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Railway station in Taku, Saga Prefecture, Japan

Taku Station
多久駅

The south entrance of Taku Station in 2009

General information

Location

1024 Kitatakumachi, Taku-shi, Saga-ken 846-0002
Japan

Coordinates

33°17′17″N 130°05′46″E / 33.28806°N 130.09611°E / 33.28806; 130.09611

Operated by

JR Kyushu

Line(s)

JK Karatsu Line

Distance

15.2 km from Kubota

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

At grade

Other information

Status

Staffed ticket window (outsourced)

Website

Official website

History

Opened

25 December 1899 (1899-12-25)

Previous names

Azamibaru (until 1 April 1934)

Passengers

FY2020

252 daily

Rank

299th (among JR Kyushu stations)

Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Naka-Takutowards Kubota		Karatsu Line		Kyūragitowards Nishi-Karatsu

Location
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Taku Station (多久駅, Taku-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Karatsu Line operated by JR Kyushu located in the city of Taku, Saga Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

The station is served by the Karatsu Line and is located 15.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kubota.

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building is an elevated structure where the passenger facilities are placed on a bridge which spans the tracks. Besides giving access to the island platform, the second level of the bridge houses a waiting area and a ticket window. The bridge is also used as a free access for pedestrians to cross from the north side to the south side of the station. Next to the station are community facilities and shops.

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 window which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.

Platforms

1	■ JK Karatsu Line	for Karatsu and Nishi-Karatsu
2	■ JK Karatsu Line	for Ogi and Saga

View of the platform in 2008. The south entrance is to the left. The area around the north entrance has not been built up yet.
The north entrance in 2016 now built up. To the left are community facilities and shops which are not part of the station.

History

The Karatsu Kogyo Railway had opened a track from Miyoken (now Nishi-Karatsu) which, by 13 June 1899, had reached Kyūragi. The track was extended further east, with Taku (at the time named Azamibaru Station (莇原駅) opening as the new eastern terminus on 25 December 1899. On 23 February 1902, the company, now renamed the Karatsu Railway, merged with the Kyushu Railway which undertook the next phase of expansion. Azamibaru became a through-station on 14 December 1903 when the track was extended to Kubota. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the line which served the station was designated the Karatsu Line. On 1 April 1934, the station was renamed Taku. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 252 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 299th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 203
Kita-Taku Post Office
Midorigaoka Elementary School
Taku Seibyō

References

"JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ "多久" [Taku]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
^ 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. 18, 81. ISBN 9784062951647.
"福岡支店内各駅" [Stations within the Fukuoka Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
"多久駅" [Taku Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 12 March 2018. See images of tickets sold.
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. 223–4. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
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. 719. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
"駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2023.