Fujinoki Station

Coordinates: 33°53′36″N 130°46′55″E / 33.89333°N 130.78194°E / 33.89333; 130.78194
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Fujinoki Station

藤ノ木駅
General information
Location1-37 Akashima-machi, Wakamatsu Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Japan
Operated byLogo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu
Line(s)JE Wakamatsu Line (Chikuhō Main Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
Station codeJE05
Passengers
2016559 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Oku-Dōkai
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towards Orio
Chikuhō Main Line
(Wakamatsu Line)
Local
Wakamatsu
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Terminus
Location
JE  05  Fujinoki Station is located in Fukuoka Prefecture
JE  05  Fujinoki Station
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Fujinoki Station
Location within Fukuoka Prefecture
JE  05  Fujinoki Station is located in Kyushu
JE  05  Fujinoki Station
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Fujinoki Station
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Fujinoki Station (Kyushu)
JE  05  Fujinoki Station is located in Japan
JE  05  Fujinoki Station
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Fujinoki Station
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Fujinoki Station (Japan)

Fujinoki Station (藤ノ木駅, Fujinoki-eki) is a railway station on the Kyūshū Railway Company (JR Kyūshū) Chikuhō Main Line (also known as the Wakamatsu Line) in Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Station layout[edit]

1  Wakamatsu Line (Chikuhō Main Line) for Wakamatsu
2  Wakamatsu Line (Chikuhō Main Line) for Orio, Nakama, and Nōgata

History[edit]

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 12 August 1944 as an additional station on the existing Chikuho Main Line track. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[1][2]

On 4 March 2017, Fujinoki, along with several other stations on the line, became a "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, although the station is unstaffed, passengers using the automatic ticket vending machines or ticket gates can receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre which is located at Nakama.[3]

Surrounding area[edit]

It is the westernmost train station among four stations in Wakamatsu-ku, all of those are on the Chikuho Main Line. National Route 199 runs immediately north of the station. Other points of interest include:

  • Wakamatsu Holiday Emergency Clinic - south of the station
  • Nursing Home Lifeport Wakamatsu - southwest of the station
  • Fujinoki Civic Center - 200m north
  • Hakusan Shrine - 600m northwest
  • Kitakyushu City Ishimine Junior High School - 600m west
  • Kitakyushu City Fujinoki Elementary School - 800m west

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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. p. 233. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. ^ 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. 784. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  3. ^ "筑豊本線の一部が「Smart Support Station」に変わります" [Part of the Chikuho Line to become "Smart Support Stations"] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.


33°53′36″N 130°46′55″E / 33.89333°N 130.78194°E / 33.89333; 130.78194