Kafuri Station (加布里駅, Kafuri-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]

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加布里駅
Kyushu Railway Company
Kafuri Station in 2017
General information
Location4-chōme-11 Kamiarihigashi, Itoshima-shi, Fukuoka-ken 819-1120
Japan
Coordinates33°32′36″N 130°10′34.5″E / 33.54333°N 130.176250°E / 33.54333; 130.176250
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)JK Chikuhi Line
Distance15.4 km from Meinohama
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessibleNo - footbridge to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 April 1924; 100 years ago (1924-04-01)
Passengers
FY2020530 daily
Rank210th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Ikisan Chikuhi Line
Local
Misakigaoka
towards Meinohama
Location
Kafuri Station is located in Fukuoka Prefecture
Kafuri Station
Kafuri Station
Location within Fukuoka Prefecture
Kafuri Station is located in Japan
Kafuri Station
Kafuri Station
Kafuri Station (Japan)
Map

Lines

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The station is served by the Chikuhi Line and is located 15.4 km from the starting point of the line at Meinohama.[3] Only local services on the Chikuhi Line stop at this station.[4]

Station layout

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The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building is elevated: the automatic ticket vending machines and ticket gate being located on a bridge which leads to the platform from the access road.[3][2][5]

Platforms

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1  JK Chikuhi Line for Chikuzen-Maebaru, Tenjin and Hakata
2  JK Chikuhi Line for Chikuzen-Fukae, Karatsu and Nishi-Karatsu

History

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The private Kitakyushu Railway had opened a track between Fukuyoshi and Hamasaki on 5 December 1923. By 1 April 1924, the line had been extended east to Maebaru (today Chikuzen-Maebaru). Kafuri was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track. When the Kitakyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 October 1937, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and designated the line which served it as the Chikuhi Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[6][7]

The station became unstaffed in 2016.[8]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 530 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 210th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "加布里" [Kafuri]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b 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5巻 長崎 佐賀 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 5 Nagasaki Saga area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 11, 77. ISBN 9784062951647.
  4. ^ "加布里" [Kafuri]. JR Kyushu official station website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. ^ "JR 加布里駅" [JR Kafuri Station]. Itoshima Blue. February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018. Website of Itoshima City attractions with detailed photographic coverage of station facilities.
  6. ^ 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. pp. 224–5. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 724. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  8. ^ "駅営業体制の見直しについて" [Revision of station sales system] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  9. ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅(2020年度)" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
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