Nishi-Kokura Station (西小倉駅, Nishi-Kokura-eki) is a junctuion passenger railway station located in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]

Lines

Nishi-Kokura Station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 6.1 km from the starting point of the line at Mojikō. It is also served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 0.8 km from the starting point of that line at Kokura. Trains of the Hitahikosan Line also use the tracks of the Nippō Main Line past the nominal terminus of that line at Jōno to terminate at Kokura.[2]

Layout

The station consists of one side platform and two island platforms, connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]

Platforms

1 ■ JF Nippō Main Line for Yukuhashi and Nakatsu
  ■ JI Hitahikosan Line for Tagawa-Gotōji and Soeda
2, 3 ■ JF Nippō Main Line for Kokura
4 ■ JA Kagoshima Main Line for Kurosaki and Hakata
5 ■ JA Kagoshima Main Line for Kokura and Mojikō

History

Nishi-Kokura Station was established as Kokura Station (小倉駅) on 1 April 1915. On 1 March 1958 Kokura Station moved to its current location and the former station was closed. It was reopened as Nishi-Kokura Station on 14 December 1974. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu. The current station building was completed in March 2013.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2021, there was a daily average of 4,313 boarding passengers at this station.[3]。

See also

References

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 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. 49, 79. ISBN 9784062951630.
  3. ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2021年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2023.

External links

Media related to Nishi-Kokura Station at Wikimedia Commons