Buzen-Ōkuma Station | |
Native Name: | 豊前大熊駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Other Name: | MrMax Buzen-Ōkuma Station |
Address: | 4097-2 Itoda, Itoda-cho, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka-ken 822-1300 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | Heisei Chikuhō Railway |
Line: | Itoda Line |
Distance: | 1.5 km |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Structure: | At-grade |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Code: | HC51 |
Map Type: | Japan Fukuoka Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Buzen-Ōkuma Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Itoda, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector railway operator Heisei Chikuhō Railway. [1] On 1 April 2009, discount shop chain MrMax acquired naming rights to the station. Therefore, the station is alternatively known as .[2]
Buzen-Ōkuma Station is served by the Itoda Line and is located 1.5 km from the starting point of the line at .[1] Trains arrive roughly every hour.[3]
The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.[1]
The station opened on1 October 1942 as a station on the Industrial Cement Railway. The railway was nationalized in 1943. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu. The Ita Line was transferred to the Heisei Chikuhō Railway on 1 October 1989.