Hizen-Kubo Station

Railway station in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan

33°21′21″N 130°00′02″E / 33.35583°N 130.00056°E / 33.35583; 130.00056Operated by

JR KyushuLine(s)■ Chikuhi LineDistance5.1 km from YamamotoPlatforms1 side platformTracks1ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeBicycle facilitiesBike shedOther informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 March 1935 (1935-03-01)Previous namesBanzoīn (until 1 October 1937)PassengersFY201514 daily

Location
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Hizen-Kubo Station (肥前久保駅, Hizen-Kubo-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Chikuhi Line of Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), located in the city of Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan.^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the western section of the Chikuhi Line and is 5.1 km from the starting point of this section at Yamamoto.^[3]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. There is no station building but a shelter is provided on the platform. In addition, a waiting room named "Sakura-kan" (meaning Cherry Blossom Room) has been set up near the station entrance. A bike shed is provided nearby.^[2]^[3]

The waiting room "Sakura-kan".

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Chikuhi Line (western section)
Yamamoto		Local	Nishi-Ōchi

History

The private Kitakyushu Railway, which had a track between Hakata and Higashi-Karatsu by 1926 and had expanded southwards to Yamamoto by 1929. In a later phase of expansion, the track was extended west from Yamamoto to Imari, which opened as the western terminus on 1 March 1935. This station was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track under the name Banzuīn (幡随院). The Kitakyushi Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1937 and Japanese Government Railways (JGR) assumed control of the station, renamed it Hizen-Kubo and designated the track which served it as part of the Chikuhi Line. 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]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 5,125 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 14 passengers.^[6]

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 203

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "肥前久保" [Hizen-Kubo]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
^ ^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. 14, 82. ISBN 9784062951647.
^ 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. 224–5. 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. 726. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "佐賀県統計年鑑（平成28年版）" [Saga Prefecture Statistics Yearbook 2016 Edition]. Saga Prefectural Government website. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018. See table 12-7 at section under Transportation and Communications.