [Setaka Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 4 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  7. 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.
  8. 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. 682. ISBN 4533029809.
  9. "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 3 March 2018.


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