Kami-Honami Station (上穂波駅, Kami-honami-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu in[1]

JG  02  Kami-Honami Station

上穂波駅
Kyushu Railway Company
Kami-Honami Station in 2007
General information
LocationAe, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 820-0704
Japan
Coordinates33°34′01″N 130°38′43″E / 33.5670°N 130.6452°E / 33.5670; 130.6452
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)JG 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)
Passengers
FY201658
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Chikuzen-Uchino
towards Haruda
Chikuhō Main Line
Local
Keisen
towards Wakamatsu
Location
Kami-Honami Station is located in Fukuoka Prefecture
Kami-Honami Station
Kami-Honami Station
Location within Fukuoka Prefecture
Kami-Honami Station is located in Japan
Kami-Honami Station
Kami-Honami Station
Kami-Honami Station (Japan)
Map

Lines

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The station is served by the Chikuhō Main Line and is located 48.1 km from the starting point of the line at Wakamatsu.[2]

Station layout

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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.[3][2]

History

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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]

Station numbering was introduced on 28 September 2018 with Kami-Honami being assigned station number JG02.[6]

Surrounding area

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  • Iizuka City Hall Chikuho Branch
  • Iizuka City Kamihonami Elementary School
  • Iizuka City Chikuho Junior High School

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 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.
  3. ^ "上穂波駅" [Kami-Honami]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 233–4. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 788. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  6. ^ "北部九州エリア157駅に「駅ナンバリング」を導入します" [“Station numbering” will be introduced at 157 stations in the northern Kyushu area] (PDF). jrkyushu.co.jp (in Japanese). 28 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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