Buzen-Kawasaki Station | |
Native Name: | 豊前川崎駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jrk |
Style: | JR Kyushu |
Address: | 850 Kawasaki, Kawasaki-machi, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka-ken 827-0003 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 33.5969°N 130.8222°W |
Operator: | JR Kyushu |
Line: | Hitahikosan Line |
Distance: | 32.2 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Status: | Staffed |
Map Type: | Japan Fukuoka Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Buzen-Kawasaki Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kawasaki, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. [1]
The station is served by the Hitahikosan Line and is located 34.7 km from the starting point of the line at . One train per hour stops at the station during the daytime, increased to two per hour during the morning and evening peaks.
The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. It was originally constructed to have a side and island platform to serve three tracks; however, after the Yamada Line was discontinued in 1988 the station was downsized and the station building rebuilt. The station is staffed.[2]
The station opened on 10 July 1899 as on the Hōshū Railway. The railway was acquired by the Kyushu Railway in 1901 and nationalized in 1907. It was renamed 1 May 1945. On 1 April 1987, with the privatisation of the JNR, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.