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Railway station in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, Japan
JH  03 
Hizen-Fumoto Station
肥前麓駅Kyushu Railway Company
Hizen-Fumoto Station in 2017
General information
LocationHiratamachi, Tosu-shi, Saga-ken 841-0076
Japan
Coordinates33°21′56″N 130°28′39″E / 33.3655°N 130.4774°E / 33.3655; 130.4774
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)JH Nagasaki Main Line
Distance4.2 km from Tosu
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessibleNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened30 September 1942 (1942-09-30)
Passengers
FY2022460 daily
Rank227th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Nakabarutowards Nagasaki Nagasaki Line Shin-Tosutowards Tosu
Location
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Hizen-Fumoto Station (肥前麓駅, Hizenfumoto-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tosu, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.

Lines

The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 4.2 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. A small station building of concrete construction serves as a waiting room and houses automatic ticket vending machines. The ticket window became unstaffed in 2015. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.

Platforms

1 ■ JH Nagasaki Main Line for Tosu
2 ■ JH Nagasaki Main Line for Saga and Nagasaki
  • View of the platforms and tracks. View of the platforms and tracks.

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station as Hizen-Fumoto signal box (肥前麓信号場, Hizen-Fumoto-shingōba) on 30 September 1942 on the existing track of the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 March 1947, the facility was upgraded to a full station and passenger traffic commenced. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.

In January 2015, JR Kyushu announced that Hizen-Fumoto would become an unstaffed station from 14 March 2015. This was part of a major effort by the company to reduce its operating deficit by ceasing to staff 32 stations in its network.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 460 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 227th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area

There are many homes and factories in the area.

  • Saga Prefectural Tosu Commercial High School
  • Kyūshū Ryūkoku Junior College

See also

References

  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ "肥前麓" [Hizen-Fumoto]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  3. ^ 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. 16, 64. ISBN 9784062951647.
  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. 222–3. 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. 712. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  6. "JR九州、新たに20駅を無人化へ 鹿児島線など8路線" [JR Kyushu, another 20 stations to be unstaffed, Kagoshima line among 8 lines]. Asahi Shimbun Digital. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  7. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅(2020年度)" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.

External links

Media related to Hizen-Fumoto Station at Wikimedia Commons

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