Kurume-Kōkōmae Station (久留米高校前駅, Kurume-Kōkōmae-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. The station name refers to the nearby Kurume High School.[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 3.4 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume.[3] Only local trains on the line stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is a modern concrete structure which houses a waiting room, automatic ticket vending machine, a Sugoca charge machine, a Sugoca reader and a staffed ticket window.[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 POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]

  • A view of the platform and track.
    A view of the platform and track.

History

JR Kyushu opened the station on 14 March 2009 as an additional station on the existing track of the Kyudai Main Line.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 569 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 200th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu..[7]

Surrounding area

  • Fukuoka Prefectural Kurume High School
  • Kurume City Kurume Commercial High School
  • Kurume Junior High School attached to Fukuoka University of Education

See also

References

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "久留米高校前" [Kurume-Kōkōmae]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b c 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. 33, 72. ISBN 9784062951630.
  4. ^ "久留米高校前駅に訪問" [Visit to Kurume-Kōkōmae Station]. Dridorichi's railroad blog. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 6 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 6 April 2018.
  6. ^ "久留米高校前駅" [Kurume-Kōkōmae Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 6 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  7. ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2023.

External links

Media related to Kurumekōkō-mae Station at Wikimedia Commons